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when will we get a storm in auckland again. all we get now is dud days.

tornado wrote: ↑Tue 01/10/2019 19:34 when will we get a storm in auckland again. all we get now is dud days.

Just like here?

Good to hear the thunderstorm reports in from Hawkes Bay today. Also they had an earthquake as well to boot down Waiaro way

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: ↑Tue 01/10/2019 19:44 Good to hear the thunderstorm reports in from Hawkes Bay today. Also they had an earthquake as well to boot down Waiaro way

yes just heard about the quake.5.4. i dont think napier has had a storm for a while. some clips of good CGs as well

Big thunderstorm in Hawke's Bay today. Haven't seen one this strong here before. Continuous fork lightning and thunder, and accumulating hail. Temp drop from 14 degrees to 4 degrees in 30 minutes!

Temp drop from 14 degrees to 4 degrees in 30 minutes!

Napier at the time of the storm was colder than the summit of the Napier-Taupo Highway (where it was 6C), according to MetService temperature obs map.

snow101 wrote: ↑Tue 01/10/2019 20:16 Big thunderstorm in Hawke's Bay today. Haven't seen one this strong here before. Continuous fork lightning and thunder, and accumulating hail. Temp drop from 14 degrees to 4 degrees in 30 minutes!

yes saw a video of it. some good CGs it produced.

tich wrote: ↑Tue 01/10/2019 20:24

Temp drop from 14 degrees to 4 degrees in 30 minutes!

Napier at the time of the storm was colder than the summit of the Napier-Taupo Highway (where it was 6C), according to MetService temperature obs map.

I see that the temp in Napier was only 4C at one point this afternoon,very unusual for Napier.
Hope the hail didn't damage any fruit crops there.

gone very windy and a bit of hail here

Tiny hail mixed in with that last shower.

David wrote: ↑Tue 01/10/2019 21:04 Tiny hail mixed in with that last shower.

yes : ) been waiting all day.

tornado wrote: ↑Tue 01/10/2019 19:34 when will we get a storm in auckland again. all we get now is dud days.

I find the winter storm season May to September has the best thunderstorm odds for Auckland. October to April they seem to occur much less.

I would be happy to see drier sunnier weather now and latest gfs has only 15mm for Auckland next 15 days.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: ↑Tue 01/10/2019 20:38
Hope the hail didn't damage any fruit crops there.

That's one of the main reasons why ngai Tahu are setting up an experimental orchard in an area of the ex-Balmoral forest, never getting the large hail, though I do wonder if climate change will see an increase in the size of the small hail. Apples and pears do so well every season but peaches nectarines and apricots would still need some frost protection, but again the way the frosts are going getting lighter, they may well become a crop of the future too.

Looks like we could be in for gust front going by radar? I cant see anything unfortunately as im working on a house with a heap of trees around. Only got a slight gap to the south

NZstorm wrote: ↑Wed 02/10/2019 06:23

tornado wrote: ↑Tue 01/10/2019 19:34 when will we get a storm in auckland again. all we get now is dud days.

I find the winter storm season May to September has the best thunderstorm odds for Auckland. October to April they seem to occur much less.

I would be happy to see drier sunnier weather now and latest gfs has only 15mm for Auckland next 15 days.

thanks. did get some hail last night though

I see the MS October outlook is looking like they expect nothing much outside the ordinary, a pretty average looking month to paraphrase their words

Gust front arriving into Amberley, some purples occasionally but not looking thundery yet.

Gust front roaring it's way north

Sleet and some snowflakes at Hilltop as I was going over to Akaroa this morning. (dustings above about 550-600m)

Radar again looking interesting near the Waimak. Heavy rain now up here and fairly gusty.

Another strong southerly lining up for the weekend as well. Quite the week.

Wind change was bugger all in the end, wasn't strong by any means.

South westerly ramping up nicely here. Locally, going on MetService's website projected temperatures over the next 5 days, that would be roughly a daily mean temperature drop of 2.5c compared to the first week of October 2018.

Nothing much down here. Looked ominous around 7am to the south but nothing much to get enthused about so i went back to bed.
Came onto rain with a bit of a southerly in the morning then cleared up.

Frontal band incoming to Wellington looks incredible:

https://www.victoria.ac.nz/sbs/research ... utes/vucel

And:

https://www.cornish.co.nz/contact/webcam/

Already watching both those cams haha