WOO HOO NORTHLAND!

Angel · Unread post by **Angel** » Sun 18/09/2005 08:07

Jeez, what a cool morning! I'm sitting in my room here in kerikeri, the whole house is shaking from the thunder and the gale force winds!! You wanna see the clouds - wish my pxt fone took better pics.. Its so neat, mums freaking out cuz the wind drops right off every so often, and then BAM - she thinks its a tornado (i wish - i'm obsessed with them) This is the first proper storm we've had in a while..
please excuse me while i go retreive my washing from the neighbours paddock

Angel · Unread post by **Angel** » Sun 18/09/2005 08:09

**** I just heard we're on alert for tornadoes now. YAYYYYYY!!! Might have to go borrow my mates video camera and go for a drive methinks.

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sun 18/09/2005 08:10

Angel wrote:**** I just heard we're on alert for tornadoes now. YAYYYYYY!!! Might have to go borrow my mates video camera and go for a drive methinks.

Keep us posted!

Angel · Unread post by **Angel** » Sun 18/09/2005 08:11

You bet I will.. i'm taking the laptop, and going out into the wild weather ^_^

spike_01 · Unread post by **spike_01** » Sun 18/09/2005 08:14

Send it down here...

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sun 18/09/2005 08:14

Awesome stuff, keep safe, pleeease for the love of Thor!!

Manukau heads obs · Sun 18/09/2005 08:14

good stuff
should be our turn this afternoon
117kmh gusts now at cape reinga, WNW

100kmh gusts at rotorua with the passage of the front there

(8am)
Kaikohe 78kmh gusts now too at 8am

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sun 18/09/2005 08:20

Manukau heads observer wrote: 117kmh gusts now at cape reinga, WNW

100kmh gusts at rotorua with the passage of the front there
(8am)

Where do you find this?

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sun 18/09/2005 08:23

Whakatane getting the gales now, wind has eased in Rotorua, still bucketing

Manukau heads obs · Sun 18/09/2005 08:25

ah, top secret

email me and i will tell you why i just happen to get that info

Manukau heads obs · Sun 18/09/2005 08:28

gusts to 51 knots at tunakaka (channel 21 nowcasting i am listening to for that)
bay of islands that is isnt it?

Angel · Unread post by **Angel** » Sun 18/09/2005 08:35

not tutakaka? if its tutakaka that's whangarei heads way.

spike_01 · Unread post by **spike_01** » Sun 18/09/2005 08:37

Angel... Is flamflo ya mum... Say hi from spike...

Angel · Unread post by **Angel** » Sun 18/09/2005 08:40

Yup she is my mum spike - she says hi back.

Its getting pretty wild here again lol it died off a bit.. I'd love to hear from some people in kaitia and see what its like up there

Manukau heads obs · Sun 18/09/2005 08:41

if its tutakaka that's whangarei heads way.

ah, ok

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Sun 18/09/2005 15:21

yes go northland indeed here in dargaville i have recorded a gust of 114kph and averaging about 80kph form the northwest and yes at times it dies of a bit here and bamb it is bk again had gales since 10 am this morning pressure still low as at 974 contidtions r so ripe for tornadoes i am also obsessed with them squalls have been swesome go Northland havent had a blow like this for a while

Angel · Unread post by **Angel** » Sun 18/09/2005 19:44

Well the wind is getting worse, I'm sitting here listening to branches falling off the trees.. im pissed off too cuz my tamarillo tree fell over and snapped at the base

Rain is horizontal cuz of the wind being so strong..
I've been out and about today following the thunderclouds, and not a sign of rotation from about 4pm onwards.. I'm most disappointed.. then again saying that, having a tornado during the day is fine, cuz i'm happy to watch it etc.. but having one at night, that's a different story all together.
I hope everyone is safe tonight

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sun 18/09/2005 19:49

Angel wrote:Well the wind is getting worse, I'm sitting here listening to branches falling off the trees.. im pissed off too cuz my tamarillo tree fell over and snapped at the base Rain is horizontal cuz of the wind being so strong..
I've been out and about today following the thunderclouds, and not a sign of rotation from about 4pm onwards.. I'm most disappointed.. then again saying that, having a tornado during the day is fine, cuz i'm happy to watch it etc.. but having one at night, that's a different story all together.
I hope everyone is safe tonight

I remember a job many years ago. Police were called to an inner city Auckland flat after garbage men noticed blood and gore leading from a car up to and on the door of the property. It looked very bad so the street was cordoned and a homicide investigation was readied. Finally CIB did a door knock and a very crook looking guy answered after a long long time.

Long story short: he'd been to a party the night before where he'd drunk way too much and consumed a big bag of tree tomatoes. The drive home proved too much for his stomach though...

It gave everybody involved a damn good laugh for days and days!

Angel · Unread post by **Angel** » Sun 18/09/2005 19:51

Hahaha brilliant

I turn mine into chutney

Cant stand them raw

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sun 18/09/2005 20:46

Angel wrote:Well the wind is getting worse, I'm sitting here listening to branches falling off the trees.. im pissed off too cuz my tamarillo tree fell over and snapped at the base Rain is horizontal cuz of the wind being so strong..
I've been out and about today following the thunderclouds, and not a sign of rotation from about 4pm onwards.. I'm most disappointed.. then again saying that, having a tornado during the day is fine, cuz i'm happy to watch it etc.. but having one at night, that's a different story all together.
I hope everyone is safe tonight

Boy you are having it OK up there rather than the boring, stagnant, putrid conditions down here

I have never been so bored, weatherwize, in a very low barometer situation

JohnGaul
NZTS

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sun 18/09/2005 20:50

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:Boy you are having it OK up there rather than the boring, stagnant, putrid conditions down here
I have never been so bored, weatherwize, in a very low barometer situation

JohnGaul
NZTS

983 hPa and dropping here, but so far just a bit of cold rain...here's hoping it gets better/worse soon. (You know what I mean!)

Angel · Unread post by **Angel** » Sun 18/09/2005 20:55

its settled right down over the last 30 mins, so maybe thats it for us

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sun 18/09/2005 21:13

Angel wrote:its settled right down over the last 30 mins, so maybe thats it for us

Well I hope you enjoyed it whilst it happened

JohnGaul
NZTS

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Sun 18/09/2005 21:18

Angel wrote:its settled right down over the last 30 mins, so maybe thats it for us

980 hPa and rising at Mission Bay, so looks like maybe it's passed over the isthmus now.

Manukau heads obs · Sun 18/09/2005 21:48

you need to put an barometer offset onto that station gary....