Re: Thunderstorms Upper North Island - April 19th - 22nd
Posted: Mon 22/04/2013 13:52
very heavy downpour at work. Tims station might get this.
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Re: Thunderstorms Upper North Island - April 19th - 22nd
Posted: Mon 22/04/2013 14:16
We just got one here, very large rain drops, rain rate hit 118mm/hr for a minute
Re: Thunderstorms Upper North Island - April 19th - 22nd
Posted: Mon 22/04/2013 17:22
I see there was a brief thunder shower near Manakau Heads last hr 
Took this photo out near the Airport early afternoon, these clouds produced a thunderstorm over the hills of SE Auckland as the moved southeast
Took this photo out near the Airport early afternoon, these clouds produced a thunderstorm over the hills of SE Auckland as the moved southeast
Re: Thunderstorms Upper North Island - April 19th - 22nd
Posted: Mon 22/04/2013 17:32
just got home, was in Waiuku
we got 5mm or so from that shower
the tops are being blown off from the NW..
we got 5mm or so from that shower
the tops are being blown off from the NW..
Re: Thunderstorms Upper North Island - April 19th - 22nd
Posted: Tue 23/04/2013 17:15
Interesting tale in the Waikato Times yesterday about 1 of 2 men struck by lightning in different parts of the Waikato on Sunday. Fortunately, both were wearing gumboots. Sadly, a nearby horse (no doubt with steel-shoes) wasn't so lucky. 
'Two injured by lightning strikes' - Stuff
'Two injured by lightning strikes' - Stuff
Re: Thunderstorms Upper North Island - April 19th - 22nd
Posted: Tue 23/04/2013 17:19
I drove past an equestrian event of some sort, i.e riders on horses , minutes before lightning bolts starting hitting the ground around me ....when I went past I almost felt like stopping and telling them a thunderstorm was about to hit....
Re: Thunderstorms Upper North Island - April 19th - 22nd
Posted: Tue 23/04/2013 20:12
The two men were on Campbell Live last night, funnily enough at the end when he says definatly be abit more weary of storms in the future, i wonder if they were aware that those clouds in the background were developing thunderstorms.Nev wrote:Interesting tale in the Waikato Times yesterday about 1 of 2 men struck by lightning in different parts of the Waikato on Sunday. Fortunately, both were wearing gumboots. Sadly, a nearby horse (no doubt with steel-shoes) wasn't so lucky.
'Two injured by lightning strikes' - Stuff
http://www.3news.co.nz/Lightning-strike ... fault.aspx
Re: Thunderstorms Upper North Island - April 19th - 22nd
Posted: Tue 23/04/2013 21:38
It was an exceptional day for lightning. Would be interesting to know the lightning count for Sunday.
Re: Thunderstorms Upper North Island - April 19th - 22nd
Posted: Tue 23/04/2013 23:19
Blitzortung Oceania detected 13389 Strikes in the 24 hour period from Midnight NZDT on the 21st to the 22nd.NZstorm wrote:It was an exceptional day for lightning. Would be interesting to know the lightning count for Sunday.
Re: Thunderstorms Upper North Island - April 19th - 22nd
Posted: Wed 24/04/2013 06:12
Nice Graphic Tim!
Looks similar (if not the same) to what MS recorded on Sunday, going by the graph below posted on their facebook page. It has a total of 22,268 strikes for the 60 hrs from midday Friday to midnight Sunday (don't think either figure includes IC strikes from memory)...
Looks similar (if not the same) to what MS recorded on Sunday, going by the graph below posted on their facebook page. It has a total of 22,268 strikes for the 60 hrs from midday Friday to midnight Sunday (don't think either figure includes IC strikes from memory)...
Re: Thunderstorms Upper North Island - April 19th - 22nd
Posted: Wed 24/04/2013 06:30
the blitzortung graphic shows how the storms died quickly into the south waikato...i.e central NI got nothing
Re: Thunderstorms Upper North Island - April 19th - 22nd
Posted: Wed 24/04/2013 07:14
Thanks for the lightning data.