Possible thunder, upper NI, 8th

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Possible thunder, upper NI, 8th

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whats the diagnosis guys? i have just seen MS charts but dont have time for a good look myself. about to run out the door. hoping something bubbles up this evening and dumps a drop of rain here. but more of course i wana some thunder 8)
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Re: Possible thunder, upper NI, 8th

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Looks like a shower setup to me.
Biggest chance of Thunder (even though its low) would be around Coromandel when the NW flow will hit the Coromandel Ranges which will cause an orographic lift.
When the left overs of this front moves over (early to mid afternoon) it will start to hinder any decent DTSH and temperatures will start to cool down.
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Well the SW breeze has just been replaced by an ENE breeze here, so the sea breeze convergence looks certain. It has done this the last few days but without instability nothing much came of it...
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looking good...build ups going up in the usual places so far :)
sea breeze only very light on the coast only here so far
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Re: Possible thunder, upper NI, 8th

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Big hefty shower can be seen over top of Papakura.
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Rain has just started here.....set in no wind. 24c.
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showers showing up on the radar between auckland city and the bombays now.
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Yeah its really hosing down here now.. huge drops.
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these small showers have wikid structure to them. even a couple of strikes have been picked up
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We did get some instability around Auckland this afternoon with isolated cb showers to the south. Temp got to 26C today so not a bad day.
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thunder here- just one big clap
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Yup heard that 2, Abt to get a heavy shower soon :D
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yep same set up ay?!?! frustrating!!!! wonderful storms firing up around 7pm but moving incredibly slow.
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NZstorm wrote:We did get some instability around Auckland this afternoon with isolated cb showers to the south.
That rather big isolated shower dropped 16mm on me in around 40mins. Rather handy. :-)
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raining here now
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ok its bucketing down.... really heavy stuff but something is wrong with rain gauge. its not recording :(

o wait now its working :lol:
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smile to my face :) already had 11mm and still comming down at 30mm/hr
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Re: Possible thunder, upper NI, 8th

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Have missed much of the rain here of late, another dry day, 18C dewpoints making the day feel very warm.
Towering Cu/ Cb observed west and south this afternoon, perhaps if we had less high cloud today we will have heard thunder here.
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30mm so far. was not expecting this at all. helps to shorten the difference between Tim and i for the year albeit only 20mm but its something.
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No need to water the gardens at all today,probably not tomorrow even if dry.
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Re: Possible thunder, upper NI, 8th

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I could see that shower top from here....looked good

we missed out...just a couple of spits....drying again here...might be next monday before we get rain....from the NW ?
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it was a shame that storm wasnt more active in the thunder department.
it was hit or miss last night. we got 33mm, our neighbours got 33mm but 1 km away got 41mm. In taupiri they got 22mm. towards morronsville they got 2mm. Tim got 8mm and hamilton 3mm.
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Would this be the offending cell?
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I snapped it from here (with stink cellphone - camera is unservicable atm..) around 1920 as it was cycling into mature phase.
The 2 overshoots had some of the best pileus I have seen in a few years roaring off the top of them & timelapse certainly wasnt required as you could see the whole thing unfolding before your eyes. Even the missus who just thought it was a 'pretty cloud' o_O commented on how fast it was growing.

Within 10mins it was smothered by low level junk but im sure whatever was under it got a nice drink.
For info's sake.. Bombay service centre is to the left of frame & Pukke hill to the right.
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nice storm there!

signs of instability around today, but not quite enough for anything spectacular - just showers in places.
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Re: Possible thunder, upper NI, 8th

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some very nice buildups going up on a convergence line now
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