a break in the Westerlies

C-Nimbus · Unread post by **C-Nimbus** » Fri 14/10/2005 13:35

yes thats right foggy, i helped with the GeoTech stuff on that casino. There was also one there for the new BNZ building too.

are you also aware of the new Ibis hotel (7 storey) on the corner of where macca's is (claudelands bridge) .Should be starting that soon as they intend to have it built by field days 2006. And then there is the new hospital too. Go hamiltron!!

Just went up to the domain and that Cb is huge!!!!! but is beginning to look a bit spent, but as far as size goes...sheesh.

Manukau heads obs · Fri 14/10/2005 13:38

can see the lightning bolts over pukekohe way now from here!
this is huge now, covers half the sky!
its going off!
real time data from where the CB is:
http://www.tokaanuskihire.co.nz/pukekohe/flash/
8mm there already in a short time!

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Fri 14/10/2005 14:13

C-Nimbus wrote: are you also aware of the new Ibis hotel (7 storey) on the corner of where macca's is (claudelands bridge) .Should be starting that soon as they intend to have it built by field days 2006. And then there is the new hospital too. Go hamiltron!!

Yes, but it is very ugly (ibis)

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Heavy downpours currently in Cambridge and they are developing nicely across the basin, especially NW across to Pukekohe as Brian has said!

Even up to Kaitaia is getting them!

18c, dp 12c.. getting uncomfy with the lack of wind.

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Fri 14/10/2005 15:31

Looks to be another spring classic storm up there guys nice one

some small CU to SE of BP this morning didnt go farr has now fizzled out.
Another jolt this morning

just felt this one i was in shower and felt ground move slightly and pressure of water glitched abit.
It was centred just Near Hamner Springs of 5.1 on the Richter Scale I would imagine Culverdon would have felt this very well.
Cheers.
JASON.

C-Nimbus · Unread post by **C-Nimbus** » Fri 14/10/2005 15:38

Huge well formed Cb out to the NW of where I am in Newmarket.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Fri 14/10/2005 16:04

Flew from the SouthIsland to Auckland this afternoon.
From the Aircraft I could see nice cloud biuld ups form Taranaki north, there looked to be Thunderstorms in the Waikato/ South Ak area.

This Cb was over Waikato.

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Fri 14/10/2005 16:10

spwill wrote:Flew from the SouthIsland to Auckland this afternoon.
From the Aircraft I could see nice cloud biuld ups form Taranaki north, there looked to be Thunderstorms in the Waikato/ South Ak area.

This Cb was over Waikato.

Awesome!!! Not often do we see Cb's in that view!

Thunderstorm which rolled in from the Cambridge area I think, delivered some loud claps over here at around 2.40.. clearing now with recent heavy shower. Wahoooo!
I think there was some 'roll'? cloud seen from here to the west

RR gif soon

Manukau heads obs · Fri 14/10/2005 16:13

98 lightning strikes counted at pukekohe (using a 1 wire lightning counter)

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Fri 14/10/2005 16:14

this afternoon has been full of action and it far from over yet had a nice storm go through at 2 30pm with thunder and heavy rain the anvils are very crisp and yes i noticed the severe thunderstorm warning for western northland and auckland issued at 3 30 pm it is heating up again now back up to 19 and very stucky and building up again with some big towers going up looking black/blue in the distance and hey i am in the kaipara woot go me i reckon 2morow could be similar aswell and maby sunday well thats my forcast see how well i go go the storms an intersting afternoon and evening ahead

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Fri 14/10/2005 16:16

Took this photo from the Airport looking south on landing.

May be a funnel cloud on the right side cloud base.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Fri 14/10/2005 16:23

One more photo.
Cb over Bombay Hills.

Manukau heads obs · Fri 14/10/2005 16:33

awesome photo of possible funnel cloud spwil!
what time was that?
as there was some really impressive inflow cloud right there that I was watching, but i had to head up to the school....i saw some riboon looking roll cloud at one stage...in that same locatin

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Fri 14/10/2005 16:41

Cb's lowering to 600m here according to the latest METARs, and 750m at Auckland Airport. 15c here, dewpoint 14c, still showering with mostly calm winds.

You can see all that convection in the RR animation here fuelled by wet warm Waikato Basin grounds

GIF runs from 12.30 to 4.15pm, with 3 frames missing

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Fri 14/10/2005 16:51

awesome photo of possible funnel cloud spwil!
what time was that?

About 2.30pm I took the photo from a moving Aircraft on landing so only got to see it for a short time.

Here's a photo cropped.

TonyT · Unread post by **TonyT** » Fri 14/10/2005 17:01

Can Foggy separate out the 2.30pm radar image and zoom in on the Auckland area?

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Fri 14/10/2005 17:07

Awsome stuff Spwill!! Certainly looks like something, and the way it has it's own little wall cloud like feature makes it cool! I'd say it's a funnel.

Metservice now have some interesting comments regarding Sunday for down here that could prove fruitfull:

First the Severe Weather Outlook:

Valid: Sun 16 Oct to Wed 19 Oct
Issued: Fri 14 October 2005 at 02:24 pm

On Sunday, daytime heating may contribute to localised heavy showers over parts of the South Island with a similar set-up for parts of the North Island on Monday.

And then the general brief forecast for the South Island:

South Island, fine or becoming fine, but afternoon or evening showers possible about the ranges.

Hopefully something happens on Sunday.

Unfortunately I think one of the 3 frames Foggy is missing is the 2:30pm one! lol. This is the 3pm one (going by how many frames there are and Foggies times from above). I've enlarged it but you can't actually zoom in on those radar's.

Cheers

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Fri 14/10/2005 17:23

Weather much better today it only rained 30mins today compared to it closing in completely yesterday

Manukau heads obs · Fri 14/10/2005 18:34

my view of that in draught area was obscured by trees from where i was at the local school ....i saw that area at 2pm and thought it looked interesting
i wonder how much more it developed!
you sure are tiny spwill, LOL

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Fri 14/10/2005 18:37

Well done on the cloud photos today. The funnel cloud sighting was interesting spwill.

There was not enough surface heating today to fire up any really good storms. The Waikato area in particular, looked to be under cloud cover all day. Really need surface heating to create CAPE.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Fri 14/10/2005 18:42

i wonder how much more it developed!

There was a very good buildup on top of it, so you would expect a tornado/waterspout to have formed. Pity spwill couldn't continue to observe it.

Notice that buildup over northern Waikato at the moment Brian. A bit of late day heating is producing a shower/possible storm.

Manukau heads obs · Fri 14/10/2005 18:50

There was a very good buildup on top of it

sure was,it was that same system that i photographed earlier of waiuku, but the most intense area kept on migrating NE, along the line of the whole shower line,i think becuase of the sea breeze that had developed in behind it...
it was ink black looking from here about that time the photo was taken by spwill
we sure seem to be getting alot of funnel clouds lately, or is just that we are looking for them?

notice the rotation in the rain radar seq foggy did?...i.e a upper level low over the north waikato, which produced the cooling above

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Fri 14/10/2005 20:32

The Storm looked very spectacular from the Aircraft on the approach to Auckland Airport but I was told to turn the Camera off so no photo's.

Noticed the funnel on landing so pulled out the Camera then got stuck on the Aircraft for at least 10 mins as there was no air bridge

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Fri 14/10/2005 20:59

wow nice cloud pics there we had anohter heavy shower at 5 pm dumped 5mm of rain more action on the way for the nxt few days i would say i still need to understand the Cape thing

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Fri 14/10/2005 22:14

9mm today here, mainly from the thunderstorms

Excellent photos spwill once again!!

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sat 15/10/2005 00:23

Foggy Hamilton wrote:Severe late thunderstorms instore for Darwin too tomorrow.

BoM/WZ didn't see this coming..
Wettest: 28.6mm Darwin Ap, NT

19mm yesterday at Hamilton Ap compared with 9 downtown.

Anyway, looking forward to 4 incoming days of afternoon convective heat showers here!

And I think the MetService and all the models are going to be underestimating these super-high evapotranspiration rates we're sitting on, so thunderstorms may just be possible again!
Too bad there will be a lack of upper-cold air.

I'll expect to see lots of T/Cu today in our skies today