Ground Hog Week or (Cold End To June)

Lawrence · Unread post by **Lawrence** » Sat 28/06/2008 14:34

I know,it's sometimes like they have this polictical agenda.

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Sat 28/06/2008 14:43

Thunder again out in west Auckland

David · Unread post by **David** » Sat 28/06/2008 14:44

GraemeWi wrote:Thunder again out in west Auckland

Yes I heard it here in the east.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 28/06/2008 14:48

That thunder clap must have been heard across much of Ak, dark skies south of here.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 28/06/2008 14:56

hail and lightning here....at the moment

Manukau heads obs · Sat 28/06/2008 15:02

next cb...

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 28/06/2008 15:37

I think its quite possible there could still be thunder in the Auckland vicinity after midnight tonight which would give us 6 days on the trot with thunder observed. The last time I recorded 5 consecutive thunder days was a few years back and it was in the month of May.

Cameo1 · Unread post by **Cameo1** » Sat 28/06/2008 16:00

massive cb moving over now, thunder eard, nice structure to it, very black and gone very cold

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 28/06/2008 16:02

This run of unstable started last Sunday with a storm in the Hauraki Gulf. Northern parts of Auckland would have the thunder from that storm so 6 of the last 7 days will have been thunderstorm days for parts of Auckland with the chance of more storms overnight.

Massive thunder clap here now and hail

Peter · Unread post by **Peter** » Sat 28/06/2008 16:12

Big clap of thunder here

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 28/06/2008 16:19

Downpour rain/hail here in Grey Lynn.

David · Unread post by **David** » Sat 28/06/2008 16:35

Damn! On my run in the first half I saw the dark clouds gathering and heard a distant rumble of thunder, in the last minute or so unfortunately it poured on me

Fortunately only 1.3mm from it.

Strange how I keep hearing about hail? No hail here since Tuesday evening.

Cameo1 · Unread post by **Cameo1** » Sat 28/06/2008 16:39

that was a very nice downpour of hail we got from that one:) saw some lightning to the north after it passed over, must have reached the Waitemata harbour and recieved more invigoration from the warmer waters, more thunder now as I write to my west

TokWW · Unread post by **TokWW** » Sat 28/06/2008 16:45

A heavy shower of sleet in Hams at around 11am this morning as I was refereeing a soccer match, no thunder though. Just cold and wet out there...

Paul Mallinson · Unread post by **Paul Mallinson** » Sat 28/06/2008 16:46

A page or two back there was some comment on how unusual this thundery period has been. I don't know what people have heard or read but I heard my colleague Andy Downs interviewed this morning on National Radio and he said that the succession of troughs and unsettledness is not so unusual in winter but the amount of electrical activity was up there -these not his exact words.

I think it has been quite some time (some years) since we have seen such a succession of large scale troughs with such cold pools associated producing so much thunderstorm activity, so I would say it is somewhat/rather unusual.

Paul

(Can't remember who said it now, but its nonsense to think there is some sort of political aspect to any comments on the weather by MetService. It just doesn't happen.)

TokWW · Unread post by **TokWW** » Sat 28/06/2008 16:49

How long has the depression been centred off the east coast of the SI? Seems to have camped there around a week or more now... has aided the SW flow up the Tasman and onto both islands. The warm Tasman Sea has added some energy into those troughs especially north of Wanganui...

RODALCO · Unread post by **RODALCO** » Sat 28/06/2008 16:50

Some good hail in Titirangi about 15 minutes ago.
Lighntning on and off.
Dry at the moment with dark clouds over the Waitakeres.
Very threatening skies over Glen Eden towards Henderson.
Some action very soon by the look of it.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 28/06/2008 16:51

Yes, it is unusual to get such a prolonged episode of thundery weather here.

Yet more thunder here now from another Cb moving in from the west

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 28/06/2008 16:58

Hail/thunderstorm here now.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 28/06/2008 16:59

big strike in west auckland...saw the bolt from here!

Cameo1 · Unread post by **Cameo1** » Sat 28/06/2008 17:09

yes got it on film (I think, and some intra cloud stuff):D

GreggWard · Unread post by **GreggWard** » Sat 28/06/2008 17:17

Have had quite a few heavy rain and hail showers since late morning, resulting in a quick 22mm since 9am. Saw some nice looking CB cells, but they don't appear to be very lightning active down this end of the NI.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 28/06/2008 17:20

there must be good snow falling in the Canty high country with alot more to come 2 nite, by the looks

David · Unread post by **David** » Sat 28/06/2008 17:21

I thought to myself I will be surprised if there's no hail when I saw the really dark clouds coming and heard some very distant thunder rumbling, but the nasty clouds went overhead, only with a brief moderate shower and a few wind gusts. Disappointing really

Maybe best still to come?

Manukau heads obs · Sat 28/06/2008 17:25

plenty of action on the western side of auckland David

they are weakening by the time they get across to you (surprising really how much this is occuring over such a narrow bit of land really)

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