Sat 24/11 & Thurs 29/11 chance of thunder in Canty

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Sat 24/11 & Thurs 29/11 chance of thunder in Canty

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I see MS have a low chance of thunder picked for this afternoon. Any opinions on the chance of this? I'm sure it's low due to the lack of "oomph" this S change has...
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Re: Sat 24-11-07 Low chance of thunder in Canty

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Not today I wouldnt think at all Andrew flow is abit too weak and the fronts are breaking up easier.
Tomorrow might see a small risk about the foothills, however Tuesday is looking abit better but we shall see 8-[ .
Need some rain though only 17mm for the whole month so far, and that is a worry when the average rainfall for November is normally 30-40mm.
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Re: Sat 24-11-07 Low chance of thunder in Canty

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What southerly change? You are kidding right? Maybe you are talking about tomororw? Another glorious summers day here :D
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Re: Sat 24-11-07 Low chance of thunder in Canty

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Take a look at the satellite Razor,there is a weak southerly change pushing up the coast,is that a few CBs popping up around inland North Otago/South Canterbury also?,
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Re: Sat 24-11-07 Low chance of thunder in Canty

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I looked at the skies all weekend...and they were gloriously blue, warm and sunny. Breezy SW dry change late yesterday.

28 degrees yesterday, has been a sustained very warm spell for this time of year. The Farmers are already saying its dry.
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Re: Sat 24-11-07 Low chance of thunder in Canty

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I know... I didn't agree with it, I thought MS knew of some mysterious convection or low that was going to form... But that's what their TS prediciton said Sat morning!
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Re: Sat 24-11-07 Low chance of thunder in Canty

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Recorded highest temprature for November yesterday @ 28.5 c, then the brisk southerly came in :shock:
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Re: Sat 24-11-07 Low chance of thunder in Canty

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Tomorrow now looks more likely for the potential for thunder than last Sat, mind you the barometer will have to drop a little lower plus we need a good NE beforehand and a bit of heating prior to the front :)

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Re: Sat 24-11-07 - Thurs 28-11-07 chance of thunder in Canty

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As i said in the other topic will be interesting as there looks to be abit of ridging to allow a NE to undercut for most of the day until the change arrives.
Sorry to be the party pooper but the date for the thunder category tomorrow at the top is wrong its the 29th not the 28th ;) :-w .
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Re: Sat 24/11 & Thurs 29/11 chance of thunder in Canty

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By South Island standards the upper air won't be that cold today and given the very modest moisture the convective risk certainly looks in the low category. The same airmass could be a bit more convective over the North Island tomorrow as its running into a slightly more moist environment.
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Re: Sat 24/11 & Thurs 29/11 chance of thunder in Canty

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Becoming overcast now as the rain clouds drag up from the south, maybe a heavy shower or two here's hoping.
Still NE but should swing around in the next hour or so.
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Re: Sat 24/11 & Thurs 29/11 chance of thunder in Canty

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Interesting skies but still no uuuumph despite the peristent Ne? :-k
Some glaciation but no trigger.
I wonder if it will rain at all?
Most of the activity seems to be out at sea :evil:

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Re: Sat 24/11 & Thurs 29/11 chance of thunder in Canty

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Just had a shower in central Chch.
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Re: Sat 24/11 & Thurs 29/11 chance of thunder in Canty

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Gone southerly now, how effing boring :( :cry: :(

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Re: Sat 24/11 & Thurs 29/11 chance of thunder in Canty

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Had the lightest of rain, the whitest of clouds and lightest of southerly changes just go through. :roll:
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Re: Sat 24/11 & Thurs 29/11 chance of thunder in Canty

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There is just no hope these days is there :roll: although having said that December is around the corner hopefully the more active month of the year.
Maybe we need to get (NZTS) back up and running again, it seemed to be the years that it was up for actually produced good thunderstorms.
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Re: Sat 24/11 & Thurs 29/11 chance of thunder in Canty

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Jasestrm wrote:There is just no hope these days is there :roll: although having said that December is around the corner hopefully the more active month of the year.
Maybe we need to get (NZTS) back up and running again, it seemed to be the years that it was up for actually produced good thunderstorms.
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