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Razor wrote:

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:The media are raving on about lightning strikes on the Auckland Sky tower.
By the way they are going on, I thought there would be heaps of pictures on here

You mean like one?

Nice positive by the looks, not that common here in NZ.

Here's what 12 hours of lightning looks like from midday to midnight yesterday…

Thanks for the lightning chart Nev.

I did try and get a photo last night but there was no cover from rain and the lightning was irregular.

Auckland sky tower struck at least twice
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... d=11903426


Raglan looks an ideal spot for a few lightning bolts tonight. 500mb temps -30C!

Video is the easiest way to capture lightning but I prefer setting up a tripod and taking SLR stills which does require shelter from wind and rain and always a lot of luck. I only caught flashes last night.

25mm here, looks like the worst has passed us in Chch and the focus is now inland and to the south where the radar looks pretty ugly.

We've now reached our average annual rainfall for the year.

Heavy and persistent rain since early hours this morning.. you can't tell me this hasn't broken the drought around the Canterbury plains. Much needed rain indeed

Mount Hutt has received 60cm already and another 30cm expected, top part of the field now over 300cm base - just incredible

44mm in Rangiora, still chucking down

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A watery sun trying to shine through here, 21mm of much needed rain. The hills and heavy clay soils will surly be full now.

The balance of the month looks to be dominated by vigorous westerly quadrant flows. Not great news for West Coasters, but the Hydro Lakes will start filling so that's good.
This current rain should make for a boomer growth season if this is indeed an early spring, as it is starting to appear to be

Cracked 50mm now so certainly a wetter system than I thought.

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NIWA said about an hour ago that Akaroa had recorded 107mm since midnight…

Going to be a wet year or very dry till Xmas.

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40mm of continual rain here from yesterday afternoon for the 24 hour period since 1pm yesterday.
By the way thanks for the pictures of the Sky Tower lightning strikes. Wow!

clouds come back in here now after having a few hours of sun

A couple of stills I took from a intercloud lightning flash near our house.
Frames are 1/60 of a second apart.
The light intensity was amazing. ( brighter then daylight)
time was around 1800 hours

STUFF are saying a months rain for ChCh in 12 hours
No wonder they are in knee deep water in Cathedral Square?

That lit up the landscape, RODALCO !

Great lightning shots!

Meanwhile, could be a rogue model run, but if not the weekend ahead could be interesting

ECMWF or whatever they are called these days looks interesting as well

Looking like Auckland's next thunder day will be at the weekend. GFS currently giving a strong signal for Saturday. There is a weak signal for Thursday evening but I doubt it will come to much.

And flop goes Gfs just as the Facebook warriors start warning the general populace...

Razor wrote:And flop goes Gfs just s the Facebook warriors start warning the general populace...

It's all pretty comical at times

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Razor wrote: Meanwhile, could be a rogue model run, but if not the weekend ahead could be interesting

Certainly something to watch next couple of days, too early for the detail.

Quite a few low topped Cbs around Auckland this morning.
I can't remember what these are called - where the top of the Cb no longer has a bottom, I can recall Bob McD mentioning their name at a weather meet long ago