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David wrote:A heavy heat shower here, there were tiny hailstones for a brief moment as well.
Can see the t/cu build up out your way David.

Got up to 19C in Grey Lynn, nice change from yesterday.
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Looks like there is a Storm just above Palmerston North atm…..
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Who has worked out how to quote people on the latest version of this phone app?

Anyway about that storm it palmy I'm gutted I'm not there. I'm just about to he's there now and was supposed to be there by now but have been held up.
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From mid afternoon there was a line of towering Cu with the odd shower/Cb through our eastern sky, Northland to Waikato. Looked like a Summer sea breeze convergence line
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Saw a skywarn sticker on the back of a 4WD, first time Ive seen one outside the states! Ive got the feeling the driver was from Texas as they had a couple Texas related stickers on there aswell.
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Interesting to see that there steve :) looks good :) beautiful day here in cantab land, warming up nicely now that spring is getting closer, good signs. just had a wee look at the models for next wensday,could be a slight chance there for thunderstorm activity, although the Southerly change does look to be coming in early. anyways early days but could be worth a watch. :)
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The weathers so oirwjew-ing boring at the moment, there Mikey. Frustrating o_O :( :|
...but the mild winter since the end of June, with early spring signals, the settled weather does look nice :smile:
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Dam! Moderate risk for storms tomorrow back home and I'm down in Palmerston North.
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Hello People this my 1st posted on here :wave: Looks this storm cloud around Greerton and Tauranga Area last night she slowly brewing up i did see couple of inercloud Lightning was quite a site to see and heard couple of thunder claps :-) :D
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Hi Gobus :wave:

Thanks for the report.


Looking cold aloft again today with 500mb -26C.

Coromandal/Kaimai could be the best spot for an afternoon buildup.
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Gobus _WeatherBus wrote:Hello People this my 1st posted on here :wave:
Welcome to the forum. Now I'm going to have to watch out for the 121 bus.

I'm glad you saw something, sadly after Darwin & the US I couldn't be blowed even keeping an eye out.

Have you got some kind of instrument installed on the bus?
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sadly after Darwin & the US I couldn't be blowed even keeping an eye out.
I know the feeling tgsnoopy!
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tgsnoopy wrote:
I'm glad you saw something, sadly after Darwin & the US I couldn't be blowed even keeping an eye out.
NE NSW/SE Qld might be the next trip for me, November is the season. :-)

Fog here this morning , low was 8C.
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Oh, I haven't done that yet. Please keep me in the loop as I'd be keen on going if you had the room and I can get time off. Have often looked at weekend scenarios and nearly jumped on a plane for a brief visit.
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tgsnoopy wrote:Oh, I haven't done that yet. Please keep me in the loop as I'd be keen on going if you had the room and I can get time off. Have often looked at weekend scenarios and nearly jumped on a plane for a brief visit.
They get structured supercells a with large hail over there. The trick is to have a set up coincide with a quiet week at work or a weekend.

Just had a burst of heavy rain from that front.

Pic here of cb + fog. An unusual combination.
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photo of shower cloud over South Auckland after the fog cleared
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NZstorm wrote: Pic here of cb + fog. An unusual combination.
I saw that on the bus into the city this morning - looked very dark and ominous. Started to wonder if there was a thunderstorm rolling in, but just another ordinary rain shower
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No sea breeze started up here today, so no thunder around this afternoon.
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Yes, a lack of lift today, it is still August. Noticed some stronger clouds down Waikato way, photo.
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Isolated weak storms developed this afternoon, one near Palmerston North again I notice.
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Lovely fine day here today but interesting very weak cloud forms, prior to the wind reverting back to the SE, around 3:30pm, after a day of very light north to NW winds. :yum: :rolleyes:
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tgsnoopy wrote:
Gobus _WeatherBus wrote:Hello People this my 1st posted on here :wave:
Welcome to the forum. Now I'm going to have to watch out for the 121 bus.

I'm glad you saw something, sadly after Darwin & the US I couldn't be blowed even keeping an eye out.

Have you got some kind of instrument installed on the bus?

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Yea awesome looking cell out of Palmy this afternoon. Dust see any flashes from it.
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This next system in the Tasman looks to largely pass north of Auckland tonight with most of precip in the far north.

Looks like a polar trough crossing the country mid next week. Haven't seen air that cold in the gfs for a while.
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August 2013 to date seems to be rivalling 2009 for the title of warmest August on record. August 2009 was 1.5C above the 1971-2000 national average temp of 8.7C, and most of the country so far looks to have been well above that.

Although figures are likely to be a little lower by month's end, Chch Aero's current T-mean is a remarkable 2.3C above its 1981-2010 August normal. Tauranga Aero, Wgtn (Kelburn), and Dunedin (Musselburgh) are 1.9C above their normals, while Hamilton is 1.8C and Akld (Mangere) 1.6C above.
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