Icy flick 8-10th October

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Mon 09/10/2006 18:04

That cb south of Bp was a thunderstorm, couple strikes out at sea. Thunderstorms firing at the bottom of Southland and out to sea atm.

Janos · Unread post by **Janos** » Mon 09/10/2006 18:17

Heard a bit of thunder about 4.30pm.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Mon 09/10/2006 18:47

I see metservice have a thunderstorm symbol for ChCh for tomorow. Any tstorms that we may get will be very early. Probably well before most people are up. Also models only forecasting 4mm for ChCh, so really looking like an almost non event up here, unless of course there is localised heavy rain from any Tstorms.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 09/10/2006 19:52

Fairly dry air as you would expect with a polar blast, so not all that electrically active although many parts of NZ will get a rumble or two out of it.

A few heavy showers over AK at the moment as the front passes through.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 09/10/2006 20:04

Fairly dry air as you would expect with a polar blast, so not all that electrically active although many parts of NZ will get a rumble or two out of it.

I see Hillmorton has a dewpoint of -4C, temp 11 so very dry air.

Snowlover · Unread post by **Snowlover** » Mon 09/10/2006 21:29

I see Arrowtown is having a sleet fall and currently 2.6C there going by their weather station. Bring some our way!!!!

Flutterbye · Unread post by **Flutterbye** » Mon 09/10/2006 21:45

No sign of any snow showers here only- a couple of hail showers before dark.

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Mon 09/10/2006 21:52

hmm Theres a thunderstorm west of Christchurch at the mo, i saw the cb in the west! and jasestrm said a few bolts came from the tracker.
Was very windy here eairler, W-NW now very calm with lightning in the distance

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Mon 09/10/2006 22:54

That westerly sure is getting colder almost feels like a bitter southerly

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Some nice Lightning I would say just spilling over the Plains to my NW seen a few IC light up the cloud.
Clouds moving in like a crowd now as stars are disapearing.
Lets see what overnight tomorrow brings

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Cheers
Jason.

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Mon 09/10/2006 23:38

raining here now! and the wind has picked up again, lots of surferix/static on radio, thunderstorm out west

in the last half hour! wind is around W-SW at a guess its very cold.

tidd66 · Unread post by **tidd66** » Mon 09/10/2006 23:39

Light snow flakes in Gore at the moment whats the bet this is our biggest fall for the winter.

Weathermad · Unread post by **Weathermad** » Tue 10/10/2006 07:12

Well done to the team at Blue Skies!

Forecast for Chch was pretty much spot on whereas M/S had severe weather for the city forecast which hasn't eventuated really

tidd66 · Unread post by **tidd66** » Tue 10/10/2006 07:15

Light dusting of snow in Gore looks like we are in for more.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Tue 10/10/2006 07:25

There is a thunderstorm off the coast of Marlbough at present, so metservice thunderstorm outlook wasnt all that off the mark.

Saw abit of fluffly stuff about earlier this morning that really wasnt doing much.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 10/10/2006 07:41

Well done to the team at Blue Skies!

Forecast for Chch was pretty much spot on whereas M/S had severe weather for the city forecast which hasn't eventuated really

MetService forecast looks to be spot on for the rest of NZ.
eg Snow showers in Gore at the moment.

Fujita Phil · Unread post by **Fujita Phil** » Tue 10/10/2006 07:57

A couple of heavy snow falls have been through in the last hour. Very dry snow, if you know what I mean. And the wind just blows any buildups on the ground away.

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Tue 10/10/2006 08:02

Yes so far spot on for fencepost! well done again!

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 10/10/2006 08:20

Snow falling in Mosgiel currently (just sw of Dunedin), my parents live there.

Mosgiel is near sealevel. Very rare to get snow flakes to sealevel in October.

C-Nimbus · Unread post by **C-Nimbus** » Tue 10/10/2006 09:09

there has been some hail out west this morning and its certainly cold out there.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Tue 10/10/2006 09:15

Yup the fridge door is open.

Weathermad · Unread post by **Weathermad** » Tue 10/10/2006 09:31

It certainly is variable...basically not a cloud in the sky here in Chch and looking at the radar,not many showers at all up the east coast north of Dunners

Flutterbye · Unread post by **Flutterbye** » Tue 10/10/2006 09:58

Cold wind and there have been a couple of decent hail showers this morning - enough sun though to ensure it doesn't lie long. One decent clap of thunder heard after midnight.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Tue 10/10/2006 11:21

A tropical 14C in AK now but sunny.

Line of cb's visible far SW ( next front). A few more rumbles on the way for the Waikato I'd say.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Tue 10/10/2006 12:11

Like yesterday afternoon, a cb passed just offshore to BP, this time to the southeast. Looked quite specatcular - if flow had been slightly more southerly, we'd have most likely got hail and more snow on the hills.
Coming back to Chch, the Alps looked a sight with a fresh coating of white, quite low down north of Mt Hutt. Sunny in Chch but cumulus now looks to be darkening to the southwest.

KiwiWeather · Unread post by **KiwiWeather** » Tue 10/10/2006 12:14

Thunda here