Thunder for the eastern seaboards 11-12/3

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Thunder for the eastern seaboards 11-12/3

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Metservice advise a moderate risk on the southerly changes tomorrow.

Might be a good flick of rain for the farmers, the fire risk is very highly elevated round here right now.
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Re: General March Weather

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Moderate t-storm risk for the Canterbury tomorrow afternoon.
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Re: Thunder for the eastern seaboards 11/3

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Re: Thunder for the eastern seaboards 11/3

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Some castellatus forms on some cloud to the west, just north of TC this evening, but sadly that scenario dosen't work here in Canterbury for indicating possible thunderstorms :(

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Re: Thunder for the eastern seaboards 11/3

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The moderate risk has now been moved north and inland. :mad:
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Re: Thunder for the eastern seaboards 11/3

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melja wrote:The moderate risk has now been moved north and inland. :mad:
Yes, I see this...
...but then we can't have horrible weather disrupting the Ellerslie Flower show :D

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Re: Thunder for the eastern seaboards 11/3

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Well when the Hagley flower show in November was in Auckland the weather often had tents blown over etc etc.
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...but then we can't have horrible weather disrupting the Ellerslie Flower show :D

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Re: Thunder for the eastern seaboards 11/3

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but then we can't have horrible weather disrupting the Ellerslie Flower show :D
Hopefully not. When it was in Auckland it got knocked around a bit by bad weather because it was held in November. I guess thats why they now hold it in March.
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No its held in March down here because November is already heavily booked with Show Week, etc
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Re: Thunder for the eastern seaboards 11/3

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Nothing too major with this change which arrived abit earlier than i anticipated, it was already southerly and overcast at 8am this morning.
This threw out any thunderstorm chances straight away.
Light drizzly rain for most of the morning turned to a more persistant rain in the afternoon, although its now easing back up again by the looks.
I am thinking a better chance for thunderstorms and hail tomorrow early afternoon with the next cold surger, as long as we can get some sunshine in the morning and a sneaky NE.
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Re: Thunder for the eastern seaboards 11/3

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Jasestorm wrote: I am thinking a better chance for thunderstorms and hail tomorrow early afternoon with the next cold surger, as long as we can get some sunshine in the morning and a sneaky NE.
Surface pressure a bit too high for anything eventful ..but it's a sluggish, high 1030's high, this southerly is working it's way around and anything can happen.
If it does, it won't be much.

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Re: Thunder for the eastern seaboards 11/3

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The Tstorm season has been a write-off down here, Ive packed the rain gauge up just gotta wait round a few months for the big snow this winter.
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03Stormchaser wrote:The Tstorm season has been a write-off down here, Ive packed the rain gauge up just gotta wait round a few months for the big snow this winter.
Hey! You're stealing MY prediction!
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Re: Thunder for the eastern seaboards 11/3

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Yes. She's been a "Non-burger" of a thunderstorm season all-right q-
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Re: Thunder for the eastern seaboards 11/3

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Yes. She's been a "Non-burger" of a thunderstorm season all-right
Spent 4hrs in Christchurch , saw a great thunderstorm :D Dec 14
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Re: Thunder for the eastern seaboards 11/3

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spwill wrote:
Yes. She's been a "Non-burger" of a thunderstorm season all-right
Spent 4hrs in Christchurch , saw a great thunderstorm :D Dec 14
pfffttt maybe that was great if you used to NI storms!

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pfffttt maybe that was great if you used to NI storms!
I told a lie , the storm I saw was out at Darfield not Christchurch, yes Chch has had a non season
ttt maybe that was great if you used to NI storms!
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Very impressive reading that link, backs up that things have been quiet down here!
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Re: Thunder for the eastern seaboards 11/3

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Big TS going off here in Waddington - huge rumbles of thunder and flashes of lightning...
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Re: Thunder for the eastern seaboards 11/3

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I thought I saw a flash here in town half an hour ago too....
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Re: Thunder for the eastern seaboards 11/3

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Thunder heard to the west now
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Re: Thunder for the eastern seaboards 11/3

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Yeah, theres quite a few strikes on the radar too.

Pretty nice day out today. 8 degrees, with a 5C feels like. 70kph winds, 6mm/h rain, and some thunderstorm activity. Brrrrrrrrr
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Re: Thunder for the eastern seaboards 11/3

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About half a dozen rumbles here over the last 15 mins, and one just now very close - saw the flash, and a very crisp rumble no more than one second later. :)
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Lukemyster wrote:Yeah, theres quite a few strikes on the radar too.

Pretty nice day out today. 8 degrees, with a 5C feels like. 70kph winds, 6mm/h rain, and some thunderstorm activity. Brrrrrrrrr
Yeah - think I might need to get a fire going!! o_O
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