General July Weather

Manukau heads obs · Thu 07/07/2011 13:09

cool, was like a shot gun blast going off?

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 07/07/2011 13:13

Dale Small wrote:CRAP I walked outside, lit a smoke and this friggen great CG just landed directly across the street.. I kind of look like a cartoon character now standing there bug eyed shaking like a leaf trying to hold his cig!

Got a bit of hail in that lot too!

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Cool!!! when i lived in auckland lightning hit the roof of the builing above me while i was standing on the balcony. best CG ive ever experienced. Made me fall to the ground it was so close. I bet your experience was much the same.

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Thu 07/07/2011 14:54

Had a few brief spots before but it is trying to close in from the west fast moving dark shower clouds, wind not very strong as yet just occasionally fresh and gusty.
Should close in this evening, not sure why the MS think it will clear this evening when its only just starting to spill over now and the maps show it by 6pm tonight.
Nice day though would forget its winter, currently 14C 980hpa.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Thu 07/07/2011 15:25

Been a brief shower here too.What always happens here with showers from the west is it normally blows before it arrives stops as it starts to rain.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Thu 07/07/2011 15:49

Mate from Hokitika tells me they are having a massive thunderstorm at present

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Thu 07/07/2011 16:33

Gone very dark here with rain on its way, down to 11C currently.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Thu 07/07/2011 16:42

Few spots here in cracroft now

Cameron M · Unread post by **Cameron M** » Thu 07/07/2011 17:04

Big flash of lightning followed by a loud crack and an almighty rumble that gave me a bit of a fright then followed by heavy rain mixed with hail this happened about 45 minutes ago.

Dale · Unread post by **Dale** » Thu 07/07/2011 17:25

Constant barrage of lightning round here.. nasty stuff but loving every minute of it!

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Thu 07/07/2011 17:32

Oh you lucky bugger Dale

maybe there might be spill over sheet light lightning

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Thu 07/07/2011 17:36

Storm trackers is showing lightning strikes near Christchurch...........really??

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Thu 07/07/2011 17:40

Raining well again here at present, as it did a couple of times through the day. 7 degrees, pressure dropping away again.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Thu 07/07/2011 17:51

Orion wrote:Raining well again here at present, as it did a couple of times through the day. 7 degrees, pressure dropping away again.

how much rain did ya get from those showers Orion?,only had one shower here,just enough to wet the ground only.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Thu 07/07/2011 17:55

Richard wrote:Storm trackers is showing lightning strikes near Christchurch...........really??

Nope but could be on the foothills

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Thu 07/07/2011 18:13

Richard wrote:how much rain did ya get from those showers Orion?,only had one shower here,just enough to wet the ground only.

About the same here too, Richard, nuisance value really. Poor laundry-drying day despite the breeze.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Thu 07/07/2011 18:20

03Stormchaser wrote:
Richard wrote:Storm trackers is showing lightning strikes near Christchurch...........really??
Nope but could be on the foothills

nope ,showed it to be much more east,around Rolleston i recon.

snowstormwatcher · Unread post by **snowstormwatcher** » Thu 07/07/2011 18:51

Moderate rain here now, Currently 5 degrees. Much colder than I expected today only reached a high of 8 degrees even with a moderate NW wind and quite a few fine breaks between the spillover showers.

Dean. · Unread post by **Dean.** » Thu 07/07/2011 19:03

snowstormwatcher wrote:Moderate rain here now, Currently 5 degrees. Much colder than I expected today only reached a high of 8 degrees even with a moderate NW wind and quite a few fine breaks between the spillover showers.

Should be close to snowing at Lake Tekapo then.
Lindis Pass closed by snow tonight.Bit of a blue by Metservice not issueing a road snow warning for it today.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Thu 07/07/2011 19:20

The forecast GFS barometer for Invercargill late Sunday is 958hpa. Whether that will verify, we'll have to see. Looks a good wintry system too.

Garry · Unread post by **Garry** » Thu 07/07/2011 20:15

NZstorm wrote:The forecast GFS barometer for Invercargill late Sunday is 958hpa. Whether that will verify, we'll have to see. Looks a good wintry system too.

Love that last sentence in particular...bring it on. Arrive in Christchurch tomorrow night then off for a save road trip and some skiiing...yayyyyy I am so excited, can you tell

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Thu 07/07/2011 20:28

Abit of spillover rain before grounds all wet, now a strong gusty W-NW wind outside with 10C currently.
Ive heard from someone on the west coast very windy there with occasional downpours and thunder/lightning, also reports from some locals just north of Hokitika of a small tornado coming ashore and up into a valley this was around 6pm.

Dale · Unread post by **Dale** » Thu 07/07/2011 20:46

Report of a nader doesn't surprise me, I've been half expecting one somewhere along the coast here all afternoon! Thats about all that has been missing from the equation lol.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Thu 07/07/2011 20:53

Have fun over while you are over here Garry

Man its pouring down here at the moment as seen by the radar,winds gone light too,

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Thu 07/07/2011 21:13

Wind change to south now and booming in the chimney as it does.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Thu 07/07/2011 21:30

Just tipped out fourteen mils from a half hours rain,have to been the heaviest rain seen around here for a year or so.

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