General January Weather

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Thu 25/01/2018 20:06

Not a drop so far here in St Albans, but I can hear thunder to the north.

petem8nz · Unread post by **petem8nz** » Thu 25/01/2018 20:10

Plenty of thunder to the north still here in Brighton, tempting to go for a drive up to the waimak mouth

melja · Unread post by **melja** » Thu 25/01/2018 20:13

Round 2 is very lightning active

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Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Thu 25/01/2018 20:25

Very distant thunder from here otherwise no action at all

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Thu 25/01/2018 21:01

Great display of CG lightning about 8.30 to the west, thats where its been for a number of hours

BeaconHill · Unread post by **BeaconHill** » Thu 25/01/2018 21:45

Cool sunset this evening as a collapsing storm cell south of Nelson cast fingers of shadow across the glow in the sky. Taken from Strathmore in Wellington

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Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Thu 25/01/2018 21:49

Just had a few spots of rain here. Could be a spell of rain coming from the west?

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Thu 25/01/2018 23:30

Witnessed a half dozen Cgs from Christchurch. All from a high based storm to the north, quiet impressive even if the camera failed to get them

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Fri 26/01/2018 00:00

I decided to chase solo tonight. Phone died on the journey hence why no update until now.
Ended up in rangiora where I got the last few storms that went east.
Caught a few good CGs on the way and some nice IC flashes. Might of even got one on camera, will look tomorrow night!
Just heavy rain was observed with today's thunderstorms, but apparently there was hail up to marbal size reported
Anyways a pretty successful 3 hours chasing

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Fri 26/01/2018 00:06

Getting a midnight electrical storm, main center is just to the south but a number of IC flashes over head, thats the way to be woken up.

petem8nz · Unread post by **petem8nz** » Fri 26/01/2018 04:57

Picture of lightning off the beach from New Brighton car park yesterday afternoon.

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melja · Unread post by **melja** » Fri 26/01/2018 05:00

Had more or less constant thunder all round from about 6.30 to 8.30, like these slow moving storms.

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03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Fri 26/01/2018 07:21

petem8nz wrote:Picture of lightning off the beach from New Brighton car park yesterday afternoon.

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Nice capture Pete

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Fri 26/01/2018 09:14

I wouldn't mind a thunderstorm around here to clear up the atmosphere which to me feels "lifeless".

17.6°C here at present, and temp. inside my home has finally come down to 22°C, there having been no future in opening the windows on days when it's hotter outside than in

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Fri 26/01/2018 17:42

Cloudy and overcast all day here. It was nice to come home from work and find the house not as warm and stuffy, like it has been with these warm days. The heat in the conservatory has been unbearable.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Fri 26/01/2018 17:52

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: ↑Fri 26/01/2018 17:42 . The heat in the conservatory has been unbearable.

Should put a temp gauge in there and post em on facebook as the temperature for your area,

well thats what every others seems to be doing going by the ridiculous temps posted, makes you wonder where they place there censors.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Fri 26/01/2018 20:42

Richard wrote: ↑Fri 26/01/2018 17:52
NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: ↑Fri 26/01/2018 17:42 . The heat in the conservatory has been unbearable.
Should put a temp gauge in there and post em on facebook as the temperature for your area, well thats what every others seems to be doing going by the ridiculous temps posted, makes you wonder where they place there censors.

Ive got a thermometer in the glass/greenhouse we built around the back behind the garage.
Quite often when it's sunny and 30C outside, it shows 45C to 50C in there.

We have to keep the doors open.
Had a good load of tomatoes so far this year

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Sat 27/01/2018 09:17

I am observing some fine "mare's tails" in the sky to the NW of Ashburton at present

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Sat 27/01/2018 18:45

Just looked back to the start of Nov and noted that its reached 30deg or over 13 times since then

Chris W · Unread post by **Chris W** » Sun 28/01/2018 14:31

At the gondola and watching a large CB going up maybe around Rangiora/Oxford way. Starting to anvil out, but nothing on the radar right now. More convection behind it too.

Chris W · Unread post by **Chris W** » Sun 28/01/2018 14:45

Second thoughts, maybe it was just hitting a cap. Signs that some of the updraughts that way might be breaking through though.

melja · Unread post by **melja** » Sun 28/01/2018 15:17

well inland behind the foothills.

Chris W · Unread post by **Chris W** » Sun 28/01/2018 17:08

Yeah my perspective was way off. Looks impressive anyway.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sun 28/01/2018 17:57

Drove through Castle Hill appeared to be in that area, but that was a couple hours ago

Chris W · Unread post by **Chris W** » Sun 28/01/2018 18:48

Looks more towards Lewis Pass/Buller now, massive cloud visible from town.

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