General June Weather

[Manukau heads obs]

that next pool of CB's to our SW, is that going to roll over the top?
is that it for lightnin active CB's for auckland or more later?
its interesting that the group of CB at the wind change trough line have not been lightning active, instead the showers have been becoming more lightning active as they have moved over northland and auckland and out to the NE of northland.....must be more conducive in that zone....and speak of the devil, the shower line about to hit the kaipara area has become lightning active as I type this...

[bmo]

Yep just had some heavy showers and two flashes of lighting here, nothing to spectacular

[Manukau heads obs]

cool, my boltek picked up both of those stirkes and plotted them well too, just off the coast from the kaipara heads

[Dean.]

5 degrees and moderate to heavy rain here,I wonder how low the snow level will get with the heavier precipitation.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

5 degrees and moderate to heavy rain here,I wonder how low the snow level will get with the heavier precipitation.

Good point. Im guessing with the heavier precipitation maybe as low as 400m. Heavy rain here last half hour or so. Looks like a little break soon before another heavier band moves in.

[David]

That last band really intensified as it moved towards the east coast - Waiheke might be getting a good downpour.

[bmo]

Hoping for more lightning, two flashes not enough for me! looking forward to possible hail...that is if it does arrive here.

[spwill]

Looks like there will be a thunderstorm east of Waiheke Island shortly.
Here is a brief clip from the evening storm here, not a great clip as it is the first time I have used the video function on my Camera .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhTgzTqFNKw

[jamie]

nothing amazing here.

your certainly right there David. That thing really grew as it went east and still is growing.

[jamie]

where did that sub tropical low come from on the GFS model early next week? i hadnt looked for a couple of days. just wanting to know if its been there for many runs or if is just a blip on the radar.

[Tornado Tim]

where did that sub tropical low come from on the GFS model early next week? i hadnt looked for a couple of days. just wanting to know if its been there for many runs or if is just a blip on the radar.

It has been on the runs for a bit

[Razor]

Pretty nasty night out there for those folk in ChCh with compromised homes.

[Manukau heads obs]

looks like north taranaki getting some thunderstorms
am picking up strikes there and the sat image shows the SE change line through there

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Heavy rain at the moment out there. 12mm so far from this system.

[Manukau heads obs]

that lightning in auckland was hair raising:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... d=10735091

[Tornado Tim]

that lightning in auckland was hair raising:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... d=10735091

Thats a Warning sign of lightning striking in the immediate area! As soon as they saw/felt that they should have got down on the ground.
It doesnt matter if the Pitch was synthetic or not, Lightning will find a way to the ground whatever the conditions.
Luckily it had an easier path to take.....

[jamie]

has been a very active storm off the coast of BOP. Ive picked up thousands of strikes there. seems to be easing off now tho.

[Manukau heads obs]

still getting strikes over east cape way this morning...and sat pic confirms that...
this particular round of lightning seems to be picked up and plotted well by the trackers...

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

27mm of rain since around 1pm yesterday from this system. Few scattered showers still about. Best amount of rain for a very long time. Now 294mm of rain for the year. Same time last year 397mm.

[Michael]

it was furthur north.
Cold as here now overcast,saw stars moon etc when I got up.

where did that sub tropical low come from on the GFS model early next week? i hadnt looked for a couple of days. just wanting to know if its been there for many runs or if is just a blip on the radar.

[Manukau heads obs]

looks like snow cloud here, 6.8C here , brrrr, will be our first day to not get to double digits for the morning for winter
Mt Ruapehu should have got some snow overnight

[Michael]

A proper cold outbreak seems to often arrive quiter fashion(ie a trough envelope than if it went through W -SW - SSW -S (a low moving to the SE with high in the tasman)

[jamie]

looks like snow cloud here, 6.8C here , brrrr, will be our first day to not get to double digits for the morning for winter
Mt Ruapehu should have got some snow overnight

Yes it shouldnt be far off from snowing at the peak of Mt Te Aroha and Mt Pirongia. They get snow at the peaks when it rains like it is and it is below 7 degrees here is the waikato basin. Currently 8 and raining.

I wonder if the ski fields got much tho. They are more on the western flank and the snow was coming in from the east. Desert road would have had a good dumping.

[Manukau heads obs]

10cm at Turoa, 15cm yesterday,, 10cm at whakapapa yesterday....

[RWood]

I will be very happy to see the end of this damp, cloudy, crappy June. I think July will be brighter, and nearer to normal temperatures.