Heavy rain about central NZ tomorrow

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Thu 29/04/2004 10:37

Persistent mod-heavy rain here in Grey Lynn for the last hour a couple of flashes/rumbles in the last 10mins. Plenty of spherics.

Latest satellite indicates some serious cb's moving into the BOP.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Thu 29/04/2004 10:46

Can now tell the drippy weather of winter is arriving now

Manukau heads obs · Thu 29/04/2004 11:09

http://www.portunus.net.nz/weather/live.html
from this site you will be able to get the rain amount live in auckland

we had a burst of very heavy rain, huge drops...34mm!
(but i need to confirm that with the neighbour as my rain gauge can be suspect in heavy rain!

Manukau heads obs · Thu 29/04/2004 11:14

i see the latest me service long range forecaste says severe northerly gales and rain in most places on monday!

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Thu 29/04/2004 18:26

In the last two days station 93186 Tauranga has registered 213mm.

I was over at Howick(east Auckland) between 11am and 12pm and had very heavy rain with plenty of lightning/thunder. Observed a CG strike within about 200m of me. It was very close, the bang and flash came togeather. Weather cleared there about 12.30pm.

Manukau heads obs · Thu 29/04/2004 18:36

i was in waiuku around then, and it passed just to the east of waiuku, just clipping waiuku, at about 1pm
it was black to the ground, looked like torrential rain!

Manukau heads obs · Thu 29/04/2004 19:42

oh and that sure is alot of rain in tauranga!!!!!!