Gales and Storms - 23rd -25th March

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Re: Gales and Storms - 23rd -25th March

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Fine muggy day in Auckland with dp on 20C and temp upto 25C in Grey Lynn.

Can see some distant thunderheads to south (down Waitomo way).
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Re: Gales and Storms - 23rd -25th March

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Can hear far distant booms getting closer. Closest storm must be around 20-30kms away.
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Re: Gales and Storms - 23rd -25th March

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I see development west of Hamilton on the radar.
There is a towering cumulus line just east of Auckland, a few heavy showers developing out to our east.
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Re: Gales and Storms - 23rd -25th March

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Great picture with the gull _b
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Great thunderstorm, still going with flashes and booms that shake the house. 28mls in an hour so far, more than last few days 'storm' that didn't really touch here.
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Re: Gales and Storms - 23rd -25th March

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A fast moving short wave coming into the west of the North Island this morning, The 500mb temp chart shows it quite well.

Looking like plenty of showers around today for inland parts. A thunder risk for Waitomo and south Waikato late morning/early afternoon.

10am 500mb temp
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Re: Gales and Storms - 23rd -25th March

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M/S did well when they mentioned a trough just offshore west coat of NI from Auckland south
which shows up now as a line of (weak) showers

SW wind has freshened here now behind that line (which was just a line of extra cloudiness when it passed over here last hour)
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Flashes and rumbles continued to midnight, had 39mls total overnight.
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Thunder and lightning starting up again, steady rain setting in.
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