Thunderstorm Risk - 11th,12th October - North and South

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Re: Thunderstorm Risk - 11th,12th October - North and South

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Re: Thunderstorm Risk - 11th,12th October - North and South

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Thunder to the west (TC area) with darkening cloud from 3:15pm. :smile:
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Up to 2.5cm
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It looks like its heading straight for the city. I'm waiting for it to do that shuffle off to the side out under the peninsula.
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What area are you in with that hail, 03stormchaser?
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Holding near Tai Tap. Black!
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Sky looking pretty dark now.
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Re: Thunderstorm Risk - 11th,12th October - North and South

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Can see the line of storm #2 to my south now; more thunder grumbling around.
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Uh oh, its falling to bits.
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That line of cloud is nearly upon me and thunder nearly continual. Time to disconnect the computer again.
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Westerfield Spy reports hail now.
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Re: Thunderstorm Risk - 11th,12th October - North and South

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showers in this area very much garden variety
a bust
they look good on rain radar and are black etc but drops of rain are far apart, etc
(very last few minutes of the shower band just through now was moderatly heavy though)
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2 lightning bolts to my SE. Here's the southerly gusting in now with rain & sounds like small hail. More lightning-bolts! And continual thunder.
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Look at that, the latest radar shows that the new cell killed the old one and chc misses out. We've been robbed again.
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Drive, lawn, rooves white with 1cm hail. Lightning now to my NE and SE. Windows rattling in the thunder.
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Great couple of cells at West Melton, where I am now!
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Re: Thunderstorm Risk - 11th,12th October - North and South

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Just saw first lightning of the day from the city. Have been hearing a lot of distant thunder, finally getting closer.
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Thunder storm as it approached Ashburton.
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Re: Thunderstorm Risk - 11th,12th October - North and South

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Manukau heads obs wrote:showers in this area very much garden variety
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they look good on rain radar and are black etc but drops of rain are far apart, etc
(very last few minutes of the shower band just through now was moderatly heavy though)
The cold blustery wind kills the day. Canterbury was always going to be the spot for chaseable storms today.
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Hideous dark cloud masses have been passing across Benmore Peak since last night, bringing huge quantities graupel, as well as periodic mini snow storms. In between it's beautifully fine, although the biting wind hasn't let up since midday.
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lucky buggers in canty:)
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West Melton cell
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Re: Thunderstorm Risk - 11th,12th October - North and South

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Cell passed to the west of here, heard quite a lot of thunder but only saw one flash of lightning but it was a fairly close CG.
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About to be snashed!!
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Re: Thunderstorm Risk - 11th,12th October - North and South

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Awesome photos guys, well done :smile: Looks like M/S were right on the money with their 20-25mm hail chances for Canterbury.

Apart from the brief hail around 7.20am, it's been a very uninteresting day up here, only 0.2mm since 9am!
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