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NZ Thunderstorm Soc
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03 Stormchaser wrote:Band of Heavy rain and small hail, pea size max were I was.
Same here Steve.
Congrats on picking out TS for us today =D> =D> =D> =D>
Recorded a few sferics but only heard distant thunder on the 2nd one just after 6pm.
Interesting sky!
Very black to the south of here about 5pm with a ENE blowing, then at 5:45pm, a squall moved over delivering 1.3mm in 3 minutes, which qualifies for a 'heavy fall'. There was small pea sized hail with that.
Wind here was SE to S with fractus cloud moving in from the NE.
Sky looked very black towards the Hillsborough area, suspect hail with that lot.
A bit cooler now with the sun shining and just scraps of cloud at the moment.
Altogether 2.5mm falling in a half and hour period constitutes a heavy fall of precipitation herer in Christchurch.
Calm outside now with a slight hint of a Ne redeveloping and 10.5C :)

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ricky
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Chch detector is at http://www.templeton.gen.nz/weather/StormVue.html

Both the Auckland and Christchurch have links to each other and to the correlated strikes when both pick up the same thing...
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Thanks John, heard a few serfics on the radio, didnt hear any thunder. Looks like it was all just north of chch.

You can get an idea of size of clouds etc from below photo:

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Thats hail in the distance falling on chch.
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ricky wrote:Chch detector is at http://www.templeton.gen.nz/weather/StormVue.html

Both the Auckland and Christchurch have links to each other and to the correlated strikes when both pick up the same thing...
Thanks... I aint blonde but never noticed that... 8)
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Very heavy rain now... I was out by 3 hours... Low cloud but too dark to take a pic...

No static on AM...
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snow @ this tim eof year ack nic pic btw u guys down there been getting action nice one and we want it back lol
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squid wrote:snow @ this tim eof year ack nic pic btw u guys down there been getting action nice one and we want it back lol

qitoften getweatherthat comesoffthecuffbuthtenyouudontgeatthatmchactiondownhernadbtrhe weahjteruisbratherboringformosytodfthe timelots of love :)

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