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kaimaikid
Posts: 233 Joined: Fri 25/03/2005 19:57
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by kaimaikid » Sun 10/12/2006 07:34
A couple more CBs...
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Manukau heads obs
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by Manukau heads obs » Sun 10/12/2006 07:53
was that looking towards Taupiri?
as that might have been our hailer
i do remember now driving through hail that i thought was going to smash the windscreen on the car...and it did break off bits of plastic on the car...
May 1987 i think it was....from memory...
spwill
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by spwill » Sun 10/12/2006 09:03
Canterbury like Thunderstorms over Waikato yesterday, cool conditions and lots of hail.
Nice Lightning photo's NZstorm.
Here's a couple of Cb pics.
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KiwiWeather
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by KiwiWeather » Sun 10/12/2006 09:22
Just testing to see if you were really awake
NZstorm
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by NZstorm » Sun 10/12/2006 09:35
another lightning snap. I was being rained on when I took this shot.
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kaimaikid
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by kaimaikid » Sun 10/12/2006 09:36
and another...
awesome lightning piccies too
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Weather Watcher
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by Weather Watcher » Sun 10/12/2006 10:21
Good reports and photos guys. It looks like you had a very worthwhile trip. Attached is a map of yesterday's lightning (purple and blue crosses, grey ones were from earlier in the week (Tuesday?))
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Storm Struck
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by Storm Struck » Sun 10/12/2006 11:19
Good to see storms eventuated somewhere from this system
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Was that 10 Cent peices that fell from the sky
nice lightning pics there NZstorm too good to see pics from up there not just down here
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Cheers
Jason.
Canterbury, home of good rugby and severe storms
spwill
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by spwill » Sun 10/12/2006 11:21
NZstorm, have just cropped your photo a little.
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Andrew Massie
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by Andrew Massie » Sun 10/12/2006 15:11
Yeah, agree with Jase. GREAT photos fellas!
Willoughby
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by Willoughby » Sun 10/12/2006 20:02
Anyone gonna post that beautiful sunset we saw looking across the Hauraki Plains?
kaimaikid
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by kaimaikid » Sun 10/12/2006 20:15
Just for you Foggy...
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Willoughby
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by Willoughby » Sun 10/12/2006 20:29
Very nice... will be getting a new camera by Friday!
Outlook is quite dry now, next thunder risk may be around the middle of next week by the ECMWF model?
Manukau heads obs
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by Manukau heads obs » Sun 10/12/2006 22:56
i like that drop shadow effect
KiwiWeather
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by KiwiWeather » Tue 12/12/2006 08:21
Nice one kaimaikid,
Mine turned out really bad - too much red and not much light.
That sunset was stunning.
Thunder
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by Thunder » Tue 12/12/2006 22:24
Have been following this thread and really like the pics!! You guy's certainly had more luck then we did down here on the 8th and 9th.
Great lightning NZstorm! And cool cloud pics others.
Would be nice to have a Waikato chase one day.
Cheers
Aaron Wilkinson
spwill
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by spwill » Wed 13/12/2006 08:46
You guy's certainly had more luck then we did down here on the 8th and 9th.
Thought it might have been a good TS season in Caterbury/Otago this year with the SouthWesterlies. We have had too much Ridging and dry air up here. It was good to have a Thundery afternoon Saturday as so many went out chasing.
Looks like some TS potential next week.
Manukau heads obs
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by Manukau heads obs » Wed 13/12/2006 13:29
what was great about that day was it was one after another that kept on coming up through the waikato, from basicly 1pm to 9pm
i.e not just a one bang wunder
Manukau heads obs
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by Manukau heads obs » Wed 13/12/2006 15:26
another photo i found i had takem which i missed putting up
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03Stormchaser
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by 03Stormchaser » Wed 13/12/2006 19:15
spwill wrote:
Thought it might have been a good TS season in Caterbury/Otago this year with the SouthWesterlies.
I've found in my couple years of stormchasing and looking at models that setups with SouthWesterlies arnt as productive as say Southerly situation.
spwill
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by spwill » Thu 14/12/2006 08:12
SouthWesterlies arnt as productive as say Southerly situation
I was meaning SouthWesterly regime so Southerlies included.
Manukau heads obs
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by Manukau heads obs » Mon 18/12/2006 07:39
i see in the local paper, a horse and her foal were killed by lightning, glen murrary way, on the day we went chasing
700mm deep holes in the ground where they stood!
NZstorm
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by NZstorm » Mon 18/12/2006 10:56
Interesting report Brian. I'm sure that was from the storm that spwill and I were looking at late afternoon on the way back to Auckland.