Severe Storms/Active Trough, Upper NI, 1st-4th

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Mon 02/10/2006 14:09

NZstorm wrote:A big local lightning bolt last few minutes.

Hail size was about 8mm.

That hail was quite a bit larger than here then, only about 2-3mm

Paul Mallinson · Unread post by **Paul Mallinson** » Mon 02/10/2006 14:17

NZstorm wrote:A big local lightning bolt last few minutes.

Hail size was about 8mm.

Rainfall 18mm last hour, that takes our total to over 100mm since rain started yesterday.

Our hail diagnosis algorithm indicates 6 to 7mm hail in that area. Good to see the agreement.

Paul

Andrew Massie · Unread post by **Andrew Massie** » Mon 02/10/2006 14:27

Man i'm jealous! But excited for you lot up there having a great time!

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Mon 02/10/2006 14:27

Wow! That lightning was blimmin close to the sky tower....it may even have hit it, I'm not sure. Our central city office rocked like there was an earthquake.

I'd just got back from a lunchtime run up Mt Eden, that storm started off looking like a relatively insignificant shower coming over the north shore. Obviously theres some pretty significant convection up there given what it delivered!

Two days of really interesting weather up here after a lengthy boring spell....any more to come?

Weathermad · Unread post by **Weathermad** » Mon 02/10/2006 14:36

The further north you go,the better it gets!!...2.22pm National Radar...

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Mon 02/10/2006 15:43

Amd down it comes again...this is just madness

Stormvue picking up plently of lightning in past 15 mins around Auckland and the east coast of Northland. It seems to be feeding in off the Hauraki Gulf today and dumping on us

Cameo1 · Unread post by **Cameo1** » Mon 02/10/2006 15:49

These thunderstorms suck. Too much rain and not enough thunder.

Manukau heads obs · Mon 02/10/2006 16:29

was in manukau city, nice cb line came through, see photos

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Mon 02/10/2006 16:50

Andrew Massie wrote:Man i'm jealous! But excited for you lot up there having a great time!

Well we've had a bit of fun with our weather recently in winter!
Especailly with all the snow and that.

so i guess these North Islanders can have this event

Weathermad · Unread post by **Weathermad** » Mon 02/10/2006 17:21

Latest NZ Radar at 5.15pm...

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Mon 02/10/2006 17:28

I expected to see more flooding on the way home tonight - not as bad as when I went to work at 6.30! Only 13mm in the rain gauge since 6am today so the flooding I anticipated wasn't as bad.

Cameo1 · Unread post by **Cameo1** » Mon 02/10/2006 17:30

Looking very black out west over the sea.

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Mon 02/10/2006 17:58

Cameo1 wrote:Looking very black out west over the sea.

We had a cb slide down the coast - it was quite active with a lot of thunder. Not very pictorial - it was just black with some lighter scud

Cameo1 · Unread post by **Cameo1** » Mon 02/10/2006 18:00

GraemeWi wrote:
Cameo1 wrote:Looking very black out west over the sea.
We had a cb slide down the coast - it was quite active with a lot of thunder. Not very pictorial - it was just black with some lighter scud

Lucky!!!

KiwiWeather · Unread post by **KiwiWeather** » Mon 02/10/2006 18:26

A friend has just arrived, telling me about the thunder & lightning out west today.

Here in South Auckland, just one distant roll of thunder and nothing else.
The storms were obviously very localised and lucky you guys

Weathermad · Unread post by **Weathermad** » Mon 02/10/2006 19:07

NZ radar 7pm..

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 02/10/2006 19:27

Weather has certainly eased over Auckland last few hours.

Looks like the action tomorrow will be over the central parts of the North Island into Gisboren/BOP. Convective activity will be proportional to the amount of daytime heating. If some good heating occurs I would expect heavy falls of hail with the storms that develop.

Good to see more photos.

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Mon 02/10/2006 20:43

some light drizzle here in Christchurch.
dull,boring weather it is, overcast and cloudy with light winds. temp currently around 7C

Manukau heads obs · Mon 02/10/2006 20:51

lightning active CB in the outer hauraki gulf

can see the flashes from here

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 02/10/2006 20:55

Raining here again and have noticed that lightning too Brian.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 02/10/2006 20:56

Just heard thunder.

Manukau heads obs · Mon 02/10/2006 20:59

there are 2 cells, one moving down onto the north shore area in the next hour, occasional strikes ,but a realy active one north of great barrier island.....rain sig looks like a hailer too,which might swing in towards auckland area in the next few hours (?) or head towards coromandel?

Cameo1 · Unread post by **Cameo1** » Mon 02/10/2006 21:13

whats wrong with the Auk lightning tracker?

Weathermad · Unread post by **Weathermad** » Mon 02/10/2006 21:20

9pm Auck radar

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Mon 02/10/2006 21:25

Cameo1 wrote:whats wrong with the Auk lightning tracker?

The Web host has gone down... typical just when theres some action!...