Squalls and thunder, western North Island 7th-8th July

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Re: Squalls and thunder, western North Island 7th-8th July

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Reports that a plane got hit by lightning in Auckland on Tv 1 news at 10am. No real details as yet other than its landed safely and everyone is ok.
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I just posted a link to that news article....
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Manukau heads obs wrote:I just posted a link to that news article....
Oh sorry didn't see that post. Ill eat my hat! #-o
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hail shower just gone through
looking clearer out to the SW now
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Manukau heads obs wrote:looking clearer out to the SW now
until sunday when the 3rd southern pulse flicks across the NI. How many will we get before this system moves on. We are garunteed 3. Will we get 5? :-k With each one the air in behind is becoming colder and colder. By the end of this system the mountains should have had a good dumping.

EDIT well i just looked at the models and it looks like this SW flow will continue until about 7 days time. So potential for a bucket load more pulses from the southern ocean.
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Heavy shower just went through here, brief small hail and gusts to 55km/h :smile:
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it was VERY windy all night on the beachaven coast, windiest ive had for a long time, tho only been living here for 6 months now. quite impressive squalls, just kept coming.. was watching the lightning off the west coast from my house last night.

heard a big boom around 9:30 this morning over ponsonby!
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Be interesting to know the wind speed here today,hopefully it blow some pine branches down :>
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gusting to 49 knots here (90kmh)
real gusty too (due to the cold air over relatively warm ocean (15 to 16C)
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David wrote:Was there any thunder in Auckland overnight? Wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't.
I didn't hear a thing...wasn't even windy lol
Sure was here! 8-o

Woken by an incredibly loud rolling clap of thunder just after 3am, with lots of lightning, then we lost power ... only just got it back on after midday today (see 3am radar).
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According radio interviews with the Air Force Boeing 757's crew, this morn's lightning appears to have entered the aircraft behind the underside of cockpit and exited via the aft aileron. It also left the telltale odour of ozone in the cabin.
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