Storm potential for Canterbury 11/11/2012

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Re: Storm potential for Canterbury 11/11/2012

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Razor wrote:ok...we have sun for the first time today. Thats a game changer????
Definitely.. looking good for about 3 hours between 7 and 10pm i reckon
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Re: Storm potential for Canterbury 11/11/2012

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Just been out to scan the horizon:
Mt Peel is obscured by dark grey cloud, with something inkier visible beyond that.
The breeze continues from the east & feels chilly, has strengthened to fresh. Low cloud coming across with it.
Temps have been up and down between 17 & 19 deg., currently 18.2. No longer sunny.
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Razor wrote:ok...we have sun for the first time today. Thats a game changer????
Not stating anything about chances for storms. I was just saying its not that cool and that the thick cloud is clearing. Sun shining brightly here now with lots of blue sky about now. Nudging 20 degrees.
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Re: Storm potential for Canterbury 11/11/2012

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Hearing frequent rumbles of thunder just now. I guess it's from that effort showing on radar, just across the Rangitata River.
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Light rain begins.
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there's some whispy cloud moving south from the northeast at the moment
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Thunder continues frequent, and nearer than before.
Heavier rain just began;
Lightning and thunder NOW!
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Re: Storm potential for Canterbury 11/11/2012

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Happy for you :)
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I see a severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Timaru and Ashburton area.
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Re: Storm potential for Canterbury 11/11/2012

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Some bubbling clouds about now :) Starting to look a little more promising. The waiting game starts!
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Re: Storm potential for Canterbury 11/11/2012

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Picking up sferics now. Must be a lot of internal cloud lightning as the Blitzy indicators are not picking up much :lol:
Southerly winds picking up before but NW above so looking like a convergency type of thing.
Unstable clouds here but nothing to "wet your Pants" over :D
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Re: Storm potential for Canterbury 11/11/2012

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Mt sommers chasn north intense marble hail constsnt lightning but hard to view it
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Re: Storm potential for Canterbury 11/11/2012

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Some spots of purple, white and pink on the rain radar for the last 30 minutes ... 8-o
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Re: Storm potential for Canterbury 11/11/2012

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Whoof!
Disconnected computer, then couldn't get internet to post via cellphone.
Lightning and thunder were a second apart for five minutes or more here at one point;
the storm progressed from south to north over us, so heading for Mt Somers - glad somebody caught up with it.
No hail here, just rain and wind;
temp. down to 8.7 degrees now.
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Re: Storm potential for Canterbury 11/11/2012

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Looks like it is all weakening as it heads towards here. Jealous orion!
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Re: Storm potential for Canterbury 11/11/2012

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Does it look like the winds indeed converged in South Canterbury like the Metservice said and now its all moving North as a "general" southerly and weakening?
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Yup they did well with this call the Metservice. Expect some rain but thats about it. The way it is weakening it may not even be heavy rain either. maybe next time.
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Re: Storm potential for Canterbury 11/11/2012

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Just a typical gust front here and heavy rain
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CHCH Weather Chaser wrote:Looks like it is all weakening as it heads towards here. Jealous orion!
*smirks modestly*
[was maddening not being able to post updates while it was on, though :rolleyes: ]
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Re: Storm potential for Canterbury 11/11/2012

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Still blowing NW here but looking black to the south,my best hope is Wednesday and Thursday with inland heating
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Re: Storm potential for Canterbury 11/11/2012

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nothing much on radar but definite thunder in distance heard from Mairehau
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Re: Storm potential for Canterbury 11/11/2012

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Loud thunder heard from here in Cashmere over to the NE. Quite a cell blown up out there. Hasty call to say we are 'missing out'
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Drove though some torrential rain and smallish hail near Burkes pass on the way to Tekapo this afternoon.
back home now and there's mod/heavy rain and low cloud
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Re: Storm potential for Canterbury 11/11/2012

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Becoming cold and raw now, semi squally. Some thunder reported around the Sheffield area. nothing here. Wind more SW although cloud thickening up from the south.
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Re: Storm potential for Canterbury 11/11/2012

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Substantial thunder heard here out to the east now- sounded like over Ferrymead way. Its moving around thats for sure
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