Thunderstorms possible North Island 8 October

Manukau heads obs · Tue 08/10/2013 19:30

M/S were premature in lifting the watch etc
(One news weather at 6:30pm said thunderstorm warnings cancelled...about the time it was all firing up again)

the line is not as lightning active as it was now...

Manukau heads obs · Tue 08/10/2013 19:35

from the link posted above
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... d=11136945

sure looks like a tornado (i.e very isolated damage path)
(despite what weatherwatch and M/S say in that report)

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Tue 08/10/2013 19:48

To load a pic on tapa talk you need to tap on the three dots in the reply. Then under photo sharing change the hosted by setting from tapatalk to attachment.

I've seen a couple of strikes. We had a brief heavy shower but missed it to the north and south.

Manukau heads obs · Tue 08/10/2013 19:58

weather watch saying the photo in the article was from earlier in the year (Feb)

spike_01 · Unread post by **spike_01** » Tue 08/10/2013 20:05

Manukau heads obs wrote:from the link posted above
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... d=11136945

sure looks like a tornado (i.e very isolated damage path)
(despite what weatherwatch and M/S say in that report)

Note that picture has now gone.. It was an old one..

Manukau heads obs · Tue 08/10/2013 20:17

well there was good wind shear in the shower lines that come through here
(I was watching a nice rain free base near here about the same time that was showing some rotation/shear)

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Tue 08/10/2013 20:33

Yes wind fields were looking pretty decent for nz on the gfs this morning for this afternoon. We had a good rain free base here too but no rotation.

Manukau heads obs · Tue 08/10/2013 20:40

what I observed was though scud clouds forming and disapearing in the NNE wind blowing under the rain free base, against the more NW wind in the actual CB itself

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Tue 08/10/2013 20:46

Yes, the conditions were what you would expect to see for a tornado. Interesting how Grey Lynn got a 78km/h gust as well.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Tue 08/10/2013 20:46

Still seeing the odd flash out to the east

Manukau heads obs · Tue 08/10/2013 20:52

its relatively slow to move east that front...and the top end has been hanging back..
the showers in the NW flow behind it are catching up...
must be a good NNE wind ahead of it

NW wind is gusting to 45 knots here...

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Tue 08/10/2013 20:52

Lots of strikes jut now. Really coming to life to my SE.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Tue 08/10/2013 21:09

jamie wrote:Lots of strikes jut now. Really coming to life to my SE.

Indeed!

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 08/10/2013 21:10

Followed the front into north Waikato this evening, could see the odd lightning flash from it. Perhaps I should have stayed with it
Some Cb cloud photos from my trip south

Manukau heads obs · Tue 08/10/2013 21:14

NW taupo are getting a good thunderstorm now (from ground reports coming in to me

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Nev · Unread post by **Nev** » Tue 08/10/2013 21:55

Some more info, pics, etc from TVNZ...

'Children 'freak out' as tornado rips through Auckland suburb'

MS also says that waterspouts were spotted in the Waitemata Harbour between Devonport and Auckland City earlier this evening in this report from Stuff…

'Devonport tornado hits'

Manukau heads obs · Tue 08/10/2013 22:35

yes, looking like it was indeed a tornado, going on eye witness reports etc
(just because weather watch did not specificly predict possibility of one does not mean they should try and make it look like it was not one?)

ben g · Unread post by **ben g** » Tue 08/10/2013 22:47

My mate was playing golf even tho the club was closed, it passed 20m from him and was spinning and very loud he said
Damage pics
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dyni179bbtp1yfs/QVJ4vooK0a

The damage as I saw it, red is lifted roofs, downed power poles and trees, moderate structural dammage, although a garage that I built took a direct hit with only a few broken windows. Damage seemed to be to older houses, still surprises me how the roofs on some houses I've worked on around here are only held down by gravity, nails rusted away... Blue line is just smaller branches and stuff down.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jbevz4y7jhmli ... 4%20pm.jpg

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Tue 08/10/2013 22:57

I've seen photos and read a couple reports of a waterspout in the Harbour and looking at the damage photo's so far its looking like a very localised weak tornado to me at this stage

Manukau heads obs · Tue 08/10/2013 23:01

great photos of the (small) nado
that settles it then

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 08/10/2013 23:14

Evidence pointing to tornado

Could see nothing from here, rain with very poor visibility came in so quickly.

Manukau heads obs · Wed 09/10/2013 06:00

Blowing a good gale from the west here this morning

ben g · Unread post by **ben g** » Wed 09/10/2013 07:01

Short damage video
http://youtu.be/CmDlIJ43KrI

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Wed 09/10/2013 07:41

ben g wrote:Short damage video
http://youtu.be/CmDlIJ43KrI

Thanks for that clip.

Manukau heads obs · Wed 09/10/2013 07:55

great video clip
weatherwatch and metservice need to wathc that video and then see if they still think it was straight line winds

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