More Convection, NI, 29th-31st January
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Re: Convective period, NI, 25-28th January
I can see distant cb tops from here over the Taranaki. 250km away! New Plymouth airport reports thunder with dewpoint of 19C, so quite moist air over Taranaki..
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Re: Convective period, NI, 25-28th January
Yes Severe thunderstorm detected near New Plymouth now.
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Re: Convective period, NI, 25-28th January
Do you have a photo?
NZstorm wrote:I can see distant cb tops from here over the Taranaki. 250km away! New Plymouth airport reports thunder with dewpoint of 19C, so quite moist air over Taranaki..
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Re: Convective period, NI, 25-28th January
yea i can see the storm top from here. could tell it was taranaki way as it looked out to sea over mt pirongia. looks great on radar.
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Re: Convective period, NI, 25-28th January
Just coming into view to my SSE (in amongst all the rest of the rubbish) are 3 or so thunderheads.. whats that now, 4 or 5 consecutive days?
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Re: General January Weather
My question is, why are the Met Service forecasting a max of just 22C for Auckland, Saturday. That number looks too low.
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Their website has said 26 all day. I saw 22 on TV3 weather - no idea where they got that number fromNZstorm wrote:My question is, why are the Met Service forecasting a max of just 22C for Auckland, Saturday. That number looks too low.
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Re: General January Weather
I saw 22C for Sarturday early yesterday on the Met Service website.Their website has said 26 all day. I saw 22 on TV3 weather - no idea where they got that number from
Looks to be a chance of an isolated thunderstorm popping up over western Waikato to Auckland today. We are looking for a SW sea breeze to come in and converge with the SE. However, like yesterday, there could be issues with the moisture mixing out as the day warms up.
Gisborne region looks in the firing line for some heavy subtropical rain tomorrow. Some embedded thunderstorms will really push rain rates up in a few spots, particularly over those ranges.
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Re: General January Weather
The convergence did develop this afternoon with struggling t/cu on it but I notice a cb just to the north of here now. And Ricky's tracker shows strikes in the Waikato direction.
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Re: General January Weather
Shower activity around Pukekohe and sneaking over the Manukau Harbour at present, drifting WNW. Temp at the airport now 23C with a DP 20C. Shower activity on radar developing off East Coast Bays south of about Orewa down to Rangitoto.
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Re: General January Weather
That SW is creating a convergence line over the area, some thunderstorm activity Waikato way
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Re: Convective period, NI, 25-28th January
How about extending this to the end of the month.
The last hour an a half it has been bucketing down with IC lightning overhead non stop, still going with scuddy funnels dancing over the bombays. Well before lunch whilst out shopping there was heaps of convection over the other side all tracking in a general ENE direction.
This is high precip stuff.. the gutters have finally given up and it looks more like a curtain of water around the house than anything else.
The last hour an a half it has been bucketing down with IC lightning overhead non stop, still going with scuddy funnels dancing over the bombays. Well before lunch whilst out shopping there was heaps of convection over the other side all tracking in a general ENE direction.
This is high precip stuff.. the gutters have finally given up and it looks more like a curtain of water around the house than anything else.
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Re: Convective period, NI, 25-28th January
More t/cu to the N/NE of here glaciating into heavy showers.
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Re: General January Weather
can here some distant thunder from the S/SE convergence shower line over the Pukekohe area....
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Re: Convective period, NI, 25-28th January
photo, looking north from here
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Re: Convective period, NI, 25-28th January
hmmm look at all that rain coming from the E/SE? that's not forecast...
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Re: Convective period, NI, 25-28th January
Alan's station tracking 1 storm cells.
A quick sreenshot from Alan's lightning tracker site approx 3mins ago.
A quick sreenshot from Alan's lightning tracker site approx 3mins ago.
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Re: Convective period, NI, 25-28th January
David wrote:hmmm look at all that rain coming from the E/SE? that's not forecast...
Yea!!! noticed that and it would be great if some that precipitation come's here!!!!
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Re: General January Weather
yes why I often never believe these SE. a SE turning SW even worse in autumn with the neighbours decidious trees at least its a couple of months.[quote="David"
And what happened to the forecast SE? Been mostly SW here[/quote]
And what happened to the forecast SE? Been mostly SW here[/quote]
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Re: Convective period, NI, 25-28th January
I snapped this pic approx an or so ago to show the lovely blue skies out over the pacific eastside - much to my horror - I realized that someone had taken to placing a road cone on top of this beautiful tree down on the beach!!! marring the beautiful horizon!!!
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Re: General January Weather
Wow i saw some considerable Mammatus just now North Eastwards, Looking at the Rain radar its all associated!
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Re: General January Weather
On top of Mt Vic this arvo watching rain cloud move past Rangitoto, bit of thunder heard as well. So nice to get some rain!
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Re: Convective period, NI, 25-28th January
yep there ended up being some very good convergence today. better than i was expecting. got a nice heat shower which cooled me down but didnt even wet the ground.
this rain out to the east is getting close. hope it moves west more than it is forecast to.
this rain out to the east is getting close. hope it moves west more than it is forecast to.
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Re: Convective period, NI, 25-28th January
Some thundery Cbs from Auckland Harbour down to Waitomo last hr or two. edit, I see a thundery Cb has developed over Northland now
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Re: Convective period, NI, 25-28th January
those clouds just dumped on me running at tamaki drive. a few good cracks of thunder over rangitoto way