Big CB's eastern Northland area

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Big CB's eastern Northland area

Unread post by Manukau heads obs »

aucklanders, check it out, way to our north
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over shooting top and all :)
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Yes, Cb cloud developing in that weak trough.
Just had a look from MtEden, photo.
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its the overshooting tops that got my interest up :D 8)
they look intense on the rain radar too...will be hail...and showing some strikes on rickys tracker too
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Timing is very nice up there for the mid-afternoon thunderstorms.. very spring like with the second wave of land-based convection! :D

A Cb spawning off Great Barrier even too.

Now mostly cloudy here after a frosty sunny morning. :)
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Unread post by GraemeWi »

Saw a couple of cb's off to the north east at lunchtime - pleased to see there still were some to look at during the drive home :)

Sorry for the poor quality shot - by the time I got back to the computer, downloaded it from the camera (and realised I'd set the ISO too high) it was too late to get another.
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NZWP midday sounding had 500mb temperature at -30C!

I notice a few cu tried to develop locally but never got going.
Nice cb's to far north.
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Yeah they are some nice looking cbs there people. esp the last photo. very nice anvil on it.

cheers for those pics guys :)
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Looks like the biggest thunderstorm of the day has just developed, over the NE waters of the Bay of Plenty.

The Bolteks aren't picking it up very well direction-wise due to the refracting eastern ranges. (wish there was a turn-setting available!)
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have been able to watch lightning flashes way to the north, above the lights of the big smoke this evening from the spa pool 8)

the weatherzone sat image with ligthning overlay is plotting the plots nicely....

and there is strikes way out in the western tasman....which rick's and foggy's trackers are picking up....the signal must bounce off the ionosphere...
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