Waterspout & Tornado Reports - May 14-16
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Waterspout & Tornado Reports - May 14-16
unofficial report of waterspout near Oakura, Taranaki about 11.30am (weatherwatch on facebook)
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Re: Unstable Southern Tasman Low, 12th to 16th May
waterspout off north naki
surprised M/S did not at least have a severe thunderstorm watch out on the CB line that has been hitting north taranaki over the last hour?
surprised M/S did not at least have a severe thunderstorm watch out on the CB line that has been hitting north taranaki over the last hour?
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Re: Unstable Southern Tasman Low, 12th to 16th May
Story, pic and video of the waterspout at about 11:15am this morn...
'Water spout spotted off Oakura' - Taranaki Daily News (Stuff)
'Water spout spotted off Oakura' - Taranaki Daily News (Stuff)
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Re: Unstable Southern Tasman Low, 12th to 16th May
Excellent clip there always great to see NZ waterspout footage.
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Re: Waterspout and Tornado Reports - May 14-16?
Thought it might be an idea to give these reports a separate thread.
Few more details here...
'Twister rips through Bay of Plenty beach' - NZ Herald
Few more details here...
'Twister rips through Bay of Plenty beach' - NZ Herald
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Re: Waterspout and Tornado Reports - May 14-16?
Here's some more eyewitness accounts and damage pics from the BoP's SunLive...
'Mini tornado rips roofs off homes'
Can't say as I'm totally convinced it was actually a tornado?
Don't have the 8:15pm image but, here's the link to the 9:05pm MetService Akld radar-image that David posted last night. And below is MetVUW's version (Papamoa is just above the 'o' in '.com')...
Edit: Note that David's pic shows what may have passed earlier further to the SE.
'Mini tornado rips roofs off homes'
Can't say as I'm totally convinced it was actually a tornado?
Don't have the 8:15pm image but, here's the link to the 9:05pm MetService Akld radar-image that David posted last night. And below is MetVUW's version (Papamoa is just above the 'o' in '.com')...
Edit: Note that David's pic shows what may have passed earlier further to the SE.
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Re: Waterspout and Tornado Reports - May 14-16?
Nice funnel pic over Wellington Harbour on TVNZ Weather tonight.
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Re: Waterspout and Tornado Reports - May 14-16?
Not sure about the Papamoa event, it could have been a waterspout but there wasn't much damage. The 9pm radar is too out of date for 8.15pm.
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Re: Waterspout and Tornado Reports - May 14-16?
Story, pic and video of the waterspout/funnel(s) around Wgtn...
'Waterspouts spotted off Wellington coast' - Dominion Post (Stuff)
'Waterspouts spotted off Wellington coast' - Dominion Post (Stuff)
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Re: Waterspout and Tornado Reports - May 14-16?
Sounding for Paraparam today.
Very steep lapse rates under 700mb with 100j/kg CAPE as well. The 700mb temp is around -8C.
Very steep lapse rates under 700mb with 100j/kg CAPE as well. The 700mb temp is around -8C.
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Re: Waterspout and Tornado Reports - May 14-16?
Slightly more elaborate follow-up from the Bay of Plenty Times this morn...
'Twister causes damage in Papamoa' + photo-gallery
'Twister causes damage in Papamoa' + photo-gallery
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Re: Waterspout and Tornado Reports - May 14/15
Thanks for posting the reports Nev. The photos of damage from Papamoa confirm a waterspout(tornado).
The met numbers were good for a waterspout too.
The met numbers were good for a waterspout too.
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Re: Waterspout & Tornado Reports - May 14-16
Thanks Steven.
Yet another waterspout captured off the Mt Taranaki coast yesterday at 2:50pm...
'Water spout off Okato' - Taranaki Daily News (Stuff)
Yet another waterspout captured off the Mt Taranaki coast yesterday at 2:50pm...
'Water spout off Okato' - Taranaki Daily News (Stuff)
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Re: Waterspout & Tornado Reports - May 14-16
I see MetService have a couple more great pics from around Wgtn on the 15th in their photo-gallery...
'Non-tornadic Waterspout'
'Clouds drifting into Broadmeadows from the harbour, Wellington'
'Non-tornadic Waterspout'
'Clouds drifting into Broadmeadows from the harbour, Wellington'
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Re: Waterspout & Tornado Reports - May 14-16
Came across 2 great photos of the Wellington event on Tuesday 15th May courtesy of twitter. Whilst they don't show the waterspout itself, they do show the development of the associated cell that spawned them.
Pics are via: Rebecca Downes https://twitter.com/#!/beccadownes
Rebeccas tweet at the time stated "looks like it might rain. four passersby just told me they saw a tornado in the ocean from here." By the looks the photo was taken from the Western side of Lyall Bay.
Rebecca only tweeted this 2nd photo today, so no idea of the time. It shows how weird the event was for Wellington. It was not associated with your normal southerly change. The fact planes we landing from the south into a light northerly all day, yet the clound cell developed off the south coast mid avo, and then rolled north just prior to 5pm with the associated waterspouts. The rain was VERY heavy and coming down vertically. Very suprised it did not produce any lightning. It certainly looked like a good candidate to!
I missed seeing the waterspout, but got absolutely drenched riding home on my motorbike just after 5pm
Pics are via: Rebecca Downes https://twitter.com/#!/beccadownes
Rebeccas tweet at the time stated "looks like it might rain. four passersby just told me they saw a tornado in the ocean from here." By the looks the photo was taken from the Western side of Lyall Bay.
Rebecca only tweeted this 2nd photo today, so no idea of the time. It shows how weird the event was for Wellington. It was not associated with your normal southerly change. The fact planes we landing from the south into a light northerly all day, yet the clound cell developed off the south coast mid avo, and then rolled north just prior to 5pm with the associated waterspouts. The rain was VERY heavy and coming down vertically. Very suprised it did not produce any lightning. It certainly looked like a good candidate to!
I missed seeing the waterspout, but got absolutely drenched riding home on my motorbike just after 5pm
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Re: Waterspout & Tornado Reports - May 14-16
Interesting the Met Service use the term 'non tornadic' to describe the Wellington waterspout. I was thinking along the same lines with the Taranaki waterspouts. The Okato waterspout on Wednesday was non tornadic but Mondays Oakura event was a tornadic form as it was formed by strong low level directional wind shear.
Also its interesting to note the surface dewpoint differences between the non tornadic and tornadic form. The Wellington and Okato events occurred in dewpoints of 8C. The Oakura event occurred in a dewpoint of 15C.
Also its interesting to note the surface dewpoint differences between the non tornadic and tornadic form. The Wellington and Okato events occurred in dewpoints of 8C. The Oakura event occurred in a dewpoint of 15C.