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Re: Convective week 26-Nov to 4-Dec

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Starting to look good now, view to the west

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Looking up on a 45deg

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Re: Convective week 26-Nov to 4-Dec

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Can see a fan-shaped explosive-looking cloud to the north of here, and various other bubbly ones to west and south; however some seem to subside after a little while :rolleyes:
Hot day, around 28deg. here also.
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NZstorm wrote: Fri 01/12/2017 06:47 Great pics John. Some good lumpy tcu there.

Thanks.
Some Cu cloud buildups to the west today but not looking as good as yesterday for development.
Warm here too, reaching 27C.
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Some good development in the Mt Tommas area Inland from Rangiora.Image

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Yeah, looking a bit like that now,down here with the Cb tops breaking off from the lower Cu cogestus towers.
I even captured a photo of a cloud form that looked like a camel. Will post it later :rolleyes:
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Its an anvil festival the length of the alps. Just gorgeous from here
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Same up here too, largest development so far is near HanmerS and going by the radar are moving south this way, still got towering cloud over us here all so, interesting few hours coming up.
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Thunder can be heard in Rangiora frequently, very long rumbling.

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Is the easterly too strong today. ie is it keeping the westerly sea breeze at bay. No sign of anything yet.
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Distant thunder heard in Geraldine to the west. Things really going up now \:D/
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i starting to think nothing is going to happen here
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Took this neat looking photo of a cb near Kaikoura
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I believe I'm hearing thunder 0_o
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Just come back from a thunderstorm over Mt. Peel. Pictures later.
Lots of internal cloud to cloud lightning.
Can here the thunder from here and in the Geraldine township.
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Severe thunderstorm heading for Geraldine:
http://www.metservice.com/warnings/seve ... m-warnings
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Hope someone is on the storm near Mt Peel at the moment
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Rogue wrote: Fri 01/12/2017 17:04 Hope someone is on the storm near Mt Peel at the moment
ME. :wave:
Continuous rumbling from there and endless static (Sferics) on the AM radio. :crazy:
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Looking North about 10 minutes ago. Mammatus on the remains of the storm to the NW and another developing to the N.
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I wish I could get to Geraldine faster than 2 hours' time! Looks mean on the radar now.
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Well if a storm dont come to me, i'll go to you, so i drove 5 kms west to meet the storm in the photo, found the heavy rain shaft, stopped and hopped outa the car then smacked the scab off a can of beer, as soon as i had the first sip a big clap of thunder rolled over head, life doesn't get better than that.
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Shot a time-lapse of the storm developing to the NW earlier this afternoon.
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looks cool
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Richard wrote: Fri 01/12/2017 16:20 i starting to think nothing is going to happen here
....sorry about this, Richard but I think I have "Stolen your Thunder" :lol:
Good storm down here, well Mt. Peel of which MS had a SThWarning.
Lots of continuious thunder but no lightning seen but you could hear it in the cloud.
I see on the WTWarning they had it heading towards here but as their is a Santas Parade in town this evening, the storm reverted and went back up the Rangitata Gorge and weakoned.
Nice imagary on the rain radar of the storm.
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Fri 01/12/2017 18:14

....sorry about this, Richard but I think I have "Stolen your Thunder" :lol:
Went and found some thunder John, nice to be under some, not a lot but it will have to do.
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