16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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Grrrr, again it has to happen on a Tuesday ... :mad:
Plus now that I live in Hoon Hay I'm only 20/25 minutes away from a good spot near Lake Ellesmere ! >_<

"In the east of the South Island the front is expected to bring a southerly
change with showers and there is a low to moderate risk of some thunderstorms
with small hail from about the Otago Peninsula to the Kaikoura Coast (see chart).
Any thunderstorms that do occur are likely to be squally with gusts 80-100km/hr
possible."
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Re: East coast of the South Island - T-storm alert - 16/03/10

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You don't often see t-storm warnings on both East and West Coast for the same system, or am I particularly unobservant?? Clear blue skies at moment, but wind is picking up and starting to whine around the buildings.
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Re: East coast of the South Island - T-storm alert - 16/03/10

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Kimkliff wrote:You don't often see t-storm warnings on both East and West Coast for the same system, or am I particularly unobservant?? Clear blue skies at moment, but wind is picking up and starting to whine around the buildings.
It's for tomorrow, hence why you can't presently see anything.

Issued at 11.03am that's unusually late for the release.
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Re: East coast of the South Island - T-storm alert - 16/03/10

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I guess they can occur on both sides in a critical SWer flow (i.e aligned with the South island...yes?
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Re: 16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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Re: 16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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Yeah!
It looks like it's all on \:D/
Tomorrow, I'll tell you if I'm wrong. :lol:

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Re: 16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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Awww Metservice jinxed it by making it "high risk"
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Re: 16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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Yuss some exciting weather on the way i cant wait! :) tues night couldnt be better for me so im free to chase with any crew who decides to take a punt at it!! :)
And yes they have now up graded the risk to high so sounds really good for us folk in Canterbury.
Have to keep me up dated John as the day goes on as ill be at work until about 4pm
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Re: 16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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I'm soooo tempted to call sick tomorrow afternoon ... should I ? Or shouldn't I ? :?:
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Re: 16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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Lacertae wrote:I'm soooo tempted to call sick tomorrow afternoon ... should I ? Or shouldn't I ? :?:
Doh, no point now. First rule of pulling a sickie, never tell anyone, let alone broadcast the possibility in a public forum #-o
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Re: 16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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That trough looks fairly deep, 8-o ,think I might join the party later. :wave:
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Re: 16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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Quite a nasty southerly in behind.
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Re: 16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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Doh, no point now. First rule of pulling a sickie, never tell anyone, let alone broadcast the possibility in a public forum
It's more likely that some of my workmates might guess that me calling sick on a thundery day is a bit too much of ... a coincidence ... :B ;P
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Re: 16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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We just need pictures so have the cameras rolling....
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Re: 16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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Won't be much from me today if anything happens as I havn't got much gas, but if there's anything in Timaru i'll try get some pics on my phone which will be posted sometime tomorrow.
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Re: 16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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Michael wrote:We just need pictures so have the cameras rolling....
Will do _b , hopefully its like Fridays storm that became more vigorous as it moved over North Canterbury.
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Re: 16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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I'm too serious to go chasing instead of working, so good luck guys ! :wave:
Looking forward to seeing your pics/vids tomorrow. :yum:
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Re: 16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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Its clear. Its warm. Its sunny. Just one ingrediant missing- the NE is only a gentle puff out there.
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Re: 16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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Sthly change swept through Oamaru at 3pm . Gusty no rain yet
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Re: 16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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Nor'Wester picking up here,starting to look a bit adventurous to the south. 0_o
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Re: 16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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Nothing on radars as yet, looks like Southerly pushed through south canterbury about an hour ago.
Nothing on the lightning tracker either.. well not the one i have.
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Re: 16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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This was always going to be a rather late event. Looks like main surge will be over CH around 7pm or so. Cooling aloft is now occurring over northeastern Otago and South Canterbury and the radar profile shows the precip looking more convective and getting deeper there.
If any thunderstorms occur, it will be in the next 3 hours.
We'll see.

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Re: 16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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Night time thunderstorms!!!:)))))))

Depending on how high the cloud is i might make a trip up the port hills. nw getting a bit gusty here too
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Re: 16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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Gone NWer here... doesn't look spectacular ATM..
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Re: 16/03/10 - W/E coast of the South Island - T-storm warning

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Yeah. Southerly just gone through ashy, looks to be here soon. Not looking that good at all
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