Canty Thunderstorms 8th Jan

[Dean.]

More unstable looking down here now.Some heavy drops of rain.Some cold temps tonight,Dunedin nudging 10 degrees at midday.

[MoorfNZ]

Cooling down here and shower just went through.... I see forecast for TS..

[Chris Raine]

Fresh SW in Oamaru. We have Cb's in the district with isolated showers nothing in town re rain . Getting a tad dry now

[Lawrence]

Looking very stormy over to the west and the north of here

[Weetbicks]

From our offices in town we have a great view west and north west toward the mountains. Look to be some decent downpours NW of Chch, some big Cb over that direction. Still fine here in town though.

[TonyT]

Quite dark here, and just heard a long, distant rumble of thunder.

[MoorfNZ]

From our offices in town we have a great view west and north west toward the mountains. Look to be some decent downpours NW of Chch, some big Cb over that direction. Still fine here in town though.

Ohh, that's where I am.. can you see me waving from there?

[Weetbicks]

You should get one of those big green lasers and point it up @ the clouds, I might be able to see that

[trickytiger]

Heard there was a thunderstorm in Timaru with a bit of hail, going to go for a drive those ways soon and see if much is hapening with it.

[MoorfNZ]

Am now working in the tower so have a 360deg view... there's a largish front to the south building over what I'd guess is Darfield.. growing quickly... to the SW across Alps it's looking dark, wind is snow S/SW and cooling fast. Even to my North the skies are looking v. unstable...

[MoorfNZ]

You should get one of those big green lasers and point it up @ the clouds, I might be able to see that

Ohh, there's a thought.

Wigram used to use my office (the tower) as a landmark for trainee pilots - they'd fly to it then turn back

[TonyT]

Brief bursts of rain and melted hail coming through now, looks as if we are on the edge of a storm further inland.

[MoorfNZ]

Picture taken 2.10pm today looking south towards Darfield area from Waddington...

[MoorfNZ]

... and then the bloomin' batteries died... arrrghhhhh

[metmum]

We have thunder in Kirwee.....started about 5 minutes ago

[dogmelon]

I heard some thunder that was of a higher pitch. It sounded quite odd. I wonder why it did that? It sure look angry over towards the mountains anyway.

[Razor]

Activity looks to be relatively weak and haphazard from my viewpoint in Riccarton. The forecast of Scattered showers seems on the nail

[metmum]

Currently counting 3 seconds....pretty close!

[MoorfNZ]

More showers now to South along with distinctive front... TS corner looking dark and threatening too... looks like Rollie getting it at the mo?

First rumble of thunder just heard from WSW...

[MoorfNZ]

Ohhh lots of rumbling now - long grumblers

TBH looks like it might be short-lived as blue skies immediately following current front to south - S/SW inland over Alps looking far more nasty.

[metmum]

Thunder getting much louder and more frequent here, although there is a patch of blue sky to the SE.

[Weetbicks]

I want to live in inland Canterbury ! Damn Christchurch always seems to miss the good stuff!

[Kelly_Cattermole]

Just came back from town (after having a tooth pulled out)
multiple lightning strikes from about west melton to kirwee, averaging about 1 every 1-2 minutes. Seems to be currently most intense over Kirwee/Courtenay, bolts about every minute or so.

Some heavy rain with very very small hail mixed in.

First picture is looking north east, second is looking towards darfield (as I typed this, a massive flash just provided some nice light into my room)

[Dean.]

Hail shower showing on the 2.30pm Canty radar in Mid Canterbury.
Looking v dark now to the south of Ashburton.

[MoorfNZ]

Hey, that blue sky to south seems to have disappeared and now almost as dark as TS corner! Several strikes East of here (between here and Chch) that I've seen so far... still not quite got to us here in Waddington but what's coming looks like fun!!