Thunder/hailstorms in Auckland - Oct 31

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Re: General October Weather

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Clip on stuff shows hail lying west Auckland today.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/8591811 ... t-auckland
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Re: Thunder/hailstorms in Auckland - Oct 31

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Didn't really notice much over here.

I think hail was reported falling in west and south Akld between 1pm and !:30pm.
The MS radar below shows the cell just before this.
MetService Akid radar - Oct 31, 12.45pm.png
And Blitzortung CG's for the 4 hours to 5pm…
Blitzortung NZ - Oct 31, 1pm-5pm.png
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Re: Thunder/hailstorms in Auckland - Oct 31

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Looking like two hail dumps on the city, the first in the west early afternoon and the second on South Auckland (Takanini) mid afternoon.

Some slight hail observed in Grey Lynn about 4.30pm.
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Re: Thunder/hailstorms in Auckland - Oct 31

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Unfortunately I was stuck at work yesterday so couldn't chase. :x, took a photo looking south of storm clouds over South Auckland.
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Re: Thunder/hailstorms in Auckland - Oct 31

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NZstorm wrote:Looking like two hail dumps on the city, the first in the west early afternoon and the second on South Auckland (Takanini) mid afternoon.

Some slight hail observed in Grey Lynn about 4.30pm.
Yes, below a couple of radar-images from twitter showing the cells around that time...
MetService Akid radar - Oct 31, 3.45pm.jpg
MetService Akid radar - Oct 31, 4.07pm.jpg
I see Grey Lynn also got a wee isolated 5mm dump around 5:30pm. :smile:
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Re: Thunder/hailstorms in Auckland - Oct 31

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Karaka and Kingseat got a good storm. Hail reported there.
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Re: Thunder/hailstorms in Auckland - Oct 31

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A forecast lesson about the cold low topped set ups is the 500mb lifted index can be a poor indicator of the instability.
700mb lifted index tends to measure things better.
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Re: General October Weather

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mikestormchaser wrote:
NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:....bloody Auckland again :mad:
It's OK John :lol: we will get our turn. You can't beat a Canterbury thunderstorm day with a good severe set up on the plains.
The storms around Mt Somers over the weekend were some of the most epic I have seen. Was awesome. See pics in the General October thread
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