More Rain for the West Coast on Wednesday 9th January
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Re: More Rain for the West Coast on Wednesday 9th January
Reports of lightning and thunder in Sheffield.. it's made it over the Alps..
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Re: More Rain for the West Coast on Wednesday 9th January
The stand out with this event has been the wind here,got to have been the worst weve had for a long time with some of the gusts up 130km surely,but also the light show last night would have to have been one of the most active/frequent for lightning ive ever seen.
The front seems to have weakened off considerably now though.
The front seems to have weakened off considerably now though.
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Re: More Rain for the West Coast on Wednesday 9th January
An unusually powerfull jet stream over the lower South Island over night. GFS showing 120kts at 500mb!
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Re: More Rain for the West Coast on Wednesday 9th January
Looked like the cb tops were being blowin off to the SSW
On the sat image
On the sat image
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Re: More Rain for the West Coast on Wednesday 9th January
The rain has arrived here and the wind has completely died down.
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Re: More Rain for the West Coast on Wednesday 9th January
Rivers in flood around here,bridge washout
Just before Te Amau
Just before Te Amau
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Re: More Rain for the West Coast on Wednesday 9th January
Brilliant lightning and long peals of thunder here between 1am and 2am, at times only 5 or 6 seconds between flash and crash.
Then rain began and wind died down.
(Now a sunny morning)
Then rain began and wind died down.
(Now a sunny morning)
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Re: More Rain for the West Coast on Wednesday 9th January
You're just not having much luck with S.I. bridges are you Brian?
Survived the morning only just.. about 1/6th of the total rainfall of the New Years Day storm.. but the peak wind intensities were the same, if not a little bit more, truly frightening. Was travelling at 4am this morning to work doing 80 km/h down State 6 and we were being overtaken by bursts of rain.
Easily, the most spectacular lightshow I have witnessed in years.. ground strikes, crawlers, you name it, this one threw everything at Greymouth this morning & it didn't disappoint!
Survived the morning only just.. about 1/6th of the total rainfall of the New Years Day storm.. but the peak wind intensities were the same, if not a little bit more, truly frightening. Was travelling at 4am this morning to work doing 80 km/h down State 6 and we were being overtaken by bursts of rain.
Easily, the most spectacular lightshow I have witnessed in years.. ground strikes, crawlers, you name it, this one threw everything at Greymouth this morning & it didn't disappoint!
Re: More Rain for the West Coast on Wednesday 9th January
Surge warning for the Waimakariri river http://www.3news.co.nz/Surge-warning-fo ... fault.aspx
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Re: More Rain for the West Coast on Wednesday 9th January
Dale Small wrote:
Easily, the most spectacular lightshow I have witnessed in years.. ground strikes, crawlers, you name it, this one threw everything at Greymouth this morning & it didn't disappoint!
judging from the very very frequent flashes observed from here and the way they rolled around, there would of been an excellent light show over there
The thunder would of been continuous.
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