Thunder possible this week starting 13th Feb

[bmo]

This is my side of it, before i got wet...
The cell stretches all the way over the Kaipara Harbour!

[spwill]

I think today was the best for Thunderstorms over the upper NorthIsland in a couple of years.

Some photos from a great storm we watched near Pukekohe, lightning active .

[bmo]

Flooding in West Auckland
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/floodin ... 05?ref=rss TVNZ

[Manukau heads obs]

the second pukekohe CB that developed
my lightning tracker shows its all died now ( as we suspected would happen with the upper level support moving off)
(at the peak with the CB over us this aftrernoon I recorded nearly 800 close strikes!)
ps that flooding looks bad!

[David]

Council rain gauge at Cutler Park (south of New Lynn) reported 33.5mm in an hour from 6-7pm

[Manukau heads obs]

it might not be over just yet
new cell going up pukekohe way again...and looks good

[bmo]

The tail end of the cell that just passed us.

[Richard]

Fantactic photos everyone,really enjoyed following thread.

[Manukau heads obs]

back to normal programming today...looks stable here today now!
really enjoyed yesterday, was the best chase day since my USA trip
some of the storms were blowing up so fast!

[tgsnoopy]

Great reading guys, I wish I could have joined you.

[spwill]

Need to get out chasing on days like yesterday because we have too few.
I see next week has some thunderstorm possibilities, have to wait and see how it develops in the models.

[Nev]

Yes, some great photos etc there.

Some good build-ups, but remained relatively fine here yesterday. We did get a brief 12mm torrential downpour around 3:30am this morn though.

[RODALCO]

We were very busy for the NZ fire service, multiple floodings in Greenbay, Titirangi, New Lynn and Glen Eden area's.
Many flooded basements and low lying areas of the streets.
Often blocked storm water drains with leaves and branches
Calls started shortly after 1900 hrs, very loud lightning strikes and massive amounts of water.

[Manukau heads obs]

caught up with some of what happened localy here with the big thunderstorm when I was chasing elsewhere
reports of hail stones so big people were stopping and then afterwards checking there cars for dints!
(not sure if they were big enough to cause dints though on the report I got)
that was round central road, a few kms north of me

[Manukau heads obs]

some more info:
just talked to someone who drove through jagged hail (bit bigger than 10C coin by the sounds of it ) around 2:10pm, NW of pukekohe (Kingseat turn off, drury/waiuku road)

[tgsnoopy]

Need to get out chasing on days like yesterday because we have too few.
I see next week has some thunderstorm possibilities, have to wait and see how it develops in the models.

I would have if I could. But my car was out of action & I was fixing it.

[Manukau heads obs]

some more reports from around the district:
reports of cow sheds having all electrical wiring blown out, SE of waiuku, on the 11pm thursday night electrical storm