Thunderstorms Sept 24th-26th

[Manukau heads obs]

2nd front has fragmented.....one CB about to hit us here...

[ricky]

Yes I see quite a bit of lightning with those Cbs there Brian.. you seem to be in the right place to catch all the action!

[spwill]

Can see some Cb tops in the west through some of that Australian dust that has arrived here, photo.

Shame it is not 2pm ( warmer)with the line of instability about to pass over.

[NZstorm]

Yes, a shame this line is not coming through later in the day.

Should see thunderstorms pop up today in the Waikato to Bay of Plenty regions due to daytime heating.

[jamie]

Im at my parents place and the skies have gone nice and dark here. Constant heavyish rain.

[jamie]

getting torrential rain here at my parents. Very short sharp bursts as the building showers move over. They certainly are building very quickly now. Can watch the updrafts easily on them.

[Manukau heads obs]

Ricky shows strikes on the Kaimai ranges...

[jamie]

Wow that shower that passed over here earlyer looks like its not far off from throwing out some thunder. The anvil is growing soo quickly on the back side of it it looks like it is moving towards us. crazy!

[Tornado Tim]

Damb it, it turned to a thunderstorm once it just went over me! Argggg!
Update: A second CB is popping up south, it looks like it may pay a visit to Tokoroa as it moves East.
(pic of the anvil attached)

[spwill]

Yes , the stronger cloud tops are out east. Isolated showers for Auckland, just one shower here around 9.30am.
A warm afternoon with sunny spells,current temp 19C, the dewpoint is 13C, much of the early morning dust has moved on.

[Tornado Tim]

The Anvil is huge now, throwing out a few claps ova the kaimais.

[Manukau heads obs]

looks like the eastern BOP ranges are getting some good thunderstorms
I am picking up strikes there, and so is Ricky

[tgsnoopy]

A hailstorm about 11.30am and then a short sharp thunderstorm went through Tauranga about 1pm but not very active, albeit quite noisy when it did strike up. Nothing much else to report.

[NZstorm]

18Z gfs CAPE forecast for 00Z today! There will need to be good surface heating for this to occur.

[Manukau heads obs]

clearing skies here now....low center has rolled over the top if us here now

[Dale]

Just had a huge cloudburst from the SW about half hour ago, dropped close to 6mm not that I really need it, tanks are overflowing and have been for a couple of days now. Nice backshearing anvil visible towards the norh shore.

[Tornado Tim]

Very dark base to a CB to the north.
It seems there is a nice CB coming into Hamilton according to the the 1 PM rain radar.

[dan]

I drove to Te Kuiti and back this morning and saw some huge impressive CB's. Thick hail on the road just out of Otorohanga and big anvils all around me. Got hit by one downpour that was really heavy

[Manukau heads obs]

yes, I could see all those anvil heads from here
maybe spwill or nzstorm has some nicy pictures
SSW breeze increasing here now

[Tornado Tim]

Pic time,
Here is a very impressive CB to the ENE of me tracking in a NE direction.
you can can see the rain/hail shaft downdraft and updraft, quite impressive!

[Vertigo]

i think that Cb passed over me im at my parents new place in Te Kauwhata

[Manukau heads obs]

nice photos there tornado tim

[jamie]

yes i just had dad ring to ask what he is looking at to the east. Said its very dark out east but not producing any lightning yet.

Nice pics Tim

[spwill]

There has been some weak TS activity over Waikato last couple of hrs.
There is a Cu/Cb line with some strong looking development on it now from eastern Northland down east of Auckland into Waikato.

[Tornado Tim]

This is a magnificent example of a CB Incus with its huge anvil. Blowing up and maturing as I type