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Bumpy at 6km and -22C, over Hanmer.

CGs and booming thunder!

nothing here yet sadly. but i will keep an eye on the radar and the blitz

Starting to rumble here from the NW

i can hear it but very distant.

Full on here in Swanson, heaps of lightning before the rain hit, thunder is house shaking. We have had a couple of good cgs within a few km

can hear distant thunder more now

Haven't heard any rumbling here yet, looks like we might get some later though, main band looks pretty intense too

Ah, as soon as I post, heard the first brief low rumble in the distance

heaps of thunder and lightning here

saw a flash of lightning just now. and thunder getting more intense. its proberly gonna die away as its gets here as always. im hoping not. hoping it stays strong.

Rain rate here now up to 74mm/hr, heavy stuff!

edit make that 77mm/hr

red-edit - and 30 seconds later the rain has nearly stopped

Some distant rumbles again audible from Amberley. Not often we get two rounds in one day.

Lots of thunder, lightning and heavy rain. Many IC strikes. One at least every minute.

I can see flashes over the city. Dark clouds here in Manurewa, but no rain yet.

Thunder was continuous at Waimauku. Back at Grey Lynn to dry off and rain just starting here.

reports of a very sudden wind gust at 4pm at the top of the peninsular here by some locals (Orua bay)
windows and doors blown in and leaves through the house

seemed to weaken with thunder and lightning. starting to rain. maybe another storm tommorow?

Went to the local reserve with a view over the city at 8pm and gave up soon after, surprised at the lack of lightning. Did become very blustery up there 5 minutes ago though.

David wrote: ↑Sun 10/11/2019 20:43 Went to the local reserve with a view over the city at 8pm and gave up soon after, surprised at the lack of lightning. Did become very blustery up there 5 minutes ago though.

yeah it dies off as always. hopefully tommorow that doesnt happen.

View of the storm from Remuera, Cg in the right of photo Edit another photo, quite a bit of lightning seen from Remuera looking west

tornado wrote: ↑Sun 10/11/2019 20:46 yeah it dies off as always. hopefully tommorow that doesnt happen.

Hope not, last decent rainfall was almost 4 weeks ago now. If tomorrow doesn't deliver I'll have to start watering the garden which is very dry now

Lightning behind the cabbage tree in this shot.

Uner the shelf cloud Te Atatu

Looks epic up there. On landing the lower cloud base at Chch had to be just a few hundred metres, but there’s a dry layer up to about 4000m then thick cloud above that. Incoming heavy rain now, total overnight looks to have increased locally going by the MetService rain charts.

That cb line I posted looked stunning, best flight weather-wise that I’ve done in quite a while.