General August Weather

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Fri 17/08/2018 17:25

Tornado Tim wrote: Fri 17/08/2018 16:51 Some storms going off in Canterbury, impressive rain band off the coast.

Dry area around Chch so far. (ominous looking clouds all around)

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Fri 17/08/2018 17:49

Gust front heading this way

Chris W · Unread post by **Chris W** » Fri 17/08/2018 17:50

It’s turning rapidly into custard in town, very squally.

melja · Unread post by **melja** » Fri 17/08/2018 19:10

Some very heavy rain in Amberley when I was there just after 6pm, how many mm Tony?

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Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Fri 17/08/2018 19:32

Not a drop here yet

Growler · Unread post by **Growler** » Fri 17/08/2018 19:33

Sleety snow and grauple in Tekapo atm. 3 degrees and dropping

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Fri 17/08/2018 19:50

Sleet here also

TonyT · Unread post by **TonyT** » Fri 17/08/2018 23:44

melja wrote: Fri 17/08/2018 19:10 Some very heavy rain in Amberley when I was there just after 6pm, how many mm Tony?

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17mm, most of which fell between 6.30pm and 7.30pm.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Sat 18/08/2018 07:41

3.5mm here nothing to write home about for our area

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Sat 18/08/2018 07:46

12mm here, so not a lot but something at least.

melja · Unread post by **melja** » Sat 18/08/2018 08:47

We skiff of snow on very tips of the hills between Blenheim and Picton this morning

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NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sat 18/08/2018 19:09

Went gathering firewood near Mayfield today and was quite surprised of the lack of snow along the foothills after yesterday's rain event. Mt. Peel had hardly any extra snow on it.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Sun 19/08/2018 00:08

And the next week is looking tame

snowstormwatcher · Unread post by **snowstormwatcher** » Sun 19/08/2018 07:57

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Sat 18/08/2018 19:09 Went gathering firewood near Mayfield today and was quite surprised of the lack of snow along the foothills after yesterday's rain event. Mt. Peel had hardly any extra snow on it.

Fridays rain event was rather interesting as the rain didn't seem to want to move inland. I was working near Fairlie and it was dry most of the the day, doubt there would have been an much more the 0.5mm while as home near Pleasant point it was raining moderately all day with 19mm total for the event.

Only 7cm of new snow on Mt Dobson, Snow looked much thicker on the Hunter hills south of of Timaru than further north..

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 19/08/2018 07:57

Big upper level system sweeping NZ tomorrow with some thundery weather.

UKmet rainfall accumulation chart for Monday showing the hotspots for heavy precip.

melja · Unread post by **melja** » Mon 20/08/2018 08:14

Lewis pass closed due to snow and no road warning from MS, no wonder other forecast sources have sprung up in this country.

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melja · Unread post by **melja** » Mon 20/08/2018 08:31

8min later one appears lol

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cbm · Unread post by **cbm** » Mon 20/08/2018 15:58

Just watched a nasty looking cloud roll past pictured above Waikato Hostipal.

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Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Mon 20/08/2018 17:27

cbm wrote: Mon 20/08/2018 15:58 Just watched a nasty looking cloud roll past pictured above Waikato Hostipal.

Drove through that, was very heavy rain with a bit of hail......

David · Unread post by **David** » Mon 20/08/2018 18:17

Reports in the media a tornado has gone through New Plymouth about 5.30pm

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 20/08/2018 18:25

I wouldn't be surprised considering the current weather situation over NZ at the moment.
I saw a tornado-ic form in some high cloud passing from the north to the south this afternoon, whilst chopping firewood.. I didn't take a photo of it as my f-stick is full on my camera and I coudln't be bothered, changing it.

RODALCO · Unread post by **RODALCO** » Mon 20/08/2018 18:27

Just seen footage on the 6 PM news from a tornado going through Taranaki.

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Mon 20/08/2018 18:32

Video posted to Facebook appearing to be in Ohope Beach area. The presumably Waterspout looks a lot like a Tornado (it's offshore).

Link to video in Facebook

Ohope Waterspout.jpg

Ohope Waterspout Thunderstorm warning.gif

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 20/08/2018 18:50

Nice waterspout.
Todays set up looked good for waterspouts with dewpoint of 13-14C and surface winds from the N/NE.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Mon 20/08/2018 18:51

Good setup for tornadoes today. BOP and Taranaki getting it. I’ve seen structure in the clouds this arvo/evening that was indicative of rotation. So not surprised to hear of tornadoes really.

New line coming in from the west just gave us a rumble. Looks like a CG between raglan and kawhia

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