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Re: More Troughy Weather Coming

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Some thundery development inland from Chch on the Front, has been quite active in the Ranges of North Westland
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It's very windy out there now, and of course much colder.
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Ooh a 60km/h gust and 35km/h average speed.. Exciting for someone in Christchurch :p, and its dropped 12 degrees in an hour.
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Southerly has gone through with a hiss and a roar few strong gusts at times, also some brief spots of rain.
Looks like its about over now southerly should die off soon, although i think there could be showers developing in South Canterbury could this be the trough :?: .
If the southerly dies and a NE kicks in there might be something tonight.
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Temp has pretty much halved today.
Gusty and spots of rain, easing off now, but doesn't have a storm feeling to it :(
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Looking at the lightning detectors and rain radar it seems to me that the thunderstorms are going to come into the waikato area if the westerlys continue. That means waikato could get some storms tonight.
Seems very windy atm.
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Temp has pretty much halved today.
What, so it's now -123 degrees now?

Definitely doesn't look like storms.
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..No, I recorded around 25 then down to about 13.5.
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Hmm, but half of 25 C is -124 C. Because 0 is not the lowest you can get, -273 is.

That's just one of those things that annoys me. Instead of mini-tornados. :P

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Not very interesting. :|
I think the wind with the Sw change was stronger than the NW winds of today, though?
Only trying hard to drizzle now 8-o

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Well was a beautiful day today in Christchurch especially around lunch time it got rather hot and humid for a time with that southerly that surged up.
Storm chances gone i think today, even with light NE that may kick in later but i think this S will be with us for most of night.
Tuesday/Wensday sounds interesting and one to keep watch for.

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getting dark here now.. if you auckland guys are still getting together, count me out sorry.. still at work.
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its not looking all that great for here....Hamilton might get a few claps of thunder...not enough to go racing down into the Waikato for!
still, something might eventuate for us, from out of the NW, yet...
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The storm chase day for northerners, if there is one, will be Wednesday I reckon.

as for tonight, I would be surprised if Waikato gets a storm, I think the most likely spot is upper Northland, and even then, the instability looks like it will be marginal up there.
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Good thing! Im heading south to hamilton very shortly for a couple of days.
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we might get clipped by the northern end of whats coming in from the west here yet...
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A cool evening for Auckland, only 15C with a dewpoint of 11C.
I see the TS activity on the Front has died.
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Yea it has too, there may be a possibility of TS tomorrow as it seems to be relatively sunny as the the low gets replaces with a high, hot and cold air mix thunderstorm ingredients right there.
As you can tell I am an optimist so what the main thing that everyone will be watching for this week is Altocumulus Castellanus (called the instability cloud) that will mainly tell if we are going to get TS at anytime.
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Not tomorrow Tornado Tim but the trough due mid week looks hopeful.
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Must be some explosive fireworks display nearby to here, keep getting frequent, deep, short vibrating rumbles - its uncanny how much it sounds like a real storm in the distance! Pity it isn't a real storm :(
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I heard the same thing David i am in the south island, i know there is fireworks at woodfordglen but this was before they went off.
It was like a loud roar and even enough to shake the ground slightly, other people i text in the region said they heard and felt something too even though there is nothing on EQC yet hmm strange.
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Perhaps a asteroid entering the atmosphere? I didn't hear anything, music musta been to loud.
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I never heard a thing guys, I have been watching the rugby all night, didnt hear any rumbles or kabooms!
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I thought I heard something too...
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I heard nothing either.
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