General August Weather

[Razor]

18 degrees for the lunchtime run round Hagley. Unless something drastic happens in the next couple of weeks 2018 will be recalled as the year without a winter for round here

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Nice day in Geraldine. Just peaked at 18.6C.

[Richard]

Was lovely, windy at times though, high 17.3 deg

[SnwAddct]

Some decent falls for Mount Hutt & Porters ski fields tomorrow, and perhaps again mid week next week..

[03Stormchaser]

Looked like a nice Thunderstorm just south of Dunedin this evening

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Looked like a nice Thunderstorm just south of Dunedin this evening

Couldn't see anything.
Would be better when the new Otago Rain Radar becomes established in 2020.

[Thunder081]

Levin had an awesome thunderstorm at 11pm 16th Aug!! Here's a CG strike I got and explosive sounding thunder!

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[NZstorm]

Well done Thunder081.

Can see the odd flash to the south of here. Radar shows storm over Pukekohe area.

[Richard]

Interesting how straight that bolt of lightning.

There were a lot of flashes over the mountains at about 7.00pm last night, talking with a fella who's mate live east of Greymouth, he said they had a lot of lightning but very little rain, that would be uncommon for the West Coast i would think

[Tornado Tim]

We had quite a bit strong amplitide lightning this morning around 6am in Hamilton, the frontal passage seemed to be somewhat elevated.

[spwill]

Some lightning /thunder observed here now to the north, heavy rain has arrived.

[SnwAddct]

Currently having a coffee at work 5 stories up on a covered deck in Mt Eden, nice little lightning / thunder show going on!

[spwill]

Yes, storm passing overhead now, a nice drop of rain.

[David]

Had some very heavy rain in Howick, peaked at 140mm/hr on the weather station.

[Cyclone Tracy]

A quick 10mm here, peaked at 90mm/h, several flashes and claps.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Interesting how straight that bolt of lightning.

There were a lot of flashes over the mountains at about 7.00pm last night, talking with a fella who's mate live east of Greymouth, he said they had a lot of lightning but very little rain, that would be uncommon for the West Coast i would think

Yes. I was keenly looking westward from here last night but never saw anything

[Richard]

That hill must cut the veiw of the mountains a bit John

[wembley]

On holiday in Cambridge, lots of lightning this morning. A tree got blown to bits by lightning in Tokoroa

[Razor]

Canterbury Rain Radar looking nice and red and purple and blue at the moment

[melja]

Thunder heard in Rangiora

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[Chris W]

Canterbury Rain Radar looking nice and red and purple and blue at the moment

Indeed, it has been looking unstable all afternoon from Amberley and now from town. The next week doesn’t look all that stable either.

[Richard]

Seen a flash of lightning to the east.

[Dean.]

Hail reported near Loburn

[Tornado Tim]

Some storms going off in Canterbury, impressive rain band off the coast.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Canterbury Rain Radar looking nice and red and purple and blue at the moment

Yes. I noticed that too, seems to be mostly out to sea.
Must be a low out there as there is some rotation in the rainfall.
9mm to 4:30pm so far with today'srainfall.
I too thought I heard a long rumble of thunder earlier on this afternoon but assumed it was a truck and trailor unit going past down the road.