Westerlies continue over NZ, 21 Nov -

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Tue 05/12/2006 17:43

Still lots of fresh convection blooming with new Cb's developing around over Cambridge.. the upper SSW is skewing one top off nicely..

Can hear distant thunder!!

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 05/12/2006 18:03

Have been working in Queenstown over the past few days, flew back to Auckland late afternoon. Here's some pics from the Aircraft of developing Thunderstorms over eastern Waikato.( about 4.50pm)

kaimaikid · Unread post by **kaimaikid** » Tue 05/12/2006 18:24

Foggy Hamilton wrote:Gary's boltek is plotting them in the Tasman!!

hrmmmmm... now that has me totally buggered - almost reading 90Â° out...

I'll have to wait when things spark up when I'm home sometime to somehow calibrate it...

Manukau heads obs · Tue 05/12/2006 18:32

Nice photos spwill

kaimaikid · Unread post by **kaimaikid** » Tue 05/12/2006 18:49

This is the metservice latest piccy as at 6.17pm - almost shows us all totally out ???

now I am really confused...

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Tue 05/12/2006 18:55

kaimaikid wrote:This is the metservice latest piccy as at 6.17pm - almost shows us all totally out ???

now I am really confused...

The metservice lightning only shows strikes from the last 7(?) days, so much of that lightning occured on Thursday. The cluster in the eastern Waikato would be today's strikes.. which fits in well with what strikestar shows.
http://www.sphere.net.au/strikestarau/

Manukau heads obs · Tue 05/12/2006 19:07

yeah, mine do seem to be plotting a bit too far away...
(i just enabled auto map ranging....before setting that, my storm vue was ok, but the map in nexstorm itself was not)

kaimai kid, i wonder if those strikes plotted in the tasman were ones behind the kaimai ranges for you...i.e the ranges weakened the signal strength alot

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Tue 05/12/2006 19:09

Yeah great shots! That must be Matamata under there in that 1st shot.

(6mm there last hour)
http://www.glidingmatamata.co.nz/weather.htm

That storm is getting active now, up to 17 strikes/min.

/edit, 29!

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Tue 05/12/2006 19:16

If only this was on a weekend....

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Tue 05/12/2006 19:22

Some nice correlation we've got going now KK!

Maybe needs rotating by about -30Â°?

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Tue 05/12/2006 19:26

The correlation here seems to be working ok I'll have a look and see if any detectors seem out...

http://www.portunus.net.nz/weather/Correlated.html

kaimaikid · Unread post by **kaimaikid** » Tue 05/12/2006 19:28

weird - as I have it virtually bang on out at 500km range with both the Auck stations but now have the ranging down to 0.130 to pull it in...

and geeezzzzz I can see the bloody cloud too...

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Tue 05/12/2006 19:34

try and run the main ranging as close to 1 as you can and use the segmented ranging to pull in the area on the other side of the ranges only, will probably need to set the *2 there as well..

The correlation is interesting, most of them are from Foggy and mine only with a couple from all 4 and a couple on the BOP side from Foggy and KaimaiKid only..

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Tue 05/12/2006 19:40

A bit OT here but has everyone seen how unstable GFS is looking for the north for this Saturday? quite a good sharp trough and cold front by the look of it.. hopefully one for a new topic soon

Manukau heads obs · Tue 05/12/2006 19:49

the CB tops look very impressive from here now....great height, over shooting top....best looking CB's for a long time!
will be dark soon..,if they can keep going, will get a lightning display

Manukau heads obs · Tue 05/12/2006 19:53

photo

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Tue 05/12/2006 20:00

Thanks Brian, Sc cloud has blocked the view here! Still some fresh conjestus building on the southern side of that decaying Cb.. so maybe some more stokes on the way?

bit OT here but has everyone seen how unstable GFS is looking for the north for this Saturday? quite a good sharp trough and cold front by the look of it.. hopefully one for a new topic soon

Yes, it looks great! Buller/Taranaki/Waikato-BoP would seem like the target at the moment.

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Tue 05/12/2006 20:31

She's a beauty alright tonight against the setting sun.

[rage]Foggy kicks himself in the head for not buying that camera earlier[/rage]