Widespread T-Storms 11-16 Dec

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Re: Widespread T-Storms 11-16 Dec

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Right in the thick of it. Rain rate up to 200mm/hr!
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Great lightshow from over there David, lots of IC lightning even between the tops of the two CBs
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Re: Widespread T-Storms 11-16 Dec

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Our turn in Tauranga at the mo. Rain rate about as high as we can handle without flooding at times. So far so good.

Seems the worst has now passed for the moment at least, peaked at 40mm/hr rate briefly, but fortunately not long enough this round. Dropped temp about 4°C.
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31mm in the last hour
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RODALCO wrote: Fri 14/12/2018 20:48 https://youtu.be/En5MVuzDtA8

Captured the audio of a nice lightning strike nearby when a car crashed across the road from us. The driver was ok.

Nice rumble of thunder, not interested in the car crash, but it was a one of those long rumbles where you expected a 'dump thunder' sound at the end. :smile:
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Needless to say won't be getting the garden hose out tomorrow :mrgreen:

Nice frequent lightning show way out east to end the evening
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Watching a new cell to the east lighting up every 10 or 11 seconds
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GraemeWi wrote: Fri 14/12/2018 22:50 Watching a new cell to the east lighting up every 10 or 11 seconds
Yes I was counting the seconds, at one point was flickering every 6 to 7 seconds. Don't often see that here.
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Still here at Bombay, big light show.
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Some great CG's as well. Had a strike with one second to thunder! Currently at Bombay.
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Lightning has come closer in the last 15 minutes. Very bright flashes to east with rumbling thunder...
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Lightning to the NE now as well. A line of cells in the gulf.
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A photo of lightning over Waiuku seen from Bombay
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Amazing that the thunderstorm activity in the gulf is still going at 2.30am. The thunder woke me up again.
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Been slowly ramping up though-out the day in Waihi, we had some decent storms pass to the east of us around 1 - 4pm but then things started ramping up around 7pm and haven't stopped, it was pretty impressive tonight, i can't remember the last time i have seen a light show so intense.
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5.20am and there is still lightning out to the E/NE.

The upper trough is shifting northward today but we should get one more round of heat driven convection today before the system clears off tonight.
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Crazy night here! 8-o 82mm since about 11pm last night, most of which fell in a few hours.
And lightning every few seconds for most of the night/morn, including several decent house rattling virtual flangs between 11pm and 1am.
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A rare thunderstorm show for NZ to get 8 hrs+ of near continuous lightning, I went to bed at 2am and it was still active to the east with Cb tops lighting up and distant rumbles . Well done NZstorm with your forecasting.
I will post some photos when I get around to processing them.
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Massive Lightning bolt over exposed but still dramatic!
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Forgot to post this here yesterday :) Cloud buildups over and near the Tararua Ranges
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Wellington southerly front timelapse: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBl3hsuIg2Q
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A couple of photos from North Waikato storms yesterday afternoon
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Very nice photos everyone! Super jealous
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Yes, just saw that funnel cloud photo by Richard , a good capture _b

A photo of the eastern Sky last night with Cb flashing away
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