More Convection, NI, 29th-31st January

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Fri 29/01/2010 16:57

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..

CHCH Weather Chaser · Fri 29/01/2010 17:22

Yes Severe thunderstorm detected near New Plymouth now.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Fri 29/01/2010 17:47

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..

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Fri 29/01/2010 18:06

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.

Dale · Unread post by **Dale** » Fri 29/01/2010 18:46

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?

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Fri 29/01/2010 19:15

My question is, why are the Met Service forecasting a max of just 22C for Auckland, Saturday. That number looks too low.

David · Unread post by **David** » Fri 29/01/2010 19:58

NZstorm wrote:My question is, why are the Met Service forecasting a max of just 22C for Auckland, Saturday. That number looks too low.

Their website has said 26 all day. I saw 22 on TV3 weather - no idea where they got that number from

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 30/01/2010 07:43

Their website has said 26 all day. I saw 22 on TV3 weather - no idea where they got that number from

I saw 22C for Sarturday early yesterday on the Met Service website.

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.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 30/01/2010 16:34

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.

Area51 · Unread post by **Area51** » Sat 30/01/2010 16:36

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.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 30/01/2010 16:55

That SW is creating a convergence line over the area, some thunderstorm activity Waikato way

Dale · Unread post by **Dale** » Sat 30/01/2010 17:11

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.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 30/01/2010 17:13

More t/cu to the N/NE of here glaciating into heavy showers.

Manukau heads obs · Sat 30/01/2010 17:20

can here some distant thunder from the S/SE convergence shower line over the Pukekohe area....

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 30/01/2010 17:22

photo, looking north from here

David · Unread post by **David** » Sat 30/01/2010 17:24

hmmm look at all that rain coming from the E/SE? that's not forecast...

DT-NZ · Unread post by **DT-NZ** » Sat 30/01/2010 17:30

Alan's station tracking 1 storm cells.

A quick sreenshot from Alan's lightning tracker site approx 3mins ago.

DT-NZ · Unread post by **DT-NZ** » Sat 30/01/2010 17:32

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!!!!

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sat 30/01/2010 17:37

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]

DT-NZ · Unread post by **DT-NZ** » Sat 30/01/2010 17:38

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!!!

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Sat 30/01/2010 17:55

Wow i saw some considerable Mammatus just now North Eastwards, Looking at the Rain radar its all associated!

photosearch · Unread post by **photosearch** » Sat 30/01/2010 18:03

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!

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sat 30/01/2010 18:03

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.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 30/01/2010 18:26

Some thundery Cbs from Auckland Harbour down to Waitomo last hr or two. edit, I see a thundery Cb has developed over Northland now

vinodrinker · Unread post by **vinodrinker** » Sat 30/01/2010 19:06

those clouds just dumped on me running at tamaki drive. a few good cracks of thunder over rangitoto way

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