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Gary Roberts
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by Gary Roberts » Mon 14/11/2005 20:44
Zanman wrote: Heavy rain just passed through Pongakawa BOP. Lightning to the south. The worst of it looks as though it is tracking from the west to the north of us - out over Maketu and the sea.
Nice to see a new face here at the forum. Welcome aboard, Zanman.
Fujita Phil
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by Fujita Phil » Mon 14/11/2005 22:48
Yes, welcome zanman
Great shot tgsnoopy!!!
Gary... gonna be in Twizel on Thursday/Friday... prediction on weather please
There is no such thing as bad
weather , just the wrong clothes.
Manukau heads obs
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by Manukau heads obs » Tue 15/11/2005 06:54
it will be great to get reports from further down the BOP coast zanman
photo of that last squall line we got here
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by spike_01 » Tue 15/11/2005 07:48
Morning all and hi to zanman...
All I can take a photo of this morning is a blue sky... Very different to yesterday...
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by RWood » Tue 15/11/2005 10:25
If I were looking for storms here I would have died of boredom months ago - wake me up if/when something is expected....
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by Manukau heads obs » Tue 15/11/2005 12:55
my lightning counter just fired off about 5 times
and yet its clear looking
i go and check out rickys lightning counter, and he has 5 strikes too, all to the west of helensville.....but i cant see anything looking in that direction....
whats the story?
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by GraemeWi » Tue 15/11/2005 15:41
Somebody using a DC arc welder?
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by Manukau heads obs » Tue 15/11/2005 16:05
i actualy have seen some rapid fluctations in the power here at times...(there might be something going on with a power at times, yes)
(because the lights were not on, as it was day time, i was not able to see if the lights were flashing..
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by squid » Tue 15/11/2005 16:25
go the BOP for some good action there was heaps if strikes in that region around the time the tornado struck
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by Fujita Phil » Tue 15/11/2005 16:42
squid wrote: go the BOP for some good action there was heaps if strikes in that region around the time the tornado struck
Saw a close one on the lunchtime news. USA... twister right there being filmed... yappy dog running around.
Pretty cool though
There is no such thing as bad
weather , just the wrong clothes.
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by spike_01 » Tue 15/11/2005 17:18
haha I saw the dog... He was gettin' outta there...