Squalls and thunder, western North Island 7th-8th July

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 07/07/2011 21:54

wow i went outside for a while... heaps and heaps of strikes. not really worth taking photos of as its burried in the cloud.

interesting i noticed almost no thunder from all the strikes

bmo · Unread post by **bmo** » Thu 07/07/2011 21:56

Same here distant lightning coming closer though but buried in a lot of cloud.
Seen an airplane coming from the clouds flying pretty low. Should have taken a pic as it had some lightning in the background.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 07/07/2011 22:02

hmm all lightning has just died in tha last 5 mins. hope it perks back up

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Thu 07/07/2011 22:10

hmm the line weakened very quickly.....

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Thu 07/07/2011 22:14

Still some strong showers in that first line, Brian may just catch it.

bmo · Unread post by **bmo** » Thu 07/07/2011 22:17

Pretty disappointing.
It always seem that Auckland misses out on thunderstorms.
Maybe tonight some more...fingers crossed.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Thu 07/07/2011 22:48

Very Heavy Rain, and squally wind gusts here,Rain Rates up to 111mm/hr at times.

Manukau heads obs · Thu 07/07/2011 22:49

thunder heard here now

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 07/07/2011 23:13

Oh man u got it way better than I did tim

Manukau heads obs · Thu 07/07/2011 23:17

my boltec is tracking a nice cell west of kaipara, moving ESE

very gusty wind here

going to try and hit the sack....

bmo · Unread post by **bmo** » Thu 07/07/2011 23:21

Winds are increasing dramatically here! Hearing rumbling in the distance. $\:D/$
Station does not show it as it is shielded from the westerlies, going to replace it this weekend.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Fri 08/07/2011 03:10

Can hear some rumbling going on to my west.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Fri 08/07/2011 03:18

Got thunder rumbling here too

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Fri 08/07/2011 06:56

Next decent looking shortwave to affect the upper North Island will be Sunday morning. Looks to be some unstable air over the west of the NI tomorrow but Taranaki more in the firing line at this stage.

David · Unread post by **David** » Fri 08/07/2011 07:16

Was there any thunder in Auckland overnight? Wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't.
I didn't hear a thing...wasn't even windy lol

Manukau heads obs · Fri 08/07/2011 07:33

I heard some around 10:30pm when that first frontal line finally got close enough before weakening

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Fri 08/07/2011 07:46

Very heavy rain here about 1am, never heard any thunder overnight though

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Fri 08/07/2011 07:50

Was there any thunder in Auckland overnight? Wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't.
I didn't hear a thing...wasn't even windy lol

Heard some heavy precip but that was about it. A bit of a fizzer for Auckland.

Hopefully we can catch a storm in the coming days.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Fri 08/07/2011 08:04

Heard thunder here after midnight( distant), was followed by a heavy shower 5 mins later.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Fri 08/07/2011 08:13

even though im dirt tired i had a great sleep last night being woken by the sound of thunder and my room being lit up by lightning.

On my way to work thismorning i drove through a pretty decent squall. some good gusts were pushing the car around.

Manukau heads obs · Fri 08/07/2011 08:39

very black just offshore here now...to my west...that is heading for the city..

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Fri 08/07/2011 09:00

Rain has arrived, distant thunder heard about 15mins ago.

Manukau heads obs · Fri 08/07/2011 09:05

big temperature drop from yesterday, only 8C
will be snow to low levels central NI mountain this morning
we had some hail during the night at one stage...

bmo · Unread post by **bmo** » Fri 08/07/2011 09:18

Did hear thunder at midnight rumbling went for close to a minute. The only thing that woke me up was the heavy rain and hail. Never heard anything like it before.
Current temp: 7.8C
Rain total from midnight: 20mm

Manukau heads obs · Fri 08/07/2011 10:11

yup, that was a good looking CB....
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5254601 ... -lightning

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