More Rain for the West Coast on Wednesday 9th January

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Looks as though there may be more rain for the Western areas of the South Island with some spillover for eastern areas and also strong NW winds as well.

[Powermad]

I wish I could afford to go down and see Benmore spilling.. and Aviemore and Waitaki.. would be awesome.

[Richard]

Yes,its an amazing sight to see,i saw Benmore spilling years ago.

I would imagine it wont take much to bring the river up again as they are still high from the last event.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

I see they have fickst the bridge near Harry Harry. I hope it dosen't wash out again.
According to the Biltzemborg, there's lots of lightning out there in the Tasman Sea

[NZstorm]

According to the Biltzemborg, there's lots of lightning out there in the Tasman Sea

Elevated thunderstorms along the warm front but they look to be weakening.

Looks likely there will be elevated thunder developing over the Alps tomorrow due to divergence from the jet stream as well as the saturated airmass.

[Manukau heads obs]

Good wave clouds,some stacked like pancakes,
Queenstown,this evening

[Razor]

Batten down the hatches west coast could be a replay of last week.

[Richard]

But they it wont last as long,does the amount of smoke thats in the air ATM have an effect on the increasing the number of thunderstorms

[Manukau heads obs]

Whitecaps on lake whakatipu now and rain at northern end
Was heavy rain for a bit during the night

[Andy]

Whitecaps on lake whakatipu now and rain at northern end
Was heavy rain for a bit during the night

Keep as posted re Queenstown. Warm and windy over in Alex temp 27 degrees

[Manukau heads obs]

Moderate rain here in queenstown now
Lake looks to be on the high side,1 to 2m below beach top

[Orion]

Raining here for the last ten minutes;
increasingly frequent lightning-static on the radio
21.5 degrees;
moderate to fresh westerly breeze.

[Razor]

But they it wont last as long,does the amount of smoke thats in the air ATM have an effect on the increasing the number of thunderstorms

The waterlogged catchments are going to react more drastically this week if the 300-400mm forecast eventuates. Thats round the Canty and otago rivers should be on alert as well.

28 degrees of warm NW sunshine here, and rising steadily. I imagine some cloud cover will be due this arvo to put a cap on the temps

[melja]

It took 158h to get the 533mm they had in arthurs pass in the last storm cycle but this time they think 400mm but in 25h so much more intense rain could lead to many more problems.
Went to kumara to check on the batch on sunday and I don't think that road or rail line can take to much more with many washouts on both road and rail and creeks so full of shingle that you can touch the water from the bridge

[jamie]

that front in the tazzy is lighting up like a christmas tree on the Blitzortung network

[spwill]

Bad news for the tourist industry down there with it being peak tourist season right now, hopefully Qtwn won't flood with the rising Lake.

[Chris Raine]

Wind has gone around to the NW in Oamaru , temp up to 25.2 C and RH down to 53% , say the warm front has gone through. Now the wind should arrive

[Manukau heads obs]

Rain heavier now ,queenstown
Wharf only 1m above lake
Wonder how fast it rises?

[jamie]

it does look like the rain is further south this time around according to the radars.

I didnt see a solid blob of blue over the area around lake whakatipu on the radars like i am this time.

[Andy]

Light to moderate rain for the last 30min. A close eye on the lakes and rivers will be necessary in the next day or two. Just heard some thunder rolling around the ranges to the north of here. Temp 20 degrees

[Manukau heads obs]

Thunder here now

[Chris Raine]

Ecan and ORC website has rainfall for high country rainfall stations . Some stations rain falling 14-18mm an hour

[Andy]

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

Check out Young River!

[mattyj46]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/ ... ford-Track

90 trampers strandard on the Milford Track, Queesntown Lakes District Council inspecting the Routeburn Road after reports of a washout.

[03Stormchaser]

Whoa this is active!!

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http://www.weatherzone.com.au/satellite ... ew-zealand