SE change coming for the Waikato-> thunderstorms?

[Manukau heads obs]

i see metservice are mentioning the possibility......
maybe not enough heating in the sun yet....

[spwill]

Cloud and showers developing now out over the warm Tasman under that cold upper air.

[NZstorm]

Will watch with interest but doesn't look too convective.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Hope things fire up
Makes a change

JohnGaul
NZTS

[Michael]

probably not till the jetstream heads south whenever it happens

Hope things fire up
Makes a change

JohnGaul
NZTS

[TokWW]

I don't think anything much is going to hit the Waikato unless its the west coast out by Raglan and Kawhia!

Gonna get hit with a frost tomorrow. But clouds will come in so not sure when that will happen - before sunrise?

Auckland may get something as it drifts northeast...

[Manukau heads obs]

big CB showers moving through the area at the mo, with a cold southerly change behind them

[Willoughby]

Some towering cumulus just starting to develop here now to my W...some cirro cumulus too!

[Willoughby]

There's one Cb that has developed nicely around Mercer this afternoon.

[spwill]

Build ups through our eastern skies this afternoon

[David]

Just rained here, wasn't too heavy though. Temp dropped from 15 to 11.
Wait until the warmer weather and then we should see some nice convective activity

[Manukau heads obs]

there was a nice CB just to the south of the Bombay hills at around 2:30pm (but i did not have my camera on me)

[David]

Looks like its all cleared up now just like metservice forecast (they're only right half the time!)
Could get quite cold tonight, but probably not cold enough for frost here.

[Manukau heads obs]

ah, thats the one, i knew you would have taken a quick snap of it spwill

[Willoughby]

Here are a few shots from this afternoon around 2pm which look northwest.

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Very welcoming to see land-based convection/ T/Cu develop to Cb.