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spike_01
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by spike_01 Thu 16/02/2012 14:25
stormchaser wrote: Nice spout!! And good photos spike / spwill. Wouldn't that be a sight if you were 30 meters away in a boat! ekk.
I didnt take the pic I posted sadly.. I live in Welly lol..
Thunder warning for up there today.. Maybe some more action..
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by NZstorm Sat 18/02/2012 12:40
Clip here of a waterspout making landfall on the North Shore on Feb15th.VIDEO
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by Manukau heads obs Sat 18/02/2012 15:09
wow!
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by 03Stormchaser Sat 18/02/2012 15:14
What amazes me is no one seems to worried that it may come toward them, or maybe they have no idea what could happen!
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by Manukau heads obs Sat 18/02/2012 15:19
yes, especialy once it came shore...and then say picked up debri and started to fly that around...
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by NZstorm Sat 18/02/2012 16:05
The waterspout looks like it was roping out and weakening as it made landfall.
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by NZstorm Fri 24/02/2012 12:55
The NZWP 00Z sounding for the day shows a small area of positive CAPE 150j/kg in the lower part of the sounding. The 700mb lifted index looks to be about -3 where as the 500mb lifted index was 0.
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