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That sure was a big flash/rumble in Parnell. Got into the office just minutes before that heavy rain hit.
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Woke at 4am by the front and an awesome short sharp thunderstorm.
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Two more showers this morning, so we are up to 40mm for the month, all from mountain spill over rain.
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what is the average for the month?
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Heavy showers here with hail observed.
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Some good Thunder with some CB's on the trough that have come through Raglan presently.
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Decent thunderstorm just hit me.
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Looking very squally over the west of the North island overnight and tomorrow morning and a few wind damage reports possible. Auckland could be affected as well, particularly tomorrow morning after day break if BOM model verifies.
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Richard wrote:Two more showers this morning, so we are up to 40mm for the month, all from mountain spill over rain.
Nice looks like I might top 50mm by the end of the month. :smile:
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Report of a couple of lightning strikes hitting a school north of Westport at about 12.15pm today...

'Lightning strike hits Karamea School' - NZ Herald

Intersting that the school principal is quoted as saying, "there was no thunderstorm warning or watch for our area ... it just came out of the blue". Yet that area was included in MetService's Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued at 8:49am and again at 11:54am…
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH

Issued by MetService at 08:49 am Thursday 28 July 2016
Valid until 11:00 pm Thursday 28 July 2016
This watch affects people in the following weather forecast districts:
Nelson
Buller
Westland


Thunderstorm activity in Buller and western Nelson is expected to increase again this afternoon with the approach and passage of a front across central and northern New Zealand. There is a moderate risk some of these thunderstorms could be SEVERE during the afternoon and evening with westerly winds gusting stronger than 110km/hr.
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH

Issued by MetService at 11:54 am Thursday 28 July 2016
Valid until 11:00 pm Thursday 28 July 2016
This watch affects people in the following weather forecast districts:
Nelson
Buller
Westland


Thunderstorm activity in western Nelson, Buller and Westland north of about Greymouth is expected to increase this afternoon with the approach and passage of a front across central and northern New Zealand. There is a moderate risk some of these thunderstorms could be SEVERE from this afternoon until late tonight with westerly winds gusting stronger than 110km/hr.
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A big of lightning to my west suddenly. Looks out over the sea.
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Impressive lightning now. Lighting up the entire cell.
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Yea some good Lightning then, looks to have eased off now though....
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More Thunder just now, got some more cells moving this way. Some more cells moving over the Bombays as well I see.
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blowing a good westerly gale here...
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With these current weather systems, we seem to be quite sheltered here in Canterbury. <3
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:With these current weather systems, we seem to be quite sheltered here in Canterbury. <3
Agreed, unlike Jamie who gets to enjoy the show in the Waikato, over here in the Bay of Plenty on the Eastern side of the Kaimai Force field, a bit of wind and rain was all I noticed.

Glad for those who got a good show.
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I think Auckland should get some CB's this time re next front
(we just missed those ones last night that passed through South Franklin and north Waikato) :)
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:With these current weather systems, we seem to be quite sheltered here in Canterbury. <3
Watch the skies tomorrow pm John. ingredients look to be there tomorrow particularly Banks Peninsula.
I was in Timaru a couple of weekends back and weather was clear for the 3 days.
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I drove down to the Bombays Hills yesterday evening to try grab a couple of lightning shots looking south into Waikato, missed the best stuff but a couple of attempts here.
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:With these current weather systems, we seem to be quite sheltered here in Canterbury. <3
For Wellington city so far this month, rainfall is barely half average, temperatures above average and sunshine more than an hour per day above average.
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July has been quite good here but has turned wet, thunder here now with yet another Tstorm over sw Auckland
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:With these current weather systems, we seem to be quite sheltered here in Canterbury. <3
Some parts of Canterbury, we had periods of strong winds yesterday
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just had the weirdest hail here... about 5 seconds of hailstones larger than pea size then back to ordinary rain.
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One or two nice Cbs around.

Central Auckland has quite good sheltering from the wind, strong winds are quite rare here.
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