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Convection started from clear skies at 9am and is 4/8 now with building, towering Cu. Cu looks like it's really 'activating' to the southeast at the moment.
18c, light southerly.
Possible late evening shower in Auckland this evening- southwesterly becoming gusty up there, afternoon convective showers from the Bombay's southwards inland
18c, light southerly.
Possible late evening shower in Auckland this evening- southwesterly becoming gusty up there, afternoon convective showers from the Bombay's southwards inland
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Its 18C, fine here. Can see t/cu inland. Should see Isolated afternoon thunderstorms over the inland ranges late this afternoon. Nothing in the Waikato though foggy. Won't be the heat or humidity there today, required for thunderstorms although isolated showers possible. Will be a fine dry afternoon for Auckland.
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Some reasonable Cu going up on the foothills here but nothing (at this point) to get too excited about. I'm not liking the NE breeze we have at the moment, it's a little more breeze than I'd like keeping temps down a little.
Some bigger Cu congestus type towers further north (Culverdon?) which look better.
Hopefully a thunderstorm or two up north today. Yes NZstorm, that eastern area of the North Island does seem to be favoured for thunderstorms today.
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Some bigger Cu congestus type towers further north (Culverdon?) which look better.
Hopefully a thunderstorm or two up north today. Yes NZstorm, that eastern area of the North Island does seem to be favoured for thunderstorms today.
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Cb's around me, esp to the east. Jury is still out. They look good one moment then shabby the next. NZ Storm and others, when you talk about availability of moisture are you making a gut feel call or is this using info from soundings?. I would have though that the front yesterday that stalled and dissipaited over the North Island may have left enough residual moisture. Is that what we are seeing today?
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Not far from here, 25km or so around Cambridge delivering heavy showers there as I type.Manukau heads observer wrote:i can see that CB now foggy, must be Pirongia area?
Huge mother of a cumuloninbus has popped up 120km away S towards Taumarunui, will get pic up shortly.
Mostly cloudy and warmest centre atm, 22c with light variable winds.
Cu congestus to the west and north and east great T/Cu to the south, taking more pics!!
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Cu to north has got bigger and looks good. Cu on plains has got a bit bigger but is being capped, it needs a little more umphh to get through it (i.e. temp, convergence etc).
There's a bit of low level scattered cloud in the pic below.
Edit: Hmm, even though I do see signs off some sort of capping on the foothills it does seem more unstable than other day's recently. I note some strong looking Cu congestus over Oxford at the moment. Hopfully something happens!
There's a bit of low level scattered cloud in the pic below.
Edit: Hmm, even though I do see signs off some sort of capping on the foothills it does seem more unstable than other day's recently. I note some strong looking Cu congestus over Oxford at the moment. Hopfully something happens!
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Hi folks,
Thanks for your welcome the other day.
Looks like the convective forecasts are working out so far this afternoon.
Sprinkling of lightning on the detector over the NI. I see we are getting storms in the Bay of Plenty area now. This area was pegged as severe today.
Anvil now to the north of Wellington over the Tararuas, should fire soon with trof approching from the top of the SI.
I see there is a flash over North Cny.
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Thanks for your welcome the other day.
Looks like the convective forecasts are working out so far this afternoon.
Sprinkling of lightning on the detector over the NI. I see we are getting storms in the Bay of Plenty area now. This area was pegged as severe today.
Anvil now to the north of Wellington over the Tararuas, should fire soon with trof approching from the top of the SI.
I see there is a flash over North Cny.
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Thanks for the photo's.
Aaron, your last photo shows Cu and Cb.
Clear skies here so I can see those thundery Cb over Eastern Waikato /Bay of Plenty from here.
Aaron, your last photo shows Cu and Cb.
Clear skies here so I can see those thundery Cb over Eastern Waikato /Bay of Plenty from here.
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"Fists" going up this afternoon in inland areas. Glad you photographed them Aaron as there is lots of stratus moving in from the NE obscuring them from view here.
Seems to be Cb development to the north of here (Radar show shower activity possibly around the Waikari/Culverden area?)
A few weak sferics from about 3:50pm so possible lightning there ( haven't checked SG's lightning tracker yet)
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"Fists" going up this afternoon in inland areas. Glad you photographed them Aaron as there is lots of stratus moving in from the NE obscuring them from view here.
Seems to be Cb development to the north of here (Radar show shower activity possibly around the Waikari/Culverden area?)
A few weak sferics from about 3:50pm so possible lightning there ( haven't checked SG's lightning tracker yet)
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Yes CB north of here Culverdon way alright Aaron cant get much of photo at the moment low cloud is cleared from here but there's that annoying alstratus in the way with just heads poking through.
Got a pic b4 after got off the bus and just to note Some CU going up to SW now perhaps Rakia area Aaron? here's hoping that develops into something soon.
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Got a pic b4 after got off the bus and just to note Some CU going up to SW now perhaps Rakia area Aaron? here's hoping that develops into something soon.
Cheers
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Looks to be a strong cb/thunderstorm in the vicinity of the Kaimai ranges at the moment. Stands out clearly from here in Auckland. Matamata would be a good spot to see this buildup.
Yes, interesting to see the cb pop up over the Mt Pirongia area this afternoon. I wouldn't have picked a cb development there today. It looked great when it first developed but didn't last long and looked to dissapate as quickly as it formed. Mt Pirongia area is a great spot for afternoon convection.
Yes, interesting to see the cb pop up over the Mt Pirongia area this afternoon. I wouldn't have picked a cb development there today. It looked great when it first developed but didn't last long and looked to dissapate as quickly as it formed. Mt Pirongia area is a great spot for afternoon convection.
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another big one went up quickly, must be east of huntly?
http://www.weather-display.com/nthwaikato.jpg
http://www.weather-display.com/nthwaikato.jpg