Area51 wrote:Yes, it was pretty willing through the southern reaches of Auckland with a short, sharp CB squall with associated lightning and instantenous thunder around 0330. Certainly an early wakeup call for the household!
Same thing in Leamington,Cambridge at same time, from a different cell. Each lightning flash was making the landline phone squeal. First time in a while have been relieved when the strikes started to get further away rather than closer.
Manukau heads obs wrote:thats impressive
did you guys see the big hail stone reported?
impressive
Yes, decent size hail there. A friend who lives in the Waitakeres at Huia reported hail that size a couple of months back with a westerly flow storm, a zone for severe hail out there.
Vertigo wrote:If anyone at Metservice is reading this, can we get a satellite and radar loop of the storm reaching its peak?
I saved a series of Weatherzone's version of the Akld radar imagery from 11:30pm to 12:30am.
Below is a cropped, blow-up of the 11:45pm image...
Ak Radar ℅ WZ-MS - Oct 29, 11.45pm.jpg
Note: The background/radar-overlay should be correct. I compared it back in June to MS's imagery (a few days after it was brought into question then) and found that it was actually spot-on.
Manukau heads obs wrote:nice
El NIno (if only weak) certainly around this spring
Whatever it is, I like the trend here. 2 consecutive months with a substantial sunshine surplus, 4 of 5 months below average rainfall. About time too, for here anyway.
Personally, I think it sounds more like the similar squall conditions experienced here?
Also note that in the video-interveiw, the property owner refers to it as a possible 'small tornado', which the stupid reporter has translated into the 'm-word'.
That was very spectacular from my 6th floor window. Great lightning dispay accross the Port Hills and the CBD, now moved out to the east. But not a drop of moisture.