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Re: General April Weather

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Looking quite lightning active in the Tasman Sea according to Blitzortung.
Probably heading towards Auckland?
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Fri 26/04/2019 15:06 Looking quite lightning active in the Tasman Sea according to Blitzortung.
Probably heading towards Auckland?
hope it does then it be second thunderstorm this week for auckland
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Sadly, it's dropping away :(
....that's global warming for you :(
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ah well. atleast we did get thunderstorms and waterspouts in auckland tuesday this week so. but as we coming to winter we will see them more maybe.
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Hey. it's perked up again.
Over 7000 strikes.
Get ready Auckland. :-$
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next minute it stops before it hits. but i will keep a look out in case it doesnt stop.
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18°C outside, and a blusterous northerly by the sound of it.
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I see Mt Cook airfield have got thunder and N gusts up to 60 knots this morning.
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fog coming in auckland now
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Ashburton airport on 19C while Timaru Airport is on 7C.
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A nice day here currently, sunny 22C, dp 17C, light winds.

A front crossing here tomorrow , some am thunder here tomorrow perhaps. GFS
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Been up to 22.5C here today. Normally not much to talk about for April, but with the below average temperatures we've been having it's actually our highest temperature for the month
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spwill wrote: Sat 27/04/2019 11:53 A nice day here currently, sunny 22C, dp 17C, light winds.

A front crossing here tomorrow , some am thunder here tomorrow perhaps. GFS

yes i agree. metservice is saying moderate risk for thunderstorms in auckland tommorow morning and afternoon. I will be on the look out for funnel clouds and waterspouts. also be keeping an eye out for CGs
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Few spots of rain from the NW here now after a mostly cloudy but mild day, high of 20c.
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Christchurch Airport had today's high on the airport data of 25C. Gisborne got the NI high by of 24C.

Thunder reported at Hokitika earlier.
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auckland could get a second lot of thunderstorms this week tommorow. moderate risk from metservice
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A little bit of IC lightning detected just north of Dunedin early evening.
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NZstorm wrote: Sat 27/04/2019 18:39 A little bit of IC lightning detected just north of Dunedin early evening.
Yes, I noticed that. Looked like there could of been something around here, this afternoon, but sadly, nothing :(
I was in Timaru today and it did look quite dark way to the south with quite a disturbed looking westerly sky, with lots of dark patches, which could induce instability.
Nice and warm here today, this morning before the thicker high cloud cover moved over. Westerly winds.
Here is a picture of cloud that a lightning bolt could of come through, but sadly nothing
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Looks as though the month will end as it began, with strong cold southwest airflow due tomorrow, snow in the far south and on the SI ranges, and near gale winds along the east coast. A sign of things to come perhaps, with increased southwest airflow likely to be a feature of the next couple of months.
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Its a pitty tomorrows front isnt better timed, the strong southerly will be through christchurch just after 9am.
Quite a quick moving punchy front though, heavy rain for a time and southerlies up to gale force in the afternoon.
Looks also to be some trailing back ender chain showers for the city and peninnsula in the evening that might lead to Hail.
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im hoping auckland sees thunderstorms tommorow. it did not today unfortunately
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Just a few light showers here today, overcaste 14-19C
Plenty of sunshine coming up this week after tomorrow.
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yes sunshine from tuesday onwards but on tuesday 7th may another front comes
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tornado wrote: Sun 28/04/2019 17:02 im hoping auckland sees thunderstorms tommorow. it did not today unfortunately
Yeah, pretty uninteresting today, a rather pitiful 3mm of showers.
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A little cb popped up off to the north-east of me this afternoon at 3:27pm - it was probably somewhere around the north shore
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