Disturbed Westerly, Assoc Low Pressure Systems, 7-10 Sept

KiwiWeather · Unread post by **KiwiWeather** » Sun 09/09/2012 18:49

Hey Michael, I am in your neck of the woods

Interesting that the thunder and lightning came ahead of the rain

Area51 · Unread post by **Area51** » Sun 09/09/2012 18:51

Wind has backed SW 30kts (just for you Michael)...... cell now to the south of Auckland airport.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sun 09/09/2012 18:55

Distant thunder but lightning is infrequent.

RODALCO · Unread post by **RODALCO** » Sun 09/09/2012 19:01

Just had some thunder 5 minutes ago and a massive downpour of water. Titirangi - Glen Eden

Area51 · Unread post by **Area51** » Sun 09/09/2012 19:01

Looks like its now out towards Pukekohe, temp down to 12C now with the SW zephyr which has dropped to 10-20kts.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Sun 09/09/2012 19:05

Fairly good amount of distant lightning to the WSW, nice

KiwiWeather · Unread post by **KiwiWeather** » Sun 09/09/2012 19:08

Only a couple events, very short lived and such a tease!

Brassnz · Unread post by **Brassnz** » Sun 09/09/2012 19:13

It's started up again here.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Sun 09/09/2012 19:39

yes i saw the rain on the window(that normally buckles) btw 2 more strikes,to the west then out front(to nw) was listening to the sound radio station when I heard it.quite a good station.

Area51 wrote:Wind has backed SW 30kts (just for you Michael)...... cell now to the south of Auckland airport.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sun 09/09/2012 20:13

Storms have been active over the sea west of Waikato last hr.

photo of the Storm clouds brewing near Manakau Heads before sunset.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 09/09/2012 20:33

very active cell to my west at the moment

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Sun 09/09/2012 20:42

Fantastic light show to the west! Thunder heard too!

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 09/09/2012 20:49

looks like its going to go right over you Tim.

Manukau heads obs · Sun 09/09/2012 20:53

wind still WNW here
so no SW wind change yet
next shower line looks to be lightning active

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 09/09/2012 21:02

hail in hamilton. only looks small pea sized though. seen it on Facebook

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Sun 09/09/2012 21:06

I can confirm Pea sized Hail here there was about 2 refreezes looking at the hail, boy it was loud......

Manukau heads obs · Sun 09/09/2012 21:20

good flashes of lightning to my west
we are about to get slammed here (we have missed the showers up until now, have gone around us!)

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Sun 09/09/2012 21:30

Next line coming in with lightning, distant thunder heard too!

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 09/09/2012 21:38

Lots of lightning and thunder here. Great night time show!

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 09/09/2012 21:49

Holy ****! Just had hail and gales with a cg hit the trees on our farm. Was mental. A few mintues later and 2 massive blue flashes appeared in the sky towards Tim's and now we have no power.

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Sun 09/09/2012 21:54

Nice!

Hope there is some photo's tonight!

Cheers

KiwiWeather · Unread post by **KiwiWeather** » Sun 09/09/2012 22:01

Started up again - cell from the west.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Sun 09/09/2012 22:01

Man what a nice light show going on here, yes those 2 blue flashes were quite significant....

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sun 09/09/2012 22:03

It's all obscured lightning. Nothing like you guys had the other night. Wish I got a photo of that cg tho. And a photo of the electric blue across the sky as the power went out. Power back on now. Will be interested to hear which transformer blew cause tim saw it too but didn't loose power

KiwiWeather · Unread post by **KiwiWeather** » Sun 09/09/2012 22:15

Really strong gusts. Had to race outside and baton down a few things that were airborn.

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