Canty T-Storms - Nov 21

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Re: General November Weather

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Just back from running around Mt Somers. looked to be some serious storm development going on as we drove home.
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Re: General November Weather

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the red smudge near methven on the 7pm radar matches the strikes on the lightening detector
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Re: General November Weather

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edit, make that raining heavily !

I so love this type of rain, it just smells so sweet & fresh.
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Re: General November Weather

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Decent dump of thunder to the SW just now, rain slowly picking up :smile:
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Thunderstorm

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It's 7.30pm in Waddington - torrential rain, thunder and lightning... :D
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Re: Thunderstorm

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Must be sticking to more inland perhaps, wind is still NE here and rain between light and moderate so far.
No southerly as yet, but alot of lightning going on now on the tracker.
Which direction is the lightning mainly Moorfnz?
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Re: General November Weather

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Very loud thunder and bright lightning here in Waddington, in quick succession. Torrential rain. Power flickering.

(Apologies, I hadn't noticed it being discussed here and started another thread - could you please delete it?)
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Re: Thunderstorm

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Great stuff,its been raining steadily here now for two hours but now there's some really tall clouds coming in from the east which is a sign of of something brewing.
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Re: General November Weather

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Just move the previous comments on general november weather to your one Moorf, i am sure one of the admins can do this.
Ohh and put todays date on the post heading so we know when it happened for future records.
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Re: Thunderstorm

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Just the one clap of thunder here in rangiora, Jase the weather looks to have come from the west oxford way.
Looks to be a good storm down south tho.
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Re: Thunderstorm

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The house is vibrating with the thunder - epic!! \:D/

Unfortunately, the dogs aren't as enthusiastic!
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Re: Thunderstorm

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I haven't heard thunder I don't think but I LOVE this rain.
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Re: Thunderstorm

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My folks live in Kirwee, and all they have is wind and rain.... I find it incredible that the thunder we just had wasn't heard far and wide!
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Re: General November Weather

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Rain is just starting to really pick up in christchurch city, and the wind is starting to pick up a bit too.
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Re: Thunderstorm

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MoorfNZ wrote:It's 7.30pm in Waddington - torrential rain, thunder and lightning... :D
Oh do shut up - we're still waiting up here :-( :-k ;P
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Re: General November Weather

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Its been a funny system as it built from the West ahead of the front, rain currently moderate here.
No wind at all now and 14.8C .
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Re: General November Weather

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Captain Salty wrote:the red smudge near methven on the 7pm radar matches the strikes on the lightening detector
Thunder and the odd flash of lightning did come from the west (Methven way)
Now general heavy rain bordering on hail at times.
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Re: Thunderstorm

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MoorfNZ wrote:I find it incredible that the thunder we just had wasn't heard far and wide!
From what I can see there is just the one thundery cell near the foot hills moving north( north of Rakia River) but no doubt there was some better cells over South Canterbury earlier, enjoy the rain
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Re: Thunderstorm

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:lol: Kaimakid... it's my first in a while.. bear with me! \:D/ It's nice to have something rumbling and it not be the earth beneath my feet!
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Re: Thunderstorm

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Yes. Thunderstorms moving northwards along the inland parts of Canterbury this afternoon/evening as forecasted by Met service.
I heard one clap around 7:59pm, to the NW of here.
Sfericals this afternoon have been rather irratic.
Interesting to see the NE convergence, not quite getting here before the colder air moved in from the south.
Maybe for the reason of the heavy rain here ?

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Re: General November Weather

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More heavy rain now after it had eased off somewhat; 8.4 degrees.
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Re: Thunderstorm

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kaimaikid wrote:
MoorfNZ wrote:It's 7.30pm in Waddington - torrential rain, thunder and lightning... :D
Oh do shut up - we're still waiting up here :-( :-k ;P
Yer so am i, but its coming this way .............i hope
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Re: Thunderstorm

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Wow heavy rain here and a gale now, very stormy infact.
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Re: General November Weather

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Continous heavy rain here with a strong gusty southerly, down to 12.4C and still dropping.
Nope make that even heavier on the roof now.
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Re: Thunderstorm

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It's very quiet here now - drizzle, no wind.. eerie.
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