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I must've done to sleep by about 1am (when it was still just partly cloudy), but woke up about 3am to find it was raining, but no thunder/lightning, not even any s'ferics on the radio. Storm might not have reached central Chch, as it didn't wake me up - loud thunder and bright lightning usually do wake me up.
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Yes that sunshine up there in the far North really is burningly painful!! have really bad memories of Whangarei and Kaitaia.. quite a difference to Auckland and Waikato in the height of solar summer, about now.Angel wrote:Sun, sun, showers, sun sun sun ARGH! I tell you, If I get any more sunburn, I'll have to just not leave the house anymore.
Northern Queensland is having a late start to their wet seasons, but widespread heavy rain is forecast into next week.. so it will be interesting to see what subsides southeast.
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tich wrote:I must've done to sleep by about 1am (when it was still just partly cloudy), but woke up about 3am to find it was raining, but no thunder/lightning, not even any s'ferics on the radio. Storm might not have reached central Chch, as it didn't wake me up - loud thunder and bright lightning usually do wake me up.
Yes Ben, I heard the gradual increase of sferics from about 11pm and went outside to see flashing in the cloud out to the west of us. I stood out in the middle of the street about just after midnight to watch the show but had to curtail my lightning watching as I had to get up early this morning to drive to a funeral in Waimate. I heard no thunder so I anticipated that the storm was out West Melton way? I did sleep with the curtains open and saw one or 2 flashes. What a good way to go thunderstorm chasing - inbed???
Anyway if we were out there by now it would of been another story
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My FIRST ever report!
Sorry it's late! Just figured out to take stills from my video camera!
Woken up at 0130 approximately by lightning and distant thunder.. Saw about 8 lightning, approx 30km NW of my location (North New Brighton)
before 2am, when it stopped. This was the same storm Aaron Wilkinson chased from Ashburton.
Quite spectacular, and I didn't get wet!
Woken up at 0130 approximately by lightning and distant thunder.. Saw about 8 lightning, approx 30km NW of my location (North New Brighton)
before 2am, when it stopped. This was the same storm Aaron Wilkinson chased from Ashburton.
Quite spectacular, and I didn't get wet!
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readiing the fiji metservice site and there r going for some kind of development in a few days time inteh area north if Fiji something to watch there is already a tropical low in that area also a small low off the townsville coast dont know wether it will come to anything just you never know at this time of year jsut a couple of thingd to watch exp now that Tc clarie has coseed the WA coast
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Michael said,
The very Heavy Rain line was less than 500m wide here but moving very slowly north. Had a good soaking here.
Convergence line passed over here about 45 mins ago with Torrential rain.Were right in the convergence about 15mm fallen in last 40 mins or so.Wind went SE swung to the north and is dead still with Rain
The very Heavy Rain line was less than 500m wide here but moving very slowly north. Had a good soaking here.
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Can see that convergance being built up over the Auckland region from the rooftop.. looks like it's at a height of 4-5000m.
Very impressive T/cumulus NE of here towards Te Aroha.. I think the slight inversion at around 5000m is pushing it down under itself.. Can you Aucklanders see it? It's rare and I wish I had my camera! Also some beautiful wave clouds to the SW towards Pirongia.
Just had one shower today from convergance, but mainly land based convection. Now mostly sunny, warm and calm.
32c in Kawerau! Wow - surely the right conditions today
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Very impressive T/cumulus NE of here towards Te Aroha.. I think the slight inversion at around 5000m is pushing it down under itself.. Can you Aucklanders see it? It's rare and I wish I had my camera! Also some beautiful wave clouds to the SW towards Pirongia.
Just had one shower today from convergance, but mainly land based convection. Now mostly sunny, warm and calm.
32c in Kawerau! Wow - surely the right conditions today
Cheers