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it is clear over northland
and we are still in a frontal generation zone
at leat the NE wind has dropped!
as that next trough with associated jet stream gets closer, maybe something will happen later in the day
i am at a kis xmas party this morning
but if you guys decide to meet up this afternoon, my cell phone is
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and we are still in a frontal generation zone
at leat the NE wind has dropped!
as that next trough with associated jet stream gets closer, maybe something will happen later in the day
i am at a kis xmas party this morning
but if you guys decide to meet up this afternoon, my cell phone is
0272359040
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just had a real heavy squall line go through
one cb just going to the SW of the city now
i was out in the car...black to the ground
got home, 58 kts recorded in a short sharp squall, just as the rain came through!
almost microburst type nature
the wife said it did get very windy very quickly!
i can see on the detailed graph that it lasted about 3 minutes, peaked up then dropped down over that 3 minutes
3 oC temperature drop too!
one cb just going to the SW of the city now
i was out in the car...black to the ground
got home, 58 kts recorded in a short sharp squall, just as the rain came through!
almost microburst type nature
the wife said it did get very windy very quickly!
i can see on the detailed graph that it lasted about 3 minutes, peaked up then dropped down over that 3 minutes
3 oC temperature drop too!
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probably the same squall line we got foggy...or a similar one!
yeah, that is big windspeed spwill
there are leaves that have blown off trees, but no other damage
i do have the anenometer at 10m height now
the station console also says 58kts
here is the winds speeds logged every minute:
1 min av. gust.
15 19
18 27
28 41
31 58
19 39
23 35
14 18
yeah, that is big windspeed spwill
there are leaves that have blown off trees, but no other damage
i do have the anenometer at 10m height now
the station console also says 58kts
here is the winds speeds logged every minute:
1 min av. gust.
15 19
18 27
28 41
31 58
19 39
23 35
14 18
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One of my favourite types of sky... photos pleaseFoggy Hamilton wrote:BOOM BIG Thunder!!
Best mammatus ive ever seen here!!
There is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes.
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becuase the anenometer is at 10m, and the wind comes up a gully, it could have lifted over the house...or it could have been at , at that height windspeed...
but yes other times when we have had over 55 knots, we have had small branches blow off trees
sure wish i was here to know more exactly what happened!
but yes other times when we have had over 55 knots, we have had small branches blow off trees
sure wish i was here to know more exactly what happened!
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A few years ago on Benmore we had some very high winds. I don't know how high, but stronger than anything I've ever encountered before or since.Foggy Hamilton wrote:I can't imagine what 107km/h would do here for a widespread area Brian.. if you only get leaves blown off!!.. And we get branches/small trees down in 70km/h gusts!Manukau heads observer wrote: there are leaves that have blown off trees,
but no other damage
the station console also says 58kts
Mt John recorded 160km/h+ that day I believe, and I suspect it was even higher on Benmore, as we're approximately 900m higher elevation.
It's very difficult to remain standing at such windspeeds, even breathing is hard. The novelty of it wears off very quickly!
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Yes John, further heavy showers and thunderstorms tomorrow.NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:Who the hell wants to live in Hamilton?, they always have thunderstorms there
Always reports of heavy showers/thunderstorms on the weather forecasts on the telly
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The city is really starting to boom, literally too! .. and house prices are soaring.. leading the country according to the latest QV figures.
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That's good to hear. In years to come Hamilton will probably be a suburb of Auckland with continuous housing along State highway One 'twixt the 2 cities.Foggy Hamilton wrote:
The city is really starting to boom, literally too! .. and house prices are soaring.. leading the country according to the latest QV figures.
The growth is probably due to the surplus of thunderstorms up there?
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Haha highly unlikely with the Waikato expressway going from Bombay to Cambridge set for completion around 2015 I don't think you'll see that!NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: That's good to hear. In years to come Hamilton will probably be a suburb of Auckland with continuous housing along State highway One 'twixt the 2 cities.
JohnGaul
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This aint Japan/Taiwan remember.
And then there's the rivalry between Auckland and Hamilton.. a BIG reason why this wont happen. Could you imagine NZ and Australia joining?