Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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melja wrote:
Bradley wrote:Lol, that’s really interesting Melja – how does the Southland radar working all day where all the action has been fit into your theory though?
Are Tony or CWU based in Southland Bradley? No there in Canterbury.
Been a nice sunny day here a bit cool and windy but a high of 14C at some point and about 70-80% of the day suuny.
No moisture at all today and a very low humidity of 40% with the cold air.
Lets keep the conspiracy theories to their own thread...I for one done believe it.

Back on topic, fairly reasonable day here in ChCh today, just one brief shower early this morning. Maybe a few showers tonight?
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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Just a brief hail shower about 12,00 and thats been it here,even the winds died out,surely that's not it is it? 0_o
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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Big hail fall here now
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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Richard wrote:Just a brief hail shower about 12,00 and thats been it here,even the winds died out,surely that's not it is it? 0_o
More to come, I suspect, judging by the cloud heading north around here. Both inland and coastal.
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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pretty sure the radar has been intermittent for a few days now
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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Captain Salty wrote:pretty sure the radar has been intermittent for a few days now
Back to the Mark I Eyeball ;)
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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Just like the old days.....
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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MoorfNZ wrote:Big hail fall here now
Would love to be able to see it on the radar :rolleyes:
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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Lovely fine day here, a bit tad cold with the SW wind :>
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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Richard wrote:
MoorfNZ wrote:Big hail fall here now
Would love to be able to see it on the radar :rolleyes:
:lol:

Probably more exciting on the radar... didn't last long!
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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The biggest punch from this system will be from now overnight, its certainly going to get wild as the low wraps in a more SSW flow lining up canterbury.
Might be the odd clap of thunder thrown in with heavy showers hail sleet or grapel ;P, the CBs brushing the coast to the SE are edging in more so now too.
What did we do without radars i guess the waitometer will have to do.
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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Window and an outdoor light... I'm set up!
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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Some big cb's not far off to the south ,so things are changing :D
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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Temp once again dropping down south, had snow til 11, then it cleared up til now, hail falling and temp 3.7
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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Interesting mammatus and glaciation on the Cb(s) to the SE.
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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Here comes the gale southerly big clouds building to the south closing in fast and menacing looking too.
Edit: and a rumble of thunder \:D/
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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what a neat photo _b
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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Fabulous photo _b
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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Weather is closing in now,looking like hail in the front coming
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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Small hail shower passed through Upper Riccarton a few minutes ago
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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Radar may be back up? Last run-through gave Canterbury image in last segment...
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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I took some shots of the cloud that Steven photographed. Nice cirrus :smile:
Cant wait until it get dark and we my see some lightning. :rolleyes:
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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Looks impressive. Some beefy moisture around timaru
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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Just clipped that last shower, but winds are picking up now and as you can see on the available radars its moving in even some beefy CBs off Oamaru.
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Re: Potential low level snow Mon 13th April

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Skywatcher wrote:Interesting mammatus and glaciation on the Cb(s) to the SE.
Nice photo steven :) I too saw this, this evening, a good indication of some instability in the upper atmostphere there.
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