General April Weather

Manukau heads obs · Thu 03/04/2014 09:01

I see I am in the red zone

Broken cloud here
Should heat up nicely though

David · Unread post by **David** » Thu 03/04/2014 09:09

Howick is probably too far east to catch much activity in the Auckland area today... luckily I already watered the garden yesterday

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Thu 03/04/2014 09:20

Some Elevated convection around Raglan this morning with undulating and turbulent bases. Those showers look quite good in the central Waikato and the Coromandel Coast.

Manukau heads obs · Thu 03/04/2014 09:28

I see Jamie has had 5mm already

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Thu 03/04/2014 09:42

Hopefully some of the dry spots can catch a downpour today.

I'm in Christchurch today

Bradley · Unread post by **Bradley** » Thu 03/04/2014 10:42

Looking quite cold and wet for the south island next week, will feel more like late May then early April!!

David · Unread post by **David** » Thu 03/04/2014 10:59

11mm already Jamie, I bet you're pleased

David · Unread post by **David** » Thu 03/04/2014 12:16

A bit of light rain here just now... had to get the washing in quick! Looks like quite a big shower east of here

David · Unread post by **David** » Thu 03/04/2014 13:27

Wow just heard thunder to the west of here! Just patchy light showers here...

Manukau heads obs · Thu 03/04/2014 13:27

7mm here from that waikato line that moved nw
Will Get some more heating going this afternoon
As the sun Moves to the western sky

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Thu 03/04/2014 13:32

Heavy rain here in Parnell with thunder just heard.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 03/04/2014 13:57

Massive funnel cloud in south Auckland. Been watching it from clevdon

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 03/04/2014 13:58

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I have better pics on my work phone. Will post them tonight

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Thu 03/04/2014 14:19

We must have 20mm + in Parnell but clearing now. A good soaking. Just the one rumble.

Nice funnel cloud Jamie.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Thu 03/04/2014 15:32

20mm is a nice wee drop of rain ,how long did that funnel cloud hang round for Jamie

David · Unread post by **David** » Thu 03/04/2014 15:45

More big showers now to the SE, hopefully will deliver some rain to Howick this time

cbm · Unread post by **cbm** » Thu 03/04/2014 16:34

I can see the storm Metservice have just tweeted about comming from the Southeast. Now purple on the radar.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 03/04/2014 16:37

The funnel cloud started at about 1:50 and was still there after 2pm so it was there for a long time really.

Here are some photos. Ive cropped them to fit within the 2mb limit.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 03/04/2014 16:43

im off chasing! just seen the radar.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Thu 03/04/2014 16:44

Yes a very good storm just about to Hit Matangi, just my luck!!, LOL
Warning Attached:

Metservice wrote:SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

Issued by MetService at 04:33 pm Thursday 03 April 2014.
Valid until 05:22 pm Thursday 03 April 2014.

This warning affects people in the following local government areas:
WAIKATO, HAMILTON CITY and WAIPA.

At 04:22 pm, MetService weather radar detected severe thunderstorms near CAMBRIDGE, KARAPIRO, TE MIRO, LEAMINGTON, WHITEHALL and ROTOORANGI.

These severe thunderstorms are moving towards the westnorthwest, and are expected to lie near HAMILTON, CAMBRIDGE, OHAUPO, LEAMINGTON, MATANGI and HAMILTON AIRPORT at 04:52 pm and near HAMILTON, OHAUPO, MATANGI and HAMILTON AIRPORT at 05:22 pm.

These thunderstorms are expected to be accompanied by very heavy rain.

Very heavy rain can cause surface and/or flash flooding about streams, gullies and urban areas, and make driving conditions extremely hazardous.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Thu 03/04/2014 16:52

Line of heavy showers with a few strikes picked up. Looks like it will cross Waikato.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 03/04/2014 17:09

i decided to let this come to me instead of chasing it.

THat funnel cloud must have been very close to the auckland airport after looking at direction of my view point and rain radar at 2pm.

Manukau heads obs · Thu 03/04/2014 17:22

Good heating here. ..22c
Line of cloud just to east...

Manukau heads obs · Thu 03/04/2014 17:29

That new shower line might make it all the way to here

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 03/04/2014 17:35

Manukau heads obs wrote:That new shower line might make it all the way to here

will it be any good by then.

I decided not to chase because it was breaking apart.

On another note - peat lakes around here are drying up rapidly. Lake E down the road from me is dry. Only seen that a couple times in my life. Not ever this dry though. Lake Kopuera at Rangiriri is drying up very fast. This is the lake just behind the pub there. Not to be confused with the giant lake Waikare which is just in behind lake Kopuera.

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