Friday - Thunder
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Friday - Thunder
I'm in West Auckland (blockhouse bay) at the moment, and its all thundery and lovely and I'm going out to be a weather geek soon with my friends camera and tripod hahahaha If anyone in west auckland would like to join me, i'll be down at Blockhouse Bay Beach hahaha
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I was stuck at work waiting for the heavy rain and hail to stop, I made it out to the car about 15-20 minutes after the hail, it was easily 10mm with some up to 15mm
The lightning was pretty good as well, I saw an interesting 'thing' about a second before the flash, there was like a strobe going off quite low down somewhere between Freemans Bay and Mt Eden. Wonder if it was some powerlines arcing as the atmospheric potential increased before the lightning?
The lightning was pretty good as well, I saw an interesting 'thing' about a second before the flash, there was like a strobe going off quite low down somewhere between Freemans Bay and Mt Eden. Wonder if it was some powerlines arcing as the atmospheric potential increased before the lightning?
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hi
drove through intense hail/rain north of waiuku at 3:30pm today, visibility was poor, it was white out conditions basicly, had to slow to 50kmh....and lightning every minute
some were right over head with great purple flashes
.... saw 3 lots of great CG's only 1 km or so from the car as driving along at other times when out of the hail
excellent squall line, most impressive,best seen or a long time
foggys lightning tracker shows lots of activity around and to the south of pukekohe
http://www.hamiltonweather.co.nz/lightn ... rmVue.html
at the moment
rickys shows this as well
drove through intense hail/rain north of waiuku at 3:30pm today, visibility was poor, it was white out conditions basicly, had to slow to 50kmh....and lightning every minute
some were right over head with great purple flashes
.... saw 3 lots of great CG's only 1 km or so from the car as driving along at other times when out of the hail
excellent squall line, most impressive,best seen or a long time
foggys lightning tracker shows lots of activity around and to the south of pukekohe
http://www.hamiltonweather.co.nz/lightn ... rmVue.html
at the moment
rickys shows this as well
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We just had another brief squall come through with a couple of belts of thunder and some 'rough' looking hail.
What does the clear hail mean? Would it have formed in one 'go' rather than be held in an updraught?
edit googled a bit
Cheers,
G
What does the clear hail mean? Would it have formed in one 'go' rather than be held in an updraught?
edit googled a bit
An opaque ice layer forms when the hailstone collects small, supercooled liquid water drops that freeze rapidly on impact, thereby trapping air bubbles within the ice and giving it a "milky" texture. When larger supercooled water drops impact on a hailstone, the freezing is slower, allowing the air bubbles to escape, and thus forming clear ice.
Cheers,
G
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lots of thunder here at the moment too
cold too, for here, 8oC with rain
cold too, for here, 8oC with rain
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