General April Weather

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Thu 03/04/2014 17:36

Manukau heads obs wrote:That new shower line might make it all the way to here

I thought about going for a drive south but the traffic at this time of day is not good.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 03/04/2014 18:01

Have been getting lots of thunder. No rain tho. Had a CG only about 1km away a few mins ago.

Manukau heads obs · Thu 03/04/2014 18:08

Looking great on rain radar!
Showers developing ahead of it just my SE
Thunder from that close developing one just now

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Thu 03/04/2014 18:20

Forecast sounding from gfs for Hamilton area. Some good CAPE lower down allowing the cb tops to punch higher. Low topped storms though.
Small hail reported from Hamilton.

GreggWard · Unread post by **GreggWard** » Thu 03/04/2014 18:35

Nice funnel cloud photos Jamie.

David · Unread post by **David** » Thu 03/04/2014 20:26

Heavy rain just started here

KiwiWeather · Unread post by **KiwiWeather** » Thu 03/04/2014 20:47

Thunder here $\:D/$

Great shots Jamie!

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Thu 03/04/2014 20:50

Definitely not a drought here though had stunning days lately,gardens full of weed seedlings,also thunder heard now.

David · Unread post by **David** » Thu 03/04/2014 20:50

Yes, thunder heard here as well. Had a quick 6mm this evening so far.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Thu 03/04/2014 20:51

Heard that thunder here to.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Thu 03/04/2014 20:54

More lightning to the south!

Manukau heads obs · Thu 03/04/2014 20:55

So The rain falls over the harbour and The city instead
Of the Dry farmland

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 03/04/2014 21:24

Nature can be very cruel Brian.

We had thunder an lightning every 20 seconds or so for over an hour tonight. That was great!

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Thu 03/04/2014 21:48

jamie wrote: We had thunder an lightning every 20 seconds or so for over an hour tonight. That was great!

We see plenty of set ups that produce crumbs and here we have a set up that doesn't have much instability! There is a good ULT though which will be lifting the air.

I have had 10mm here last half hour.

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Fri 04/04/2014 06:25

NZstorm wrote:I thought about going for a drive south but the traffic at this time of day is not good.

Looked at it, then decided odds are I'd not be able to get to it in time and carried on finishing off my paperwork that I needed to have done this morning.

Manukau heads obs · Fri 04/04/2014 06:28

It was the light sea breeze that we had that made
The showers stay east of us
We did catch another mm though
22mm at the airport Sam reported

treetop · Unread post by **treetop** » Fri 04/04/2014 07:10

Had hearly 20mm W of Tauranga, no lightning . The builups lacked that extra punch [5 or 6 K] Not complaining though, back to mowing lawns weekly

Manukau heads obs · Fri 04/04/2014 07:24

Have Not had to mow the lawns here for a month....
Although we do have a goat on tbe lawn as well...

GreggWard · Unread post by **GreggWard** » Fri 04/04/2014 07:53

Still hanging out for rain here. We have had just over 10mm, in the last month. Lawns and paddocks around the Manawatu, are really dry.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Fri 04/04/2014 08:19

Raglan got hardly anything just a light sprinkle with a few IC claps of thunder thrown in.

Manukau heads obs · Fri 04/04/2014 08:24

Raglan might be the place next week
With a low to west...

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Fri 04/04/2014 08:26

NZstorm wrote:There is a good ULT though which will be lifting the air.

That was very noticeable yesterday morning. Lots of elevated convection around here. I instantly thought upper level trough.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Fri 04/04/2014 15:10

Manukau heads obs wrote:Have Not had to mow the lawns here for a month....

I've had to mow the lawns here most weekends!

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Fri 04/04/2014 15:11

03Stormchaser wrote:
Manukau heads obs wrote:Have Not had to mow the lawns here for a month....
I've had the now the lawns here most weekends!

Mine went 6 weeks without a mow. I mowed them last weekend and i didnt mow grass. It was all weed seed heads sticking up.

And i should add that my lawn is paddock grass not lawn seed. So that gives an idea of how much grass we grew over the past 6 weeks

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Fri 04/04/2014 17:37

Another stunning fine light wind day in a long run so far,high 24deg,could be about to come to an end over the weekend maybe!

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