Canterbury Thunderstorms - Sunday 20th Dec
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Re: Canterbury Thunderstorms - Sunday 20th Dec
WOW, its very windy here suddenly. Hit us here too now. Talk about quick, 10 secs later than Rolleston haha.
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Re: Canterbury Thunderstorms - Sunday 20th Dec
No rain or thunder yet,still moving quickly.
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Re: Canterbury Thunderstorms - Sunday 20th Dec
Nothing exciting now the front has been through,low cloud and a cool southerly.Maybe some rain to develop this evening.
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Re: Canterbury Thunderstorms - Sunday 20th Dec
I would say watch out Wellington. I see the dp there is currently 13C, some moisture there. The southerly buster could be interesting over the southern end of the NI late afternoon.
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Re: Canterbury Thunderstorms - Sunday 20th Dec
Precipitation here now,large intermitent drops,just gray low cloud to the south
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Re: Canterbury Thunderstorms - Sunday 20th Dec
The 1pm rain radar looks interesting down Rakaia.
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Re: Canterbury Thunderstorms - Sunday 20th Dec
Well that's it for here with the change to cooler air moving in and across at 1pm and stronger southerlies.
Temperature drop of 4C in about 20minutes.
Thunderstorm chances now look like zilch here and any development now will likely to occur will away from here.
Roll on the anticyclone
I did hear a few distant rumbles before the gust front.
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Temperature drop of 4C in about 20minutes.
Thunderstorm chances now look like zilch here and any development now will likely to occur will away from here.
Roll on the anticyclone
I did hear a few distant rumbles before the gust front.
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Re: Canterbury Thunderstorms - Sunday 20th Dec
Steady rain now,still a brisk southerly.Well that was different
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Re: Canterbury Thunderstorms - Sunday 20th Dec
Wind has just swung around to the NE here and fresh at that a good 30kmh.
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Re: Canterbury Thunderstorms - Sunday 20th Dec
Rain here now, Southerly gusting to 72km/h according to Metservice
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Re: Canterbury Thunderstorms - Sunday 20th Dec
Hail now, sun briefly out again. Was short but decent sized!
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Re: Canterbury Thunderstorms - Sunday 20th Dec
Thunder rumble just to the west of Kaiapoi now, few spots of rain starting but wind still easterly here under the gust front which is edgding across from the SE.
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Re: Canterbury Thunderstorms - Sunday 20th Dec
Kaboooom that was a good rumble i am heading out to waikuku see what i can get.
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Re: Canterbury Thunderstorms - Sunday 20th Dec
Tiny bit of rain, still blowing quite nicely (making the mini wind turbine spin like crazy)
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Re: Canterbury Thunderstorms - Sunday 20th Dec
Raining now in chch city and getting a few claps of thunder.
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Re: Canterbury Thunderstorms - Sunday 20th Dec
In the last hour we have had 4.3mm rain. Currently overhead - thunder and lightning. Is dark enough to have the lights on. Temp has gone from 27.3 @ 0940 to 13.3 now. Another long thunder clap overhead
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Re: Canterbury Thunderstorms - Sunday 20th Dec
It almost looks as if the storms are moving to the East now over the city. It looked like nothing was going to happen but well its now on.
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Re: Canterbury Thunderstorms - Sunday 20th Dec
A few flashes here (more than we had last week) and some brief spells of heavy rain and partially melted hail.
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Re: Canterbury Thunderstorms - Sunday 20th Dec
I took chase and ended just down at the Pegasus township and filmed where the lightning was first intially coming from which was the gust front area.
Then figured out a cell behind me was going off too, so i turned around and filmed that what a good idea as i got some good CG bolts come down and tumbling thunder.
Just heavy rain with a little bit of hail for awhile but overall being close to the action i managed to get out and chase.
I think that sneaky easterly which snuck in before the southerly is what got things firing to the north of the city.
Then figured out a cell behind me was going off too, so i turned around and filmed that what a good idea as i got some good CG bolts come down and tumbling thunder.
Just heavy rain with a little bit of hail for awhile but overall being close to the action i managed to get out and chase.
I think that sneaky easterly which snuck in before the southerly is what got things firing to the north of the city.
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Re: Canterbury Thunderstorms - Sunday 20th Dec
Only some brief showers out on the peninsula, but certainly alot cooler now with a gusty southerly.