Canterbury thunderstorm possiblities, Sat, Mon, Wed
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Headed south toward Hororata, (sp?) few serfics on radio. Observed heavy rain and nice bases although no lightning seen. Then out to Springfield, Heavy-Moderate rain for most of the trip. Serfics again on the radio although again no lightning seen.
Looks like thats it, as temp is now 10 C.
Looks like thats it, as temp is now 10 C.
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No thunder that I've noticed, but showers began shortly after my last post, and raining steadily this evening. Southerly wind has died down.
TV1 reported (in the weather segment) surface flooding in Oxford from a thunderstorm with heavy rain and hail this afternoon. Thunderstorm also reported at Kaikoura.
TV1 reported (in the weather segment) surface flooding in Oxford from a thunderstorm with heavy rain and hail this afternoon. Thunderstorm also reported at Kaikoura.
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Here's todays pics the ones i posted before were from yesterday.
Hope iam not too much of a pain i have posted abit today mind you weatherzone post more although they have alot more storm chasers over there.
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Hope iam not too much of a pain i have posted abit today mind you weatherzone post more although they have alot more storm chasers over there.
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There could of been a thunderstorm in Oxford judging by the cloud I saw but as I said, I had the radio going and I never heard any sferics.tich wrote:No thunder that I've noticed, but showers began shortly after my last post, and raining steadily this evening. Southerly wind has died down.
TV1 reported (in the weather segment) surface flooding in Oxford from a thunderstorm with heavy rain and hail this afternoon. Thunderstorm also reported at Kaikoura.
Driving towards Kirwee (about 1pm) there was a 'rain-shaft' looking towards Springfield which could of contained hail.
Steady rain here in Somerfield with 12.3mm to 6pm.
Raining again now.
No wind. It's been calm here ever since we got home.
Borometer slow also in upward movement.
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judging by my observations, it wouldn't of been much though??NZstorm wrote:TV1 weather said there was a TS at Oxford with some flooding.There could of been a thunderstorm in Oxford
Where do they get their info from?
Raining steadily again here. Calm
Is the MetService rain gauge at the airport broken?
According to 7pm observations it said they have had 0.00mm of rain???
Rainfall has been quite steady and general over Canterbury today, with some good falls in some areas
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I don't know about Sunday afternoon, but on Saturday afternoon after a TS approached the area of the radar, we lost it for a few hours due to a communications problem (not the radar itself) which Telecom was able to correct by early evening.Foggy Hamilton wrote:This has been noted before at times when it looks interesting for Canterbury. I'm skeptic. Paul?NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Yes, there was no radar at 4pm yesterday at Rakaia. I wonder if it got struck by lightning??
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Im still skeptic, the chch radr turning off when thunderstorms are approaching chch or in the area, happens so often that someone must be playing with somethingPaul Mallinson wrote:I don't know about Sunday afternoon, but on Saturday afternoon after a TS approached the area of the radar, we lost it for a few hours due to a communications problem (not the radar itself) which Telecom was able to correct by early evening.Foggy Hamilton wrote: This has been noted before at times when it looks interesting for Canterbury. I'm skeptic. Paul?
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A pic from on Saturday! Enjoy. A still from my GS400 in widescreen mode. I've made it smaller. At full resolution it's 957x576 pixels and doesn't look all that bad. The quality is not all that bad for a video camera.
Dam powerlines! Got a few more I'll put up later.
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Dam powerlines! Got a few more I'll put up later.
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Thanks guy's. I'm not too sure how far away it is, behind those trees. Not too far away!
Here's a full frame of video, quality not too bad but not as good as a digital camera. The car is moving so there's a bit of blur on the sides.
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Here's a full frame of video, quality not too bad but not as good as a digital camera. The car is moving so there's a bit of blur on the sides.
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Where out Tai Tapu (sp?) unsure of the road, this lightning bolt Aaron managed to capture, both of us didnt actually see it go off. Looks to be about 1km away i would think?NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:Good shot there Aaron
Which road were you on and where abouts were you filming?
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