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More thunder happening here as I type, and sounds as if its coming from the east.
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Yeh things have eased somewhat now tracker is picking up strikes along the Kaikoura coast area though.
It certainly was a small storm of that and fast moving as it was gone from where it threw out a CG bolt and a close flash bright blue of CC.
I geared up my video camera ready for something but nothing happend :( .
When is the southerly coming in? probly overnight I would think as the low crosses as I wonder if that would stir things up abit :P .
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Yes the storm has moved out over the sea. Looks to have crossed the Cheviot area.

If you did get any lightning over Christchurch it would have come from elevated mid level activity which has drifted across from the alps.
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Yip, certainly an aberration. A bit of lightning on the radio again.
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Lightning seen from above about an hour ago with some thunder. my guess is that there are some good beefy showers coming through and with the atmosphere being a lil unstable its generating some storms with it? :P
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Well I think NZstorm pointed this out earlier in the week and has done well :D :D =D> even though it didn't eventuate into anything major it was still good to see lightning again 8) .
I thought this morning with the ingrediants we had that things could suit up for thunderstorms as you will see I posted earlier in the day but apart from that I didn't really think too greatly on thunder for today.
We will see what happens overnight :-k .
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Still a few rumbles out there...
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the front and low are not making much eastward progress at the moment....
its not going to be through the NI tomorrow as predicted....?
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It'll come Brian.. think it's just gathering its full potential of moisture from the jetstream at the moment, until it really gets pushed eastwards.

20mm during Saturday morning from the band? Pretty bad luck for the cricketers tomorrow :? .

Looking quite grey with west southwesterlies beyond the next day too.. the cloudiness continues.

Another sweaty night here, but the dewpoints have come down.. 18C/ dp 15C at present.
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I haven't noticed any thunder or lightning, just rain at times, though it was often heavy from midafternoon to early evening.
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ok, yes, its moving now!
now heavy rain on the radar horizon
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Situation not so good this morning in the Wellington region I hear.. a 5.5 earthquake (speak of the devil Tony! ;) ) .. and heavy rain about causing road closures.

10mm in the last 30 mins in New Plymouth.. this rain band looks great! :)
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We've had 30mm so far, and still showery...
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not so bad here in Turakina (Wanganui), despite an early morning wake up call in the form of an earthquake. We've had no rain since 6pm friday... 29mm total.
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Very hazy this morning, rain hasn't arrived yet. The haze is salt picked up by the strong winds over the oceans.

Looks like the Grey Lynn festival will be washed out today, second year running. :(
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got very dark, some rain, not heavy, now a change to the NW for wind direction...and better rain bands coming through now ;)
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Some very heavy rain here about 45mins ago
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starting to brighten up here now....clearance arriving slowly, rain has stopped ;)
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Could possibly be the 5.5 earthquake was caused by alot of rain falling over the area.
There was an article about this in the press a few weeks ago how they reakon in heavy rains and floods the water seeps into the earth causing pressure or something? :? .
I know there was earthqaukes in 2004 in the Bay Of Plenty when there was the floods and slips so could be to do with that.
Also heard on the news about slips in the lower north island overnight after heavy downpours.
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Looks to be a convergence to the south nice black line coming in.
Currently NE with some nice heat coming through 8) .
Thunder :? we shall see looks potential anyway.
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Didn't come to anything although it did look interesting for awhile just light to moderate falls of rain with a cool southerly now.
Looks to be a chance for thunder on Friday at this stage 8) .
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yes! it looked quite nice that line of black cloud today,i figured it didnt have enough time to mature *the cell* as it was coming up quite fast.
Proberbly the reason for stopping it. :roll: ah well next time 8)
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Humidity has gone... Feels damn chilly here... 8)
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