Wet and unstable, NI, Apr 13-18

Cameo1 · Unread post by **Cameo1** » Tue 15/04/2008 13:07

peeing down here too lol, and really windy again

gllitz · Unread post by **gllitz** » Tue 15/04/2008 13:28

Sure hope you guys have your deck furniture lashed down up there!

(Seriously, tho, sounds like you're having fun...enjoy!)

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 15/04/2008 13:29

Plenty of lightning strikes over north Auckland over the past hour, none observed here.

Mod to heavy rain here

David · Unread post by **David** » Tue 15/04/2008 13:29

just heard thunder, finally!

RODALCO · Unread post by **RODALCO** » Tue 15/04/2008 13:33

Bucketting down now in Albany with loud thunder !!

Paul Mallinson · Unread post by **Paul Mallinson** » Tue 15/04/2008 13:34

We posted a severe thunderstorm watch at 9:38am this morning Brian.

Paul

Manukau heads obs · Tue 15/04/2008 13:36

first lightning/thunder just now

Cameo1 · Unread post by **Cameo1** » Tue 15/04/2008 13:38

might have just heard some thunder too:)

Manukau heads obs · Tue 15/04/2008 13:39

We posted a severe thunderstorm watch at 9:38am this morning Brian.

http://www.metservice.co.nz/default/ind ... stormwatch
time stamp is 11:38 am though?

anyway, why am I the fall guy at the moment

Manukau heads obs · Tue 15/04/2008 13:50

38 knots here now, barometer dropping fast, that low is deepening and moving faster too

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 15/04/2008 13:53

A brief burst of very strong wind here as well, that's the front now through.

Lightning flash here just now.

Manukau heads obs · Tue 15/04/2008 14:00

48 knots here now and heavy rain and thunder and lightning!

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Tue 15/04/2008 14:04

Yep front through here now too.. temp, DP drop, wind shift, some good flashes and rumbles from just to the East

a small low has slid down the west coast over Brian now.. 1008.6 HPa there and 1012 here in Akl city interesting stuff

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Tue 15/04/2008 14:04

Yes, frontal boundary looks through now. With the low cloud clearing can see the lightning just out to NW. Must get my camera out!

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Tue 15/04/2008 14:07

Observed no thunder here yet.. raining persistently though. 165mm so far in Kauaeranga Valley with quite a nasty surging line of heavy rain and storms heading straight for the peninsular.

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Tue 15/04/2008 14:09

Brian's power is out now but he was just reporting 7.5mm/min rain rate!!

David · Unread post by **David** » Tue 15/04/2008 14:13

Massive flash and HUGE rumble of thunder here, shook the walls and set a car alarm off!

No wind here, surprised about your 48knots Brian

Cameo1 · Unread post by **Cameo1** » Tue 15/04/2008 14:15

nothing here, was that it?!

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Tue 15/04/2008 14:15

Unconfirmed Reports of a person killed by lightning while on a horse somewhere near Dargaville, there were a huge number of strikes in that area

Paul Mallinson · Unread post by **Paul Mallinson** » Tue 15/04/2008 14:20

Radar reveals a meso scale low in the behind the thunderstorm activity with the rear of the thunder and heavy rainfall starting to move through Auckland City now.
I see a radar instaneous rain rate in Brian's area of about 125mm/hr (but ofcourse 7.5mm in 1 min is a higher rate than that!).

We just heard from radio reports that a man riding a horse near Dargaville were both struck by lightning and killed. Happened early this afternoon.

Paul

David · Unread post by **David** » Tue 15/04/2008 14:23

Check out Tokoroa! The Tokoroa South station is reported 72mm in 2 hours and the North station not far behind! What flooding they must have!

That thunder and lightning sure is booming away! Not really raining though...

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Tue 15/04/2008 14:31

Will be interesting to see how this system affects the Coromandel/Bay of Plenty next 24hrs. Obviously already a lot of rain in the Coromandel.
Could we call the thunderstorm system over Northland/North Auckland today a MCS, mesoscale convective system.

Cameo1 · Unread post by **Cameo1** » Tue 15/04/2008 14:32

nothing here at all, boring

maybe next time

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Tue 15/04/2008 14:37

nothing here at all, boring maybe next time

Yes, Auckland missed most of the electrical action. Northland got hammered, just some weaker activity over Auckland. Going off in the Huaraki Gulf atm.

Cameo1 · Unread post by **Cameo1** » Tue 15/04/2008 14:44

yes, that warm water out there will probably fire things up a bit

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