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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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Wind very strong over in Matangi in a NNW Direction.
Developing CB over atm that looks like heading south.
Might hit Tokoroa later on?
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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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Sky certainly seems active there and an updraft as well - just windy and cloudy down here - hardly seen the sun at all. Max Temp 22.8ºC and DP 18.9ºC, certainly getting up there... Cold front due in about 4hrs - guess... looking at sat pic and synoptic.

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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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there may still be some life in the system, well just have to see. its getting close to auckland now, wind picking up, dark cloud bases. i see red in the radar return, approaching us. very warm, my outside thermometer says 26C.
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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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Nice updraft over the hills !
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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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Yes what a hot nor'wester blowing through here!! Temperature has been on 27-28C since midday, and has peaked at 28.4C! Yesterday was far worse, we had 28.7C with 21C dewpoints as well 8-o
Each day this year so far has gotten over 28C.

The other station down the road has 28.0 for yesterday and 27.9 today, however it reported 30.6 on the 1st :?
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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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Cu congestus forms now to the east of here over ChCh and other clouds seeming to trying their utmost to get organized. Wind still light from the South to SW but looks more north-easterlish over ChCh or the airport as aeroplanes are coming into land from the south. Some glaciation way to the SW as well.
Picking up very light sfericals now, possibly from down south?

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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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Thunderstorms currently inland west of Asburton towards Mt Peel with hail, and also north of Dunedin and about North Otago (1:35pm).
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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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might be here sooner than we think
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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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sounds good you guys :) make sure you get pics of the lightning!

just got a lot darker and cooler here now. a light scattering of some very heavy drops. fingers crossed.

edit: rains arrived =D> and a nice drop in temperature
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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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I see some early signs that we may be in for a good summer anticyclone next week with some rather high daytime temperatures possible again :-k
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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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Charging batterys to get first storm photos off this camera, if it happens. Any suggestions on taking photos of lightning?

I was just about to post and 2 posts at 1:49 come up.. heh, asking for photos of lightning
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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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just had a downpour here as the heat sets off some pre frontal heavy showers in the Auckland area currently.
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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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David wrote:I see some early signs that we may be in for a good summer anticyclone next week with some rather high daytime temperatures possible again :-k
All models going for it I think. Looks like pushing in tomorrow, and lingering for the whole week, with occasional troughy incursions for the South Island. North of 40S though, looks like a superb week on the way.
As for todays convection, certainly looks interesting in Canterbury and northern Otago. Looking forward to on the ground reports!
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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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It is so funny as soon as storms start to arise this forum becomes alive!!!! :mrgreen:
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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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temperature did not get as hot here, as alot more cloud cover (front was closer), i.e oly 23.5C max
and alot less land heating (i.e wind comes more direct off the tasman sea from the NW here that for auckland city)

just had a heavy rain shower go through.....first line...
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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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All models going for it I think. Looks like pushing in tomorrow, and lingering for the whole week, with occasional troughy incursions for the South Island. North of 40S though, looks like a superb week on the way.
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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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I see the M/S have updated their t/storm page to include severe t/storms southwest of CHCH (by the looks of their map)...could be up to 30mm hail?!?! Ouch...
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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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I hear thunder!
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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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just had nice roar of thunder over head here \:D/
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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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Big drops of rain with the odd bit of hail where I am in Chch.
Not thunder/lightning here yet but more is getting recorded further south.
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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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had anouther large roar its gunna be a goodie i reakin
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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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Heavy drops (some hail?) in central Chch a few minutes ago - heard a few distant rumbles. Could be interesting when I'm flying out of Chch and up to Akl later this afternoon.
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Not even a drop of rain here in hornby (SW Chch) quite strange just called a mate at the cricket and he said its bucketing down!

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Re: Unstable air to start the year?

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TS going off near here for last 20 mins, seems to be more N and NW of Amberley, perhaps beyond Waipara. Some moderate rain here, thunder every 20 secs, but no lightening, too much cloud to the north.
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Thunder!! close too :)
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