Strong W flow (thunder, gales, heavy rain) Aug 25 - Sep 3

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Re: Warm,windy, & changeable end to August!!!

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Good show here also - rain also just started.
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Re: Warm,windy, & changeable end to August!!!

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Just seen a nice CG hit the sky tower!
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Re: Warm,windy, & changeable end to August!!!

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awesome view from uni. Lots of nice big flashes. Can someone upload a lightning map screen shot. Uni computers dont have the latest plug in so i cant view it.
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Re: Warm,windy, & changeable end to August!!!

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Its the best since that night in May i think and last years run.
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Re: Warm,windy, & changeable end to August!!!

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VERY intense flashes near overhead here.
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Re: Warm,windy, & changeable end to August!!!

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Bit of aviation traffic entering holding patterns, Singapore Airlines 777 lurking off the Coast at present.
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Re: Warm,windy, & changeable end to August!!!

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ive now lost count of the number of flashes seen. One was mighty close to the info commons at uni.. think some are hitting the skytower but this one hit somewhere up symonds street.
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Re: Warm,windy, & changeable end to August!!!

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Latest Strike Map:
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Re: Warm,windy, & changeable end to August!!!

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Singapore Airlines lobbing off to Christchurch!
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Or try this Jamie:
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Re: Warm,windy, & changeable end to August!!!

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Current ATIS for Auckland..

ATIS ATIS NZAA G 0934 APCH: EXPECT ILS DME APPROACH RWY: 23L SFC COND: WET OPR INFO: UZE 118 DECIMAL 7 FOR GROUND AND DELIVERY WIND: 320/08 VIS: 10KM RED 3000 WX: TSRA CLD: SCT020CB T: 14 DP: 10 QNH: 1009 2000FT: R305/15

No idea why it skipped to NZCH, ive seen bigger land in worse than this
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Re: Warm,windy, & changeable end to August!!!

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is this stuff coming towards Hamilton?
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Re: Warm,windy, & changeable end to August!!!

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Yes I can see it already, heaps of flashes to the west and I heard distant thunder, I am going outside!
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Re: Warm,windy, & changeable end to August!!!

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According to the local paper,

Last nights storm:

150 Lightning Strikes locally in just 2 hours

8500 homes lost mains power

One house had 11 windows blown out by a thunder shock wave, others in the same street also lost windows. The strike hit a pole next to Telecom cabinet which subsequently caught fire.

I shoulda gone for a drive, the booms were impressive, but I didn't think they were frequent enough, sigh.
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Re: Warm,windy, & changeable end to August!!!

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wait yep i see and hear now haha
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Re: Warm,windy, & thundery end to August!!!

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I have observed a number of strikes on the sky tower. Photos coming shortly.
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Re: Warm,windy, & thundery end to August!!!

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just saw MASSIVE forked lightning to the west
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Re: Warm,windy, & thundery end to August!!!

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Must have weakened heaps as it came east, no heavy rain here, and the closest thunder was around 9 seconds from the lightning (which there didn't seem to be that much of either)...
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Re: Warm,windy, & thundery end to August!!!

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Here is vid still: Yuck quality but it shows a nice CC:
Its has just started pouring now.
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Re: Warm,windy, & thundery end to August!!!

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Photo here of lightning striking skytower.
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Re: Warm,windy, & thundery end to August!!!

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That's an excellent photo!!!!! Great stuff!
Some low pitch thunder still around here, seems more to the east now.
The rain radar seems to be exaggerating the rain intensity...
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Re: Warm,windy, & thundery end to August!!!

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Yes, some great looking lightning here, including one triple strobing skytower c-g .. quite an unusual thunderstorm in that with lots of close strikes there was not much heavy precipitation here .. I did see much heavier falls elsewhere on the radar though, also remarkably quiet thunder for NZ! great photo NZstorm! :)
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Re: Warm,windy, & thundery end to August!!!

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wow superb shot there NZstorm.. lightning easing now. few distant flashes out east every now and then.
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Re: Warm,windy, & thundery end to August!!!

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Another shot.

Raindrops on this one >_<
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Re: Warm,windy, & thundery end to August!!!

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Wow you hit the jackpot with that Steve!
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