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Can see a nice black cloud to the south of me with precip but can't see any lightning yet. We can see lightning going off on tracker so know it's occuring, hence I think I heard some distant thunder however it could've also been a truck? But it sounded pretty convincing..
Will post a pic of the cloud later.
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Edit: Ok, sitting inside I'm pretty sure I just heared thunder!
Will post a pic of the cloud later.
Cheers
Edit: Ok, sitting inside I'm pretty sure I just heared thunder!
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No!Aaron J Wilkinson wrote: Arghh work!! Hopefully I can duck out and take pics at times.
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Seriously, I was in Chch today (hence Aaron is hard at work) and it looked like one of those classic dark brooding SW changes which I actually think have been missing for the last few years - a real mid-summer wind change, reminded me of the 82/83 summer, mentioned on another thread here a week or two ago. That summer we had changes like this every week, sometimes twice a week. Great stuff.
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That storm did the typical BP run headed SE wards but had a breif period of rain heavy for abit with large drops of rain 4.8mm today though just enough to soak a cm into my vege garden.
More rain forecast tomorrow although I don't expect and storms looks like next chance could be Tuesday 27th but yeh who knows. .
A few pics from today one is a shower that I mentioned earlier today which had an anvil look to it and on the other one was our first heavy shower in behind that was the storm somewhere.
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More rain forecast tomorrow although I don't expect and storms looks like next chance could be Tuesday 27th but yeh who knows. .
A few pics from today one is a shower that I mentioned earlier today which had an anvil look to it and on the other one was our first heavy shower in behind that was the storm somewhere.
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Yes ... Well it was a quite an interesting thunderstorm to the south of us again today - they're getting closer
However, it was a bit boring really and petered out fairly quickly as it went around the back of BP, but then it's the best one we've had so far this NZTS season
I saw quite a few lightning strikes including arched lightning of which I have never seen before. I missed this on video as it happened between CG lightning strikes
There were some other pathetic lightning strikes of which I got on camera but nothing much to write home about
Good rain out of it however with 6.4mm to 10:30pm tonight
Some sferics on radio now but nothing according to the tracker?
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However, it was a bit boring really and petered out fairly quickly as it went around the back of BP, but then it's the best one we've had so far this NZTS season
I saw quite a few lightning strikes including arched lightning of which I have never seen before. I missed this on video as it happened between CG lightning strikes
There were some other pathetic lightning strikes of which I got on camera but nothing much to write home about
Good rain out of it however with 6.4mm to 10:30pm tonight
Some sferics on radio now but nothing according to the tracker?
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Some rain over the past two days, not much but certainly better than nothing. No storm activity within the Mackenzie or upper Waitaki Valley.Jasestrm wrote:Just heard about the storm on radio Rwood apparently some spectacular displays.
Cold here today with occasional showers at times and strong blustery SW winds things should ease up this aftenoon.
Reports of alot of surface Flooding this morning after the downpour especailly Johns rd.
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They forecast showers, this is rain. 16mm yesterday with 30mm so far today. Don't think the lawns will get there Xmas cut but we need it for sure. Though it probably not falling in the right catchment areas
There is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes.
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We've had some heavy falls, but mostly light stuff. The Alpine catchment is copping a wee bit though, as some of the rivers are looking pretty wild.Fujita Phil wrote:They forecast showers, this is rain. 16mm yesterday with 30mm so far today. Don't think the lawns will get there Xmas cut but we need it for sure. Though it probably not falling in the right catchment areas
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I see no radar from Rakaia since 4pm yesterday, Ben? Must of got struck by lightningtich wrote:Showery this morning in central Chch. Still cloudy, but no more rain this afternoon. Wind has become strong and gusty.
I got 17.2mm of rain all up to 9am this morning.
Hope a good fall, fell at West Melton as well - my rain gauge up there was run over by a guy topping the paddock with his tractor and topper. I forgot to tell him about it .. off to the $2 shop to get another one
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Are you sure tha they still have them? went in the other day and they said they no longer stocked themNZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:I see no radar from Rakaia since 4pm yesterday, Ben? Must of got struck by lightningtich wrote:Showery this morning in central Chch. Still cloudy, but no more rain this afternoon. Wind has become strong and gusty.
I got 17.2mm of rain all up to 9am this morning.
Hope a good fall, fell at West Melton as well - my rain gauge up there was run over by a guy topping the paddock with his tractor and topper. I forgot to tell him about it .. off to the $2 shop to get another one
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