Possible upper North Island thunderstorms - Dec 3

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Possible upper North Island thunderstorms - Dec 3

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lots of lightning out at sea at the moment. according to blitzortung. possibly heading this way. moderate risk for upper north island tommorow afternoon. so lets wait and see.
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Re: possible Upper north island thunderstorm 3rd december 2019

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I hope they don't arrive.
Auckland gets too many thunderstorms as compared to other main cities. <3
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Re: possible Upper north island thunderstorm 3rd december 2019

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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Mon 02/12/2019 20:21 I hope they don't arrive.
Auckland gets too many thunderstorms as compared to other main cities. <3
lol thats true. but you guys had your turn recently with the supercells,hail and tornadoes. so now its our turn. there is a whole lot of lightning out at the tasmin. I am thinking some of that will make it :) :lol:
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Re: possible Upper north island thunderstorm 3rd december 2019

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Models continue to show ample moisture feeding down the atmospheric river before the front tomorrow afternoon. Lots of warm moist air, a prefrontal trough and a sharp edged cold front always makes the day interesting :smile:
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Re: possible Upper north island thunderstorm 3rd december 2019

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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Mon 02/12/2019 20:21 I hope they don't arrive.
Auckland gets too many thunderstorms as compared to other main cities. <3
The rest of you can have the lot. Not my scene.
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Re: Possible upper North Island thunderstorms - Dec 3

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i see metservice reduced the risk to low. dam it. and not much lightning at tasmin now either. when will we aucklanders get a storm? it was dumb of me to make this thread. :mad: #-o
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Re: Possible upper North Island thunderstorms - Dec 3

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Some afternoon downpours is the best chance. I haven't had much luck this year, so hoping for a freak 20mm this afternoon on the convergence :smile:
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Re: Possible upper North Island thunderstorms - Dec 3

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Cyclone Tracy wrote: Tue 03/12/2019 08:10 Some afternoon downpours is the best chance. I haven't had much luck this year, so hoping for a freak 20mm this afternoon on the convergence :smile:

yes im hoping a good rain will do. wouldnt be surprised if theres a single strike of lightning somewhere.
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Re: Possible upper North Island thunderstorms - Dec 3

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its all going to slide down the coast by the looks
I did say that its hard for auckland to get decent rain out a tasman front at this time of year (but it can still happen)
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Re: Possible upper North Island thunderstorms - Dec 3

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i see in the tasmin lightning has started up again. possibly coming to auckland?
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Re: Possible upper North Island thunderstorms - Dec 3

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good heavy rain here now
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Re: Possible upper North Island thunderstorms - Dec 3

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very windy here and some just usefull rain (107kmh peak gust and 3mm)
big temperature drop, from 23c to 16c now
looks like we will get another 3 to 5mm from the next rain band
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Re: Possible upper North Island thunderstorms - Dec 3

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looks like taranaki is in for some thunder. lightning heading towards that direction according to blitz.



light rain here at the moment but was heavy before. windy here too
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Re: Possible upper North Island thunderstorms - Dec 3

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a usefull (any rain is usefull from now on ) 5mm here..sunshine now..but the wind and sun will quickly dry that out :(
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Re: Possible upper North Island thunderstorms - Dec 3

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yes. some rain here was heavy for a few minutes. 6mm here. i shouldnt of made the thread. stupid of me. there was a lot of lightning strikes. which made me think would come into auckland but nope. but still a bit of rain. lessons learned for next time. :(
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Re: Possible upper North Island thunderstorms - Dec 3

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It was nice to see a good clearance this afternoon to blue skies. The set up next Sunday/Monday looking promising at this stage.
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NZstorm wrote: Tue 03/12/2019 18:53 It was nice to see a good clearance this afternoon to blue skies. The set up next Sunday/Monday looking promising at this stage.
yes it sure does look promising. i didnt at first see this as a thunder set up.then i looked at blitz had a lot of lightning which made me thought some of it would make it but nope. it didnt. doh #-o. lots of lightning strikes around the western and southern south island today.
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Re: Possible upper North Island thunderstorms - Dec 3

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I was surprised how quickly the front suddenly got shunted on
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Re: Possible upper North Island thunderstorms - Dec 3

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https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/117905 ... on-airport

Estimate there were some gusts to 80 or 90 km/hr with the front - which is high for inland Waikato. I had a bit of cleaning up to do around the garden and have heard from others a similar story.
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