General April Weather

[Awhituobs]

we got a nice 15mm at home
but it did weaken as it crossed the Auckland area
big fat high looming for may?
i am now in wellington...

[NZstorm]

we got a nice 15mm at home
but it did weaken as it crossed the Auckland area
big fat high looming for may?
i am now in wellington...

yes, looks like a dryish May could be in the pipeline. But the polar jet stream can kick back in at short notice at this time of year.

[Chris W]

MS going moderate now in the areas you guys have been touting

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[darcyplumb]

MS going moderate now in the areas you guys have been touting

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Recently they’ve been over doing the forecast so hopefully this one comes off today

[Storm Struck]

Todays set up is more open ridged so a chance for Onshore localised winds to feed in, some good upper dynamics and forcing.
So 10-15mm hail, I'm guessing MS is sitting on the fence with the size until there is radar indication.
Some CU going up over the port hills currently, and good heating too wind is light ESE.

[Chris W]

Warm out there on the hills from early on so it’s looking good presently, IR satellite seems to indicate convergence setting up over coastal Otago now.

[Thunder081]

Passing showers on Mt Taranaki

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[mikestormchaser]

Today always looked to be the exciting day out of the week... perhaps even out of the next few days.
Always looked like a reasonable set up for some heavy showers possible thunderstorms for eastern areas of south island today.
If does eventuate it probably will be our last set up going into winter.
Had it been in mid summer the risk would of been high.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Some beefy looking clouds going up westward from here but not putting much chance for anything to happen from them.

[Thunder081]

It's really cool watching heavy showers pass by at around 1100 asl. This one is near Eltham in Taranaki

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[kiwisk8er]

Rain and thunder now in Mosgiel.

[tornado]

had thunder and heavy rain in takanini last night. thunder and hail last week wednesday been busy to post. slight thunder risk tonight i see.

[darcyplumb]

MS have issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Dunedin, North Otago and the Canterbury Plains - heavy rain and large hail are the main risks. Currently a severe warned storm near Dunedin.

[Chris W]

Storm coming off the foothills near Porters, will be interesting to see what happens as that one nears Chch. Maybe an hour or so before we see action.

[dogmelon]

I believe I heard some very distant thunder to the west here in Avonhead.

[darcyplumb]

Storm coming off the foothills near Porters, will be interesting to see what happens as that one nears Chch. Maybe an hour or so before we see action.

Looks like a decent core on that storm now. Oh how I wish we had high res radar!

[dogmelon]

Yip, the unmistakable sound of thunder to the west. Edit: I saw some lightning.

[mikestormchaser]

Thunder heard from rolleston

[Chris W]

Just went for a wander along to Whitewash Head and now Sumner beach, 90% sure I just saw a flash

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Very impressive structure with an anvil visible as I came back down the hill.

[Orion]

Hearing thunder in Ashburton.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Hearing thunder in Ashburton.

Yes. i have noticed the sferics have been increasing on the radio over the last 10 minutes, first for the day.
The cloud over TC has been slow to develop this afternoon but now it looks likely as it is becoming active as it moves out to the east., along with the storm that is moving along the Waimakariri River to the NW of Chch.

[Chris W]

Incredible show driving to Ferrymead, frequent lightning.

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[mikechamble]

In Parklands, some flashes visible and distant thunder heard in the NW from here

[tich]

Just saw a flash to the northwest. Still dry here in St Albans.

[darcyplumb]

Awesome Thunder in Ashburton. Haven’t seen any lightning yet.