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GraemeWi
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Unread post by GraemeWi »

Just finished going through the rest of my pictures from Saturday. I found a better one of Oaia island and one of the squall not too far off.

The island is 1.4km off the beach to give it some scale of distance. The white dots on top are gannetts.

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home of the squall line eh umm care to explain lol sorry having a blonde moment here hey like those pics esp that dark cloud one looks like a nice squall there just the way i like it just waiting for these heavy showers and stoms to come onshore man hurry up lol
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squid wrote:home of the squall line eh umm care to explain lol sorry having a blonde moment here
Don't worry, 100% of the Dargaville/Kaipara population wouldn't know this fact. ;)

From Weatherzone:
Squall Line:
A solid or nearly solid band of active thunderstorms. Generally, the distance between individual storms is less than the diameter of the individual storms. Accompanied by strong, squally winds. Generally occur in situations of little directional wind shear but strong speed shear.

Another good link: http://www.theweatherprediction.com/habyhints/150/

Kaipara has the most squall line occurances in Aotearoa, closely followed by the Kawhia-Hamilton-Raglan triangle, which often weaken as they reach Auckland in an unstable W to SW flow.

If I were you, i'd change my username to Squally Squid! :D
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well i didnt even know that the kaipara region is themost squall prone region in New Zealand learn something new everyday and it is nice to know and i can testify to that aswell believe me
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