General October Weather

[Richard]

Great because i much prefer those slow moving inland storms to fast moving SW setups, still beggars cant be choosers hey.

[mikestormchaser]

Easy forecast today.. mild NW start changing S about 3pm. And rain developing..
I see MS going for a low risk of thunderstorms along the change but I don't think much of a chance at all

[einzack]

We're continuing the miserable run of weather here today. 8.9°C and raining.
Temp is dropping too. Fire is lit again, 6th time in the last 10 days.

[Richard]

Lovely day here with a 18 deg high

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Easy forecast today.. mild NW start changing S about 3pm. And rain developing..
I see MS going for a low risk of thunderstorms along the change but I don't think much of a chance at all

When I woke up around 9 am and went for a pee, I noticed the 8/8 coverage of low cloud layer covering the sky and thought that thunderstorm chances for today would be nil, so I went back to bed and had a sleep in.
Boring overcast day down here.

[03Stormchaser]

Photos from my camera, from Monday 23rd. Only had a 80-300mm with me this day.

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Also a sundog from the afternoon on Sunday the 22nd

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[Richard]

Good photos regardless,

10.2mm overnight which is very welcome as i had just sown popcorn last evening.

[NZstorm]

Nice photos Steve. Some outflow there, could it be RFD or is it FFD.

Did Met Service detect any rotation in the storm? With a change of government it is worth a try to get the Met Service data more freely available.

[03Stormchaser]

Nice photos Steve. Some outflow there, could it be RFD or is it FFD.

Did Met Service detect any rotation in the storm? With a change of government it is worth a try to get the Met Service data more freely available.

RFD, haven't heard from MS I imagine they would have some very good scans considering how close it is o the radar.

No doubt Phil will be lobbying the govt for more open weather data

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[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Some nice but weak Cu towers going up just north of Geraldine at the moment.
Just gone southerly here.
Some photos later.

[snowstormwatcher]

Thunder and lightning here now.

[03Stormchaser]

Thunder and lightning here now.

Where abouts? Can't see ppls locations in the app

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[snowstormwatcher]

Thunder and lightning here now.

Where abouts? Can't see ppls locations in the app

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In south Canterbury Inland from pleasant point. moved though pretty quick and is just heavy rain now and clearing from the south..

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Thunderstorm now just to the south of Geraldine.
Lots of cloud to cloud but I did see a fork go down just to the NE before low cloud cover moved in.
AT LAST

[mikestormchaser]

Thunderstorm now just to the south of Geraldine.
Lots of cloud to cloud but I did see a fork go down just to the NE before low cloud cover moved in.
AT LAST

More unexpected storms then? I don't think there was a risk out. Or was There?? haven't really looked at the models but just did then..
There is a bit of surface moisture around south Canterbury tonight and that southerly is running into a NE

[NZstorm]

Its another one of the cold 700mb set ups. They often come in under the radar!

[Thunder081]

Thunder and lightning here now.

Where abouts? Can't see ppls locations in the app

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What app is this?

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Back on line now as the power went off in Geraldine.
Excellent thunderstorm passed through, Lots of CC and Cg providing some nice 'dump' thunder
Best Ive seen for ages.
Despite the power going off, I'm a happy chappy

[03Stormchaser]

Where abouts? Can't see ppls locations in the app

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Tapatalk

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[mikestormchaser]

Still really going off down there. Heading towards Aarons place at mt Somers.
I would head out but it may die and reduce into the rain band by time I got out there.
It's about an hour away from rolleston id say

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Still really going off down there. Heading towards Aarons place at mt Somers.
I would head out but it may die and reduce into the rain band by time I got out there.
It's about an hour away from rolleston id say

i wouldnt bother there Mikey, sort of dwindling down but you can see the off flash to the north of here.

[Orion]

Just hearing a couple of rolls of thunder to the NW of Ashburton now.

[trickytiger]

Was a good unexpected thunderstorm, went for a drive out to rangitata and parked up by the one way bridge near Geraldine for a while watching it. Had one bolt go down beside us in the paddock at one point while we were driving. Would of tried to get closer to the action but unfortunately didn't have gas for it

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

All over bar the shouting.
Street flooded again.
21.8mm from this evening's deluge.
Saw the fork which cut the power, to the north of the Talbot Forest area.
Lots of nice pink lightning lots of it reflected in the cloud.
It was one of those Halloweenish sort of thunderstorms.
No hail reported here but will have to see what reports come in.
Anyway, ....nice one

[Thunder]

Went for a chase as this storm was just south of me. Saw plenty of frequent lightning and good thunder. Didn't see many Cg's, mostly flashes in the sky but the few Cg's I did see were great! I just didn't manage to capture any, arghhh. I managed to avoid any hail but I'm sure there would have been some out there going by radar. A few live videos on the storm chasers Facebook page, here's probably my only good shot taken somewhere between Mayfield and the SH72 bridge over the Rangitata.

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The move to Geraldine is starting to pay off John, two thunderstorms there now although you were in Australia for the last one