Tasman Low / Active Front(s) - Sep 11-15

Manukau heads obs · Sun 11/09/2011 20:55

thunder here

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Sun 11/09/2011 22:14

Thunder

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 11/09/2011 22:15

got the thunder and lightning here now too

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 11/09/2011 22:19

another flash of goodness.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 12/09/2011 06:40

Looks like more unstable air coming into the west of the North Island this evening with a thunder risk in the west. But the system doesn't look great in the gfs. Colder conditions over NZ tomorrow with hail!

Manukau heads obs · Mon 12/09/2011 10:15

strong westerly here now, gusts to nearly 50 knots

Brassnz · Unread post by **Brassnz** » Mon 12/09/2011 12:40

Exactly 40mm rainfall in the 24hrs to 8am today. Not huge at all but the most we've had here for a wee while.

littleheaven · Unread post by **littleheaven** » Mon 12/09/2011 18:06

Looks like a wild night ahead for the north. Potential for tornadoes according to MetService and Weather Watch. I see a bit of lightning activity to the West on the tracker already. Hope we get a good light show that doesn't involve being stuck on a train for three hours to view!

iomkiwi · Unread post by **iomkiwi** » Mon 12/09/2011 18:13

thunder and lightning here at present, within a few km, sorry my radar not working at present due to PC meltdown

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Mon 12/09/2011 20:06

Got a call from a friend in Mangonui (Far North), his neighbours house was hit by lightning. The power is still on and all electronics in the house have apparently died. He also reports friends a kilometer away have lost electronics. He commented it's taken out half the town.

I asked him to get damage photo's if he can.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Tue 13/09/2011 09:36

Some sheared off CB anvils out there atm......

1 example:

Manukau heads obs · Tue 13/09/2011 09:49

that CB line that passed over the far north last night looked impressive on the sat pic at the time
went through like a freight train!
looked to be associated with the terminus of the jet stream across the north tasman?

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Tue 13/09/2011 12:49

Someone better be taking video in Wellington on the line of thunderstorms coming in.....

kiwisk8er · Unread post by **kiwisk8er** » Tue 13/09/2011 13:25

Rumbles of thunder here in Tawa, Wellington.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Tue 13/09/2011 13:38

The Wellington airport reporting thunder/hail with temp just 4C!

kiwisk8er · Unread post by **kiwisk8er** » Tue 13/09/2011 13:39

Hubby in Wellington CBD. Lightning, thunder and hail. Hail apparently set off a car alarm.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Tue 13/09/2011 13:53

pictures please..
These are the times in sunny WSW conditions it catches them by surprise.often winds are variable before the event.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Tue 13/09/2011 13:55

wow what a whopper of a storm that hit wellington.

kiwisk8er · Unread post by **kiwisk8er** » Tue 13/09/2011 14:13

It was a huge storm, the whole house shook and there was so much hail. I think we caught the edge of it. Hubby said it was worse in the CBD.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Tue 13/09/2011 14:27

Good scattering of strikes in Wellington......

David · Unread post by **David** » Tue 13/09/2011 14:43

Strong WSW here today, gusting 60 km/h again.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Tue 13/09/2011 15:17

Off a rail group heres a pic taken at the storm.the url is here
http://wn016-ws1.clnz.net/products/webcam/aotea/

aotea.jpg

Nev · Unread post by **Nev** » Tue 13/09/2011 15:21

Stuff have some great shots of downtown Wgtn blanketed in hail here.

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Tue 13/09/2011 16:33

Michael wrote:pictures please..
These are the times in sunny WSW conditions it catches them by surprise.often winds are variable before the event.

Pretty close. It didn't really "rush in" at all, so the hail and lightning was not a shock to me. After a morning with some semi-bright periods and weakish S/SSW winds but no proper clearance, conditions became very dark (as dark as I've ever seen at this time of year and day) and there was some rotation in the general cloud mass that I could see. After about 30 minutes the show got underway in earnest as the lowest clouds raced in from the south. Temperatures felt very cold well before the hail started.

Later on there was a period of brilliant sunshine and azure skies but another cloudband has moved in, so there may be more showers, though it doesn't look drastic at present.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Tue 13/09/2011 18:34

Just watched the segment on the storm on 3news, They quoted Metservice saying " Hail like this hasn't fallen in close to a decade" That is complete and utter rubbish!
The Tauranga/Papamoa storm in 09 was much worse than that and had much more hail.
This is of course if that statement is applied to the whole country which wasn't made clear.

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