spwill wrote:
Waikato is by far the best place in NZ to observe Thunderstorms.
I disagree, Canterbury plains is the best, becuse og the nature of the land and that its the closest we have to the plains of the midwest..
Agreed spwill, steve you'd be suprised at the plains we have, especially the Hauraki swamp district in the north. The Hamilton-Te Awamutu road which is mainly on a ridge beside the basin gives great views, but especially the SH 29 road to Tauranga on the Kaimai Summit. The views are stunning
Not to mention the amount of Canterbury thunderstorm days can be counted using just one hand
For a place to be good for viewing you, uh, actually have to have some thunderstorms to look at in the first place. Therefore Waikato is the winner hands down.
Aaron J Wilkinson wrote:Great pic spwill. Wish I could see a Sb like that soon.
Yes a great shot . spwill literally stole my thunder with that photo from his southeastern view. Was lining up a full-bodied sunset Cb photo like that until the useless stratocumulus developed on the Hamilton side of the storm during sunset
Aaron J Wilkinson wrote:Great pic spwill. Wish I could see a Sb like that soon.
Yes a great shot . spwill literally stole my thunder with that photo from his southeastern view. Was lining up a full-bodied sunset Cb photo like that until the useless stratocumulus developed on the Hamilton side of the storm during sunset
Willoughby Owen
NZASC
Yes indeed great Sb
Anyway a smal gif image from tonight as southerly passed over.
Anyway a smal gif image from tonight as southerly passed over.
Some unstable looking clouds this evening, but no showers in central Chch. Seems (from the little I can see from my place) to be more cloud to the north, and clearer skies to the south.
yepp tonights skies went black for awhile here just before the southerly hit with some nice CU developing but still No thunder and lightning ohh well still plenty time to go yet.
Here's pic of sun streaming through clouds to my SW some small Cumulus I believe in there somewhere too. .
Dont worry Foggy we will have some storms soon infact so will you and there will be smiles all around Hopefully
Cheers
JASON.
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Yes! Despite the interesting cloud forms, not much of a southerly change despite of the 1 I had put up for today. Quite windy from 7pm when the southerly came through.
Interesting cloud forms but nothing thunderous looking/producing.
Better luck next time
its the closest we have to the plains of the midwest..
Landscape wise yes but the climatology is different. The Midwest is open to moisture while Canterbury is cut off from moisture. If it wasn't for the humid winds off the Gulf of Mexico the midwest would not get the tornadoes.
Yeah, cantab is no doubt a great place to observe thunderstorms. It's just that the Waikato get alot more storms hence it's got the upper hand.
Waikato get Thunderstorms through out the year.
Gets the moisture.
I know the East SI storms are great because I grew up down there in Otago . Would like to make a trip down there this Summer when storms are firing. December is the best time for them.
Would like to make a trip down there this Summer when storms are firing. December is the best time for them.
Inland Otago can get some mighty storms in the right situation particularly if the low level winds are moist NE. Silly season there for thunderstorms is late November to late January. The rest of the year is generally convectively dead.
Michael wrote:theres no westerlies here but SW and slowly risen to Gale Force this afternoon
Foggy Hamilton wrote:Westerlies quite strong today, a rare day when Hamilton's winds are higher than Auckland's! Or isn't it?
JohnGaul
NZTS
MetServices Forecast for Christchurch today was totally rubbish?
No NW just a cold ENE from late morning, this becoming strong at times.
Remaining cloudy with a max temp here of just under 17C
The sky did indicate warmer weather though and I am aware of warmer temperatures in other eastern districts of the country.
Michael wrote:theres no westerlies here but SW and slowly risen to Gale Force this afternoon
JohnGaul
NZTS
MetServices Forecast for Christchurch today was totally rubbish?
No NW just a cold ENE from late morning, this becoming strong at times.
Remaining cloudy with a max temp here of just under 17C
The sky did indicate warmer weather though and I am aware of warmer temperatures in other eastern districts of the country.
To note, Le Bon's Bay is on 21c at 10pm, and chch 11c!
. spwill literally stole my thunder with that photo from his southeastern view. Was lining up a full-bodied sunset Cb photo like that until the useless stratocumulus developed on the Hamilton side of the storm during sunset 
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