More Rain for the West Coast on Wednesday 9th January

[Razor]

ORC web site http://water.orc.govt.nz/waterinfo/

Check out Young River!

Yes this looks a repeat of last week when we were in there- I still have pics and vids to post will do that when my computer is working properly

[Andy]

Rain has cease here for the time being 6mm in total, sun is out dp 18 degrees temp 23 degrees warm and muggy now.

[03Stormchaser]

3 day rain forecast on metservice shows alot of rain falling over night tonight on the Divide. Rakaia and Waimak are going to be as high as they where back on the 2nd and 3rd Jan, maybe even higher!

[Andy]

3 day rain forecast on metservice shows alot of rain falling over night tonight on the Divide. Rakaia and Waimak are going to be as high as they where back on the 2nd and 3rd Jan, maybe even higher!

Yep quite alot more to come

[joecam]

Working in Franz/Fox filming for the news. The rivers are coming up Its like groundhog day just like last week.

[Razor]

Just hitting 30 degrees here, hottest of the day. Much latent heat.....

[Manukau heads obs]

Close liigjlhtning,here,mossburn,NW southland
Ex citing

[03Stormchaser]

Nice stuff Brian! Getting very gusty here in chch. May head inland to check things out if the lightning gets active later tonight.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Nothing much showing here looking westwards at the moment but judging by that lightning indicator, there might be a few sparks to look forward to tonight when it's dark as that front moves up the SI.
I hope so
Looks wet in Southland rather than up along the Alps at the moment?

[Richard]

Nice stuff Brian! Getting very gusty here in chch. May head inland to check things out if the lightning gets active later tonight.

See MetS have a low risk of elevated thunderstorms extending across the Main Divide out to coastal Nth Canterbury in the morning

[Dale]

Next to nothing up here all day.. light rain more than anything, not even really enough to put a jacket on for. That might change later this evening though as it usually does. The wind has been roaring since mid morning however.. it's pretty rough out there now already, just hope the guys at the NZ Stockcar titles racing currently in Greymouth aren't getting blown all over the track!

[Storm Struck]

Another concern is when that band comes up the island overnight possibly between 5-8am there could be some big wind gusts even out east in the city gusting just over 100kmh, the MS have noted in the warnings for potential gusts to 150kmh about some inland areas.
So a burst of gales in the AM hours followed by brief rain maybe a clap of thunder or two from elevated lightning, should be good looking west overnight.
The haze was very evident in the skies this morning from the aussie bushfires.

[Manukau heads obs]

Not much wind here in the lumsden area,which
Gets the NW winds,at the moment....was stronger around
4pm
Edit:
I see from isobar land,we have a small low right
Over us.....no wonder we got a good thunderstorm here
(Cloud to ground strikes were like only a km away from us,cool stuff it was)

[Chris Raine]

Told that Thornbury Southland had a series of thunderstorms from 2.30 p.m through to 7.30pm now easing

[jamie]

Wow I have never seen such an active front approach/move up the west cost of the SI

[Razor]

Haast River gauge reporting 47.5 mm in the hour to 9pm, 190mm for the day so far

http://www.wcrc.govt.nz/river_level_rai ... ummary.htm

[Razor]

Haast River gauge reporting 47.5 mm in the hour to 9pm, 190mm for the day so far

http://www.wcrc.govt.nz/river_level_rai ... ummary.htm

Ok either this gauge is faulty or its broken a national record- reporting 150mm in the next hour and 363 for day????? The rain radar shows some serious activity on the coast mind you
Site Name Date Last
Hour Today -1
Day -2
Day -3
Day -4
Day -5
Day -6
Day Total

Haast Rv @ Roaring Billy T8000 9-Jan-2013 22:17 150.1 363.5 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 367.9

[Chris Raine]

Thunderstorms in Oamaru , elevated storms came from the Kakanui's, reports of scrub fires caused by lightning strikes on the eastern side of the Waitaki River

[JP.]

TMMB has reports of massive thunder and lightning Oamaru/Waimate area...

Have a friend in Oamaru who emailed me and said the thunder is rattling crockery in the wall cabinent. Hope some gets up this way early morning..

[Orion]

Frequent lightning flaring over the skyline to the west.
A few spots of rain, being blown from who-knows-where in the strong westerly breeze;
22.1 degrees, starry sky.

[Karliosis]

At a friend's place on the Cashmere hills, can see frequent lightning out west, every 2-3 seconds.

[Richard]

i reckon its more like every second there's a flash.

[carrot]

Lightning every couple of seconds out over the mountains.. the occasional really bright one too. It's great!

[Powermad]

Agreed. A beautiful warm night, worth staying up to watch.

[carrot]

25.7 degrees at the airport with 80 kmph gusts but lots of suburbs getting no wind including here in Riccarton.
Lightning now less frequent over the mountains.