Heavy rain with a sub-tropical low; Upper NI - 22-24 July

[jamie]

starting to ease of now and can see some clearing in the sky. would have had about an inch in that i think.

[David]

Heavy rain here now

[NZstorm]

My guess is the convection is elevated.

[Tornado Tim]

My guess is the convection is elevated.

It wasn't elevated convection from what I could see...... the cloud base actually came down more when it rained and got some fog too was the temp dropped to near the DP.

[Manukau heads obs]

just had 12mm in about 30 minutes here

[jamie]

Yea was not elevated at all. The cloud base was quite low actually.

As I left work the flooding was worse than it was this morning. Poor farmers and animals. Half way home I could tell the rain didn't get any further than that. All of a sudden there was way less flooding and drains were receding not rising like back at work.

[spwill]

Some Isolated thunderstorm activity over Waikato this evening.

MetService has Hamilton with 15.6mm last hr

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Looks like the persistant drizzle is going to stay North of Christchurch.

Hamilton with 19.7mm in last hour. Very slow moving cell over the area.

[jamie]

I found which fence has the short but I can't find the short. I suspect it's an underground one. Will have to have a play on the weekend. In the time being, people using Hamilton lightning will have to put up with the big blob of lightning.

[Orion]

Our Witch-hazel is coming out to bloom already.

I saw a flowering cherry yesterday. It has not been the warmest of winters here though (too many frosts) but sunshine must be up.

Just to mention - Witch Hazel usually flowers in winter, as does Wintersweet; there is a variety of cherry, Prunus subhirtella 'Autumnalis', which flowers through the winter.
And how nice it is to see them before Spring really starts!

[NZstorm]

There are a number of plants that flower in Auckland in the winter months, I notice some Magnolia are flowering as are the Camellia's.