Possible Thunderstorms/Heavy Rain -North Island 1st-3rd June

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Re: Possible Thunderstorms/Heavy Rain -North Island 1st-3rd June

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I am in New Lynn, Auckland now.. Pic from last evening..
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Looks like some decent stuff heading for Waikato this afternoon! Been a dry day here so far, looks like a showery afternoon coming up
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A shower line to come through mid afternoon
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Think I just heard thunder with a black sky to the west.
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thunder here :)
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a good lot of lightning and thunder we had here and a period of torrential rain again :)
nothing compared to yesterday though
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still going here...its slow to clear the line...keeps feeding in...more lightning :)
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Yes, your location in the firing line for heavy showery rain/ odd thunderstorm, the main shower line is still west of here but it will be weaker here.
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Nice picture spike_01.
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I am at Mt Roskill and have heard distant thunder.
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Can see lightning now. Infrequent.
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Can see and hear lightning here. Also got heavy gusty rain
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A decent heavy shower just came through here, thunder in the west before it arrived.
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more thunder in the west
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Just arrived here, heavy rain but no thunder.
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A lightning flash out of the west and quite loud thunder here just now
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Heavy showers for the last couple of hours. Grey Lynn on 26mm.
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Just saw that flash less then ½ km from our house. CG strike allright.
Who put the LED's on the lightning arrestor ?
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A house was hit in Golf Road GreenBay. Damage to power and phone lines. Just returned from the Firecall.
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My station recorded 15mm in the last half hour. Pretty heavy rain out there, easing now though.
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awesome rain radar central nz showing the low center :)
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Manukau heads obs wrote:awesome rain radar central nz showing the low center :)
For the record.
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Such a still night so far in the centre of the low here in Wellington.
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I have picked up 50mm in the last couple of days.
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40mm here. Got a great looking cb incoming.
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yes, some great looking coldie CB's around :)
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