Possible storms 18 & 19th October

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Thu 18/10/2012 14:59

Big variations in the temperature with the squalls coming through.....
The Squall that hit around 12.40 PM dropped in the temp 4.94°C in 10 min with the biggest drop of 1.11°C in 1 min.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Thu 18/10/2012 15:29

I see isolated storm activity over Waikato this afternoon with those showers

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Thu 18/10/2012 15:33

I see purple in the middle of a shower just coming onto Ashburton,another south of Timaru

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Thu 18/10/2012 15:38

Yes Richard, something may actually be happening out there. We had the wind change and it's now SW but is warmer with sun now and a slightly higher dewpoint. Nothing overwellming but bubbly clouds to the south so fingers crossed.

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Thu 18/10/2012 15:40

Rain and brief hail in Ashburton now, rain quite intense at times.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Thu 18/10/2012 15:41

Oh OK youve got sun

still very gray here with a strong westerly

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Thu 18/10/2012 15:45

And just now a long rumble and thump of thunder in Ashburton!

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Thu 18/10/2012 15:46

Orion wrote:And just now a long rumble and thump of thunder in Ashburton!

Oh bloody fantastic $\:D/$

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 18/10/2012 16:29

There's something brewing TC corner

Looking ominous now and moving toward this way, however, notlooking grunty enough, sadly

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Thu 18/10/2012 16:58

Heavy shower clipping Riccarton at present, main band seems west of us. Heard 1x thunder

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 18/10/2012 17:00

Just gone through here now,pathetic really

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Thu 18/10/2012 17:04

Bucketing down in St Albans now

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 18/10/2012 17:21

It blew very hard here from the NW around 3:30am, with the house shuddering at times.It wokeme up. I thought it may of been a SW change but on getting up and observing, it was from the NW. Clear skies.
The wind was really booming down the flue of the AGA.

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Thu 18/10/2012 17:36

Heard two serpherics from that cell that passed over, coming home from chch i went through it.
No lightning seen though or thunder observed.
Heavy shower though as it went over, i deliberatly went into it coming home to see what i could get out of it despite having no camera or anything with me. cheers

CHCH Weather Chaser · Thu 18/10/2012 17:42

Reports of isolated close to golf ball size hail in Waltham area. Sister text me also to confirm this. This was when that cell passed over around 5pm. Can see red specs of radar

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Thu 18/10/2012 17:50

Went out briefly, nothing much in the end but a few nice bases out there and heavy looking showers. Was close.

EDIT: Thats some big dam hail to fall if true!

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Thu 18/10/2012 17:57

Some quite decent bases to the clouds as i left work at 5pm but didnt observe any lightning and nothing on the radio, just a shower with sporadic drops as the wind change went over.
Surly the hail wasnt that big if there was the shower cells would be far bigger and there would be more lightning, i would say marble size could be possible but we need photos really.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Thu 18/10/2012 20:01

CHCH Weather Chaser wrote:Reports of isolated close to golf ball size hail in Waltham area. Sister text me also to confirm this. This was when that cell passed over around 5pm. Can see red specs of radar

Hard to believe given todays setup, did she take a photo?

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 18/10/2012 20:25

I could swear I've just heard two rumbles. Have had some good squalls come thru tonight.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 18/10/2012 20:29

Ok that is definitely thunder. That was a much louder rumble.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Thu 18/10/2012 21:53

Back on line after a 4 1/2 hr power outage due to this car plowing into a power pole just down the road from me.
No tyre marks at all to indicate they used the brakes before hitting it.

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Yes Jamie, heard thunder quite a few times, the amplitude of these strike are quite weak though....

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Fri 19/10/2012 11:58

Brief hail here just now (Riccarton)

borris89 · Unread post by **borris89** » Fri 19/10/2012 16:26

Thunder and few visible flashes over Dunedin at the moment. Had quite a few showers of hail today too

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Fri 19/10/2012 17:44

Razor wrote:Brief hail here just now (Riccarton)

Same here in West Melton around noon here, but I wasn't at home.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Fri 19/10/2012 20:36

Today there was a heavy 10 min hail shower (pea size) at 1.30pm and then one good rumble out to the SE at 4.30pm,just a tease really

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