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No car I have some experience on the bike (that's bicycle, not motorbike) in storms, and have a nice hidey hole place out past Mcleans island where I can take shelter and watch the action

I might change my mind later on, but I think I'll head somewhere around Leeston and will travel north/south from there. I will keep in touch by phone.
But first I'll have a wee drive on Summit Road just to get the feeling of the day.

Come on sky, bring a nice waterspout or something !!!

Looking unstable here now hopefully more to come this afternoon.

Some very nice CU blowing up West & SW of Christchurch city right now, looks very well defined and hard edged. Now just need this low lying stuff to burn off so the view isn't impeded.

Very consistent weather out there for the last hour and a half with temp stable around 16.5-16.8 and a 20-30km.h NE. Cu still to the SE and WSW of the city. Metservice now changed their definition of the forecast as below.

"Today
Max 16°C
MIN 7°C

Thunderstorms and hail developing. Southwest."

The severe thunderstorm risk envelope have been changed to moderate risk. It would be interesting to hear from Paul Mallinson with his updates and such.

Severe TS watch out now.

"Some of these may be severe from early afternoon, with localised heavy rain, and hail of 15-25mm diameter. These thunderstorms may be slow moving, which means hail could last a significant length of time in a few places leading to some unusually deep hail accumulations....There is also a risk of a few small tornadoes near coastal Canterbury in the late afternoon or evening."


Take care

http://metservice.com/national/warnings ... torm-watch

might need to go cover the 200 odd xmas lillies in the backyard!

First thunder heard out to the west, looking very black to the south.

Yup heard thunder to west too.

Continuous thunder out to west at the moment, very distant though atm

Looking very unstable around Ashburton.Build ups towards the NE and SW.Looks like an action packed afternoon coming up,pity I have to work!

Thunder very loud here (< 3km W) and now starting to rain.

Great reports and pics!!!

Out to assess the environment this arvo, currently moderate showers outside the office , spherics on the radio triggering our radio repeaters

Leaving work soon... have to do o/t to make up for it! Telecom XT is down, which is a bugger for my tracking..!

EDIT: Big power surge here... possible HV line strike!

19C,still with a light NW here,a large CU to the NE near Kaikoura

Me and 03 departing in t minus 15 min. He just had to do some work this morning which is fair enough. Think we'll head Ashburton way as usual.

Wouldn't you know that after a faithfull 5 to 6 years with my Nikon 5700 the day it dies is the day I first use my new camera..... a sign.... thankyou 5700 for your years of service.... lol.

Aaron

Still warm and sunny here in Waddington - 10 mins down the road in Kirwee friends reporting huge hail, winds and masses of dark cloud massing...

.. clouds getting a bit messy overhead here but nothing to write home about

Where's 'eat my underpants'? It sounds like things aren't far away from him at the mo...!

I'm off too, still heading towards Tai Tapu/Leeston/Southbridge/Rakaia (can't afford to go any further ...).

heading out nw south. Got internet via phone if ne thng comes up that we may be missing my number is 0212255295. Already talked with TV1 may met up wit them later. . .

Lacertae wrote:I'm off too, still heading towards Tai Tapu/Leeston/Southbridge/Rakaia (can't afford to go any further ...).

YEA!!!

03Stormchaser wrote:Already talked with TV1 may met up wit them later. . .

I told them to follow you...

MoorfNZ wrote:10 mins down the road in Kirwee friends reporting huge hail, winds and masses of dark cloud massing...

Awesome love those reports!!!

XT's back up, heading out soon.. !