Canterbury Cb Phots and Reports 06/01/2006

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Fri 06/01/2006 02:47

Had an awsome chase today around Ashbourton today. Saw plenty of lightning and a couple of very nice cb's. Will post more once i have sorted my pics out!!

Im sure Aaron and Steven G. hvae better photos than me!

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Fri 06/01/2006 02:56

Yes! Was a great night/morning we have had. Great pic steve! Some of the best lightning I've ever seen was tonight.

Got a few pics and video to sort out but here's probably my best shot of the night. And finally I figure the best setting for white balance is the "daylight" setting for taking night time lightning shots. Still not the best colours I feel but the best setting indeed!

Yes I know, I'm a scungy sob putting c Aaron Wilkinson on it! lol.

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Fri 06/01/2006 03:14

Well done guys, wonderful yes?

We up in the north are getting starved of nighttime electrical storms so well done you Cantabs got them!

Cheers, it's cool tonight here.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Fri 06/01/2006 07:33

Well done Guys

Wow, a super photo there Aaron and a great looking Cb in your photo Stormchaser

Paul Mallinson · Unread post by **Paul Mallinson** » Fri 06/01/2006 07:54

Interesting reports from all you guys in and around the Canterbury area yesterday and last night. Some great shots too. Your reports really help to fill out the picture of what actually occurs on the ground. Useful to get those hail size reports too. Looks like up to about 15mm was seen on the ground (but ofcourse the largest that may have fallen may never be reported).

Good stuff.

Paul

Skywatcher · Unread post by **Skywatcher** » Fri 06/01/2006 08:32

Great photos guys. I was further away on the coast trying to stop the camera from blowing over in the strong (cold) southerly

It was an amazing display

spike_01 · Unread post by **spike_01** » Fri 06/01/2006 09:51

Sheesh we missed out yet again... All looked promising last night, then nothing...

Great pics guys... I have always been unsuccessful in getting pics of Lightening, but I keep trying...

GreggWard · Unread post by **GreggWard** » Fri 06/01/2006 09:55

Well done guys, great photos.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Fri 06/01/2006 11:20

Excellent photos there guys. I'm in Kaikoura this morning. Headed north early evening just as the storms finally started firing.

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Fri 06/01/2006 12:03

Yes the most incrediable lightning show I have ever seen last night and early hours of the morning the whole CB lit up and I was even game enough to get out in the open when the storm got closer with my video camera and I could feel the heat from it.
Iam gonna look at my video recording today So ill let ya know how well it went and I will get some stills on here.
Ohh and awsome work storm chasers awsome photo's really shows what it was like for sure.
Cheers
Jason.

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Fri 06/01/2006 12:55

wow awesome pics there hey send us back our thunderstorms will ya talk about lack of action up in the north

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Fri 06/01/2006 16:35

A small report with pics on my site:

http://03stormchaser.com/January_06_2006.html

I still have to add video clips, and data.

Manukau heads obs · Fri 06/01/2006 22:44

great stuff guys!
Just heavy rain showers up this way

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Fri 06/01/2006 23:50

03 Stormchaser wrote:A small report with pics on my site:

http://03stormchaser.com/January_06_2006.html

I still have to add video clips, and data.

Good report there Steve

Just come back from Waimate. They reported a good thunderstorm there on Wednesday. I don't know if there was hail involved as well but they probably did, just like Timaru.
Anyway, I'm somewhat mistified about the afternoon Cb? I couldn't see anything from here looking south
I had the sferix radio on all afternoon and heard nothing ( Even flicking the light switch to make sure it was working). It was only until later in the evening when the 'rodent' as Jim Hickey would say, went through.
I don't know what a range a lightning discharge can cause a sferic. I know they are much better at night time.

JohnGaul
NZTS

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Fri 06/01/2006 23:56

Steven Graham wrote:Great photos guys. I was further away on the coast trying to stop the camera from blowing over in the strong (cold) southerly

It was an amazing display

Good picture of artistic looking lightning there Steven.

That's not a skinny tornado at the bottom of the photo? or is it just a lamp-post???
JohnGaul
NZTS

Skywatcher · Unread post by **Skywatcher** » Sat 07/01/2006 10:13

I was actually trying not to get the moon in the picture

All my photos are slightly out of focus .... I think I moved the focus ring when adjusting zoom

Sorry, the skinny tornado is a power pole

As you said in another thread, a storm would have been close to West Melton. It passed about 7km (by timing the thunder) to the NW of here at about 2am.

thunderbolt · Unread post by **thunderbolt** » Sat 07/01/2006 12:42

Here's my late photos! Sorry!

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Sat 07/01/2006 18:50

Yes nice stuff there Thunderbolt

I have spent all ths afternoon putting together this video clip of the storm the other night a little help from Steve to edit few bits too.
I certainly hope you enjoy Ive picked out the best bits from that night and early morning

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http://03stormchaser.com/images/Tippet_lightning.wmv
Cheers
Jason.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 07/01/2006 21:43

That funnel cloud photo of Jasons' looks like a strand of hail.

I came across these photos of the Timaru storms from Geoff Cloake, a Timaru resident. I have similar photos in my collection. This guy must have been out chasing as well.

http://cloake.co.nz/gallery/main.php?g2 ... temId=3089

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 08/01/2006 09:47

A picture here taken around 5pm on the 6th of very high based cuform with virga just north of Christchurch(looking south). The virga appearance is hail which is melting giving weak rain/hail showers at the surface. 15mm hail reported from Christchurch around this time. Atmosphere was dry as well as very cold/unstable. A bust day for me.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 08/01/2006 09:51

And just throw this picture in of the great inflow into the storm near Timaru on the evening of the 4th. The storm I chased started out west of Plesant Point, drifted SE, scooting around Timaru.

The storm was drifting away from me at time of photo.

spike_01 · Unread post by **spike_01** » Sun 08/01/2006 10:41

Wow nzstorm... That 2nd pic is awesome...

TonyT · Unread post by **TonyT** » Sun 08/01/2006 10:46

NZstorm wrote:A picture here taken around 5pm on the 6th of very high based cuform with virga just north of Christchurch(looking south).

This cloud passed to the east of us an hour or so later, and was almost certainly the cloud Tich referred to in a posting at that time as "something dark is happening to the north of Chch" (or something similar).

Manukau heads obs · Sun 08/01/2006 10:51

great stuff!
wow, you SI ers are gotta be happy now!, LOL

thunderbolt · Unread post by **thunderbolt** » Sun 08/01/2006 10:57

Wow.... Great photos Nzstorm, and thanks for the video Jase, and Aaron, let's hope for some more fantastic weather soon.....