Thunder for the eastern seaboards 11-12/3

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

I thought I heard thunder at Rolleston but it was an aeroplane going over, sadly.
Looked thundery especially on it's leading edge.
Cold morning here, down to 1.7C.


JohnGaul
NZThS

[snowstormwatcher]

There was a hailstorm here around 10.30am lasted for a good 5 to 10 mintues hail would have been at least 10mm its good to see some interesting weather finally.

[TonyT]

Ended up with 13mm here to go with the 12mm we had yesterday. Thunder and lightning lasted close to an hour.

[spwill]

Wellington about to get hit.

[Michael]

Wellington about to get hit.

Typical wellington webcam wont load.

Can see its raining there but it only shows traffic on wet roads on metservice,no sky.

[Weather Watcher]

Wellington about to get hit.

One of the best southerly 'busters' I have seen here in Lower Hutt. It raced up the valley with very strong wind gusts, heavy rain and thunder. It was like being in a hurricane for about 10 minutes!

[Lukemyster]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3441447 ... ew-Zealand

[Willoughby]

Stuff reporting a "mini-tornado" in Karori... any MetService guys online at the moment? Would've looked good from their view.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3441447 ... ew-Zealand

NZWN METARs:

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SPECI 120335Z 21050G66KT 170V250 2000 +SHRA SCT018 BKN025CB 09/08 
         Q1012 TEMPO 4000 +TSRA BECMG FM0400 20030G45KT 9999 -SHRA 
         BKN025 RMK LIGHTNING OBS SPECI VIS WIND WX KAUKAU 23055KT
SPECI 120330Z 32017G56KT 210V010 2000 +SHRA SCT018 BKN025CB 12/06 
         Q1011 BECMG 18030G50KT TEMPO 4000 +SHRAGS BECMG FM0500 9999 
         -SHRA BKN025 RMK SPECI VIS WIND WX KAUKAU 32022KT
METAR 120300Z 01015KT 340V040 9999 FEW018 SCT025CB 20/12 Q1009 
         BECMG FM0330 18030G45KT TEMPO FM0330 4000 +SHRAGS RMK LIGHTNING 
         OBSERVED TO SOUTH KAUKAU 34018KT

Gusts to 122 km/h at the Airport!! 101km/h on Mt Kaukau...

[Paul Mallinson]

Looking very threatening here now in Greytown as change is on our doorstep. Very black to the south.

Paul

[Storm Struck]

The day started off sunny but cold and crisp, then a NE snuck in with CU developing to the south and SW.
Once the skies got alot blacker with a green tinge i knew something was developing, then i was hit by pea sized hail and forced to move for cover.
This was around 11:40am which quickly turned to moderate rain and a wind change to the E-SE, and i started hearing silent thunder rumbles inland.
At 12:30pm a defined line moved in from the south signaling the southerly wind change and some good steady rain to go with it.
Around 1pm i seen a faint flash out of the corner of my eye followed 5 seconds later by a loud crack of thunder overhead, i tell ya riveting stuff when i thought it was all over .
And at 4pm some very heavy rain briefly, now its clearing up.
Not to boast or anything but what did i say yesterday on here .

[Paul Mallinson]

Big gusts , heavy rain and thunder here in Greytown over the last 10 minutes or so.

Paul

[03Stormchaser]

Good photos on stuff atm

[Richard]

The storm when it came through here it was amazingly active with heaps of thunder & lightning,15mm of rain

[Shepherds Valley WX]

Crikey Paul, I am just up the road from you in Carterton....awesome S change...got some excelent pics of the front approaching us head on....it was very dark and we could actually hear the roar of the wind approaching before we felt it. Heavy rain, and v/strong wind for 15-20mins. Wish I had my Davis WX Station up, but sadly thats this weekends project!

[MoorfNZ]

In the past hour we've had sun, heavy rain, hail, more thunder and now back to torrential rain...

Been quite a day for it!

[Weather Watcher]

Here's my view of the southerly buster as it raced up the Hutt Valley...

[Manukau heads obs]

nice shot that
its like, welly, where the bloody hell are ya?

[RWood]

Strongest initial gusts from a southerly quarter that I've seen in years at my property. A "stuff" report used the dreaded "m-phrase" in reporting events in Karori.

[Michael]

Wasnt there several events in the 70s akk the time,we used to have our radio always locked to 2ZB both on 980 and 1035 as a child and was common these events?

[Andrew Massie]

and i started hearing silent thunder rumbles inland.
Not to boast or anything but what did i say yesterday on here .

Was it a silent loud prediction?!!!

[DT-NZ]

Here's my view of the southerly buster as it raced up the Hutt Valley...

Awesome pic

[mikestormchaser]

Nice photos guys and in the stuff.co.nz site very nice southerly buster! shame we didnt get much out of it really, although did have a nice unstable look about it this morning when i looked out outside.
Nice to see some interesting weather for a change as it has'nt been that exciting.

cheers

[tunster]

any MetService guys online at the moment? Would've looked good from their view.

Not a very good photo, I took it quickly looking south about 10 minutes before the change arrived.
The other one is a 12 minute meteogram of the change going through Kaikoura AWS.

[Michael]

nice view there Wellington has plenty of those.

[tunster]

nice view there Wellington has plenty of those.

We probably have one of the best office views in Wellington.