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Re: First Major Winter Storm of 2019

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TonyT wrote: ↑Fri 31/05/2019 23:10 Long deep rumbles of thunder in Amberley now.

Edit - and now multiple flashes and sharp crackling thunder just a few seconds after the flash

An expanding seam of deep purple on the radar, extending south, so I’m not surprised to hear that.

This is a fascinating night so far.
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TonyT wrote: ↑Fri 31/05/2019 23:10 Long deep rumbles of thunder in Amberley now.

Edit - and now multiple flashes and sharp crackling thunder just a few seconds after the flash
I thought there might of been chance of a storm in Canterbury this afternoon/evening
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I've got a snow report from Geraldine below Te Moana gorge! About 255m
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Lightning in Chch.
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Lightning continues. I spent some time outside as its hardly raining at all, and the flashes all seem to be intra-cloud, and seem to be scattered all around. Some are very close with barely a second between flash and the most hair-raising cracks of thunder which shake the house. Some are further away with deep long rumbles, and some seem to be to the south or southwest so I wouldn't be surprised if they are being heard in Rangiora/Kaiapoi or northern Christchurch.
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Razor wrote: ↑Fri 31/05/2019 23:22
Have there? Not yet from my observations. I say YET
I'm less than a KM from the CBD and there was a decent heavy band around 11pm. Been on and off since
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The winds have been light and variable all day and there still onshore at midnight with a convergence zone right over the area where the thunderstorms are being reported cold air aloft to 500mb -26
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Chris W wrote: ↑Fri 31/05/2019 23:47 Lightning in Chch.
lucky you. auckland had some fun tonight as well.
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Re: First Major Winter Storm of 2019

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No sign of lightning on this side of Chch but watching with interest. Just coming back into rain tho
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Ive seen a couple of flashes and could hear a few distant rumbles, not so much the last 10 mins or so though.
Might be the city in the firing line soon as a heavy convective band is getting organised i pegasus bay, seems to be wrapping in.
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A GFS clearly showing the convergence zone as at midnight tonight.

So between that, the southerly change, cold air aloft and warm temperatures this week there was a chance!
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Torrential rain here now, radar looks great. Only three flashes so far this evening/night, but more to come perhaps.
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Light to moderate rain here, dead calm. Great radar
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Snowing in Methven (Mid Canterbury) around 310m
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Very heavy rain here in Rakaia constantly during the past hour
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Torrential rain in Sheffield/Waddington
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MoorfNZ wrote: ↑Sat 01/06/2019 01:31 Torrential rain in Sheffield/Waddington
Look out the window.. snow now
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snowchaser01 wrote: ↑Sat 01/06/2019 01:39
MoorfNZ wrote: ↑Sat 01/06/2019 01:31 Torrential rain in Sheffield/Waddington
Look out the window.. snow now
Oh yes.. right on the cusp! V. wet.. still loud on roof...
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It keeps trying to snow, but still mostly torrential rain with a few flakes mixed in...
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Settling a little. Nearly 1cm on the deck. Temps getting lower all the time. What temp have you got Helen?
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Still torrential rain in Rakaia
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1.6.. Waddington
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HERE we go.... big flakes, windy.. settling.
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MoorfNZ wrote: ↑Sat 01/06/2019 02:17 HERE we go.... big flakes, windy.. settling.
Any update Moor?? Grant would be hating all this snow :lol:
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Did clear to a stary night then the wind and rain returned about 4am, getting colder too, 3 deg atm. Radar not picking up much north of Amberly
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