Tasman low 20-23rd July

[Dean.]

Steady light rain here now.
Radar building nicely,should be a very wet night!

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Im thinking CHCH might not see any rain and only patchy drizzle as it seems we are getting sheltered by this rain band. Its raining right through Canterbury now except CHCH city looking at radar.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Looking as though it is building up to be a big, wet event here in Canterbury, tonight and tomorrow

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Manukau heads obs]

I have got my boltec running again now, and its seems to be working OK (LD-250)
currently picking up strikes from the CB to my WSW

correlates well with Ricky too for this CB

[Storm Struck]

Im thinking CHCH might not see any rain and only patchy drizzle as it seems we are getting sheltered by this rain band. Its raining right through Canterbury now except CHCH city looking at radar.

Patience its only just getting developed and moving onshore, as you can see the rain is not only moving ashore but developing over land too.
Drizzle has turned to light rain here now and slowly getting thicker as to indicate its about to go up a notch to a more moderate rain.
Wind is now southerly as apposed to the NE but light that it was for much of today.
I would say some good heavy falls from midnight onwards.
Emptied the gauge when i got home another 12mm overnight, and now a further 2mm since the drizzle and now light rain.

[Tornado Tim]

I have got my boltec running again now, and its seems to be working OK (LD-250)
currently picking up strikes from the CB to my WSW

correlates well with Ricky too for this CB

Yes an active cell is located there, It seems to be heading towards the Waikato

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Metservice severe weather watch has not been upgraded to a warning. Just through says that rainfall amounts are not expected to reach warning criteria. Drizzle turning to light rain at times now.

[Richard]

Rain being mod to heavy now for the last hour as can be seen on radar

[melja]

Up to 20mm from midnight now.
Might not reach warning levels but rain below this will cause surface flooding.

[Chris Raine]

Raining steadily in Oamaru since 6 pm .Have had 7.5mm so far

[Chris Raine]

Front is stalled over us . Mod/Hvy rain . Met Service indicate it will last until 0300 hrs. Our water table is very high legacy of May floods . Still lots of paddocks with ponded water

[Storm Struck]

Moderate to steady rain for the past hour or so, can clearly be seen on the 10pm radar loop too.
Riveting stuff one day it will be something other than rain maybe snow or even a thunderstorm , but just for now we will stick with rain may as well after months of it .

[Richard]

Being fascinating watching the radar the add time over night,its been one of those inland events with CHCH and Banks Peninsula receiving little of whats fallen up this way and South Canterbury.
Storng S wind from about midnight,maybe getting up about 80 kms at times,i tipped out the overnights rain of 56mm at 5.00am,a total 91mm in the last two days,i think ive had enough now thanks

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Im thinking CHCH might not see any rain and only patchy drizzle as it seems we are getting sheltered by this rain band. Its raining right through Canterbury now except CHCH city looking at radar.

Total non event for CHCH. 2mm no heavy rain. Rest of Canterbury has had good solid heavy rain

Entire system from Tuesday bringing 21mm. Looked like it was meant to be close to 100mm

[Richard]

i see Birdlings Flat has had nil,Still heavily raining here

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

i see Birdlings Flat has had nil,Still heavily raining here

Probably still a bit more to come for you today too looking at it.

[Richard]

yer i think so too,just had another look and there's 10mm more since i tipped out last

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Reports of flooding on state highway 1 in North Canterbury just north of the Waimakariri and some surface flooding in South Canterbury.

[Richard]

not surprised,i'm wondering how much water there is around here

[Manukau heads obs]

alrighty, picking up a nice CB lightning strikes to my wnw, and it sure is black looking out there...and nexstorm has auto ranged in too even

I am plotting closer in than Ricky, which going by the rain radar, is correct
(I suspect the waitakere ranges are weakening the signal for Ricky)
edit that: its ranged back out...my zoomed in map scale is not quite correct...and it plotted closer than the unzoomed map...hummm
edit...things have died a bit now...

[Razor]

No action here in ChCh, the Banks Peninsula effect again. Hope its not too bad down the line, fingers crossed for an extended sunny spell in the coming days

[spwill]

alrighty, picking up a nice CB lightning strikes to my wnw, and it sure is black looking out there..

Currently a lot Cb development upper NorthIsand, isolated thunderstorms to the west.
http://www.weatherzone.com.au/satellite ... ye=1&lyf=1

[David]

Quite a nice morning here Can see scattered CBs around too

[Michael]

Next week should be ok for you folk,large tasman high extending from the west.

No action here in ChCh, the Banks Peninsula effect again. Hope its not too bad down the line, fingers crossed for an extended sunny spell in the coming days

[melja]

Some great rainfall up kaikora way with 136mm since midnight, M/S put a warning out an hour ago after the rain had fallen