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Nice line of storms rolling across west Hamilton atm, quite a few spherics on the AM radio ATM......

Constant thunder from that cell that got me and Hamilton.

Now watching east with the next cell and it looks like it has a wall cloud.


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Still fine with little cloud around in Southland .At best some Cu mediocris on the hills . A late start may be .Sea breeze has kicked in

jamie wrote: ↑Sun 02/12/2018 14:29 Constant thunder from that cell that got me and Hamilton.

Now watching east with the next cell and it looks like it has a wall cloud.


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Yup the cells out east of the line will be deff the cells to watch....

Getting closer

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Thunder081 wrote: ↑Sun 02/12/2018 14:38 Getting closer

Looking good, whereabouts in the Manawatu are you guys currently?

We're a bit north of bulls and have seen a few flashes of lightning and hearing constant rumbles of thunder

GreggWard wrote:

Thunder081 wrote: ↑Sun 02/12/2018 14:38 Getting closer

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Looking good, whereabouts in the Manawatu are you guys currently?

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Thunder081 wrote: ↑Sun 02/12/2018 14:44 We're a bit north of bulls and have seen a few flashes of lightning and hearing constant rumbles of thunder

GreggWard wrote:
Looking good, whereabouts in the Manawatu are you guys currently?

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Looks like Whanganui is getting hit at the moment, but the rain radar shows the storm spreading to the SE, so you look to be in a good position.

We're chasing one near bulls now

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Thunder081 wrote: ↑Sun 02/12/2018 15:08 We're chasing one near bulls now

Looking NW->NNW towards Bulls and Feilding, from Palmy. This is probably what Thunder081 is amongst.

From latest radar, looks like possible hail between Bulls and Turakina. That's just a rough guess.

Going south from Sanson it looks awesome!!!!!

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Fantastic phones you fellas.

Not sure if anything could develop here or not, you never know, it's getting much darker to the north.

Thunder081 wrote: ↑Sun 02/12/2018 15:41 Going south from Sanson it looks awesome!!!!!

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

Issued by MetService at 03:40 pm Sunday 02 December 2018.
Valid until 04:30 pm Sunday 02 December 2018.

This warning affects people in the following local government areas:
HOROWHENUA, MANAWATU and RANGITIKEI.

At 03:30 pm, MetService weather radar detected severe thunderstorms near OHAKEA, TANGIMOANA and SANTOFT.

These severe thunderstorms are moving towards the southwest, and are expected to lie near OFFSHORE MANAWATU and TANGIMOANA at 04:00 pm and near OFFSHORE MANAWATU at 04:30 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.

The Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management advises that as storms approach you should:
- Take shelter, preferably indoors away from windows;
- Avoid sheltering under trees, if outside;
- Move cars under cover or away from trees;
- Secure any loose objects around your property;
- Check that drains and gutters are clear;
- Be ready to slow down or stop, if driving.
During and after the storm, you should also:
- Beware of fallen trees and power lines;
- Avoid streams and drains as you may be swept away in flash flooding.

This warning is due to be updated or lifted by 04:30 pm Sunday 02 December 2018.

So many damn trees in the way for taking photos! Haha

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I think the Easterly is a bit too strong here in Palmy (E 24km/h gusting to 54 km/h), for any convection enhanced storms to get any closer. From the radar image the storms that were building SE towards Palmy, have started to dissipate.

Thunder081 wrote: ↑Sun 02/12/2018 15:54 So many damn trees in the way for taking photos! Haha

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Thunder081, it looks like we have missed photos from the last two posts that you sent. They don't seem to be attached.

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Thunder081 wrote: ↑Sun 02/12/2018 15:54 So many damn trees in the way for taking photos! Haha

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Thunder081, it looks like we have missed photos from the last two posts that you sent. They don't seem to be attached.

I didn't post any but here's one. Don't want to post up the better ones yet or the media might rip it lol

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HEY! The sun popped out for 2 seconds here

We're heading north now, going to chase some more storms that are forming to the north

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Okay guys here's the some of the good photos of the storm at bulls, manawatu

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Richard wrote: ↑Sun 02/12/2018 15:44 Fantastic phones you fellas.

Not sure if anything could develop here or not, you never know, it's getting much darker to the north.

Blitz recording a few lightning strikes north of you, Richard plus inland Marlborough areas.

Outflow boundary near bulls

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Despite forecasts for thunderstorms and the thunderstorm watch .Today has been spectacularly fine .A Cb to far north west of Lumsden other than that nothing to report

There has been a stationary cell over waiterimu for over an hour now. That place is a narrow valley with lots of runoff from hills do the the floor. There would be an impressive flash flood there right now.


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