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Getting nice CGs from the approaching cell. Didn’t think I’d get any more but looks like this one might get me. This cell has some great structural aspects to it.


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I wonder if the showers will make it this far with the SE change pushing north
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Good to hear thunder again, bit of heavy rain and bit of lightning to boot.

CB tops quite soft and became glaciated quite quickly.
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Sunny windy day here. What rain we had yesterday appears to have mostly evaporated from the soil already
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well that shower line is moving NW nicely but looks to be weakening
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I went down to North Waikato this afternoon, Cbs and distant lightning observed. There were quite a few thunderstorm cells around.
A couple of cloud photos
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lightning active CB in the firth of thames currently
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Quite an impressive upper level feature triggering those storms today. Hopefully we can get something like it again in March!
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saw some nice cloud build ups from takanini today great CBs. I am not surprised storms formed. had a shower this morning. wished for some thunder but i heard two rumbles yesterday so i am not complining too much.
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Nice Cb pictures from you guys up Auckland area, over the Kaimai ranges
After yesterday's rain cleared away overnight delivering another 1.7mm of rain, it was a blue dome day here with a moderate NE for a while this afternoon. Today's maximum was 22C.
Some snow noticed on the mountains tops in the back country from yesterday's rain.
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Yes, noticed a white coating on the higher ranges from Chch this morning.
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I can see the lightning waaaaay out to the north east. Wonder how far away that is. Must be some very high towers.

It has bursts of strong activity. Sometimes 3-4 strikes in 10sexonds then more normally 3-5 strikes per minute



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Ugh man MetService 10 day forecast has 5 days of 29 in a row then 4 days of 28 in a row. No reprieve!


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nice and crisp and cool this morning for a change!
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Not a lot of precipitation with the thunderstorms yesterday, not typical Waikato thunderstorms.
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spwill wrote: Mon 24/02/2020 08:27 Not a lot of precipitation with the thunderstorms yesterday, not typical Waikato thunderstorms.
The LCL was fairly high compared to typical storm setups as well.
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spwill wrote:Not a lot of precipitation with the thunderstorms yesterday, not typical Waikato thunderstorms.
Got a welcome 7 to 8mm in Cambridge area from them.. Combined with 18mm on Saturday almost enough to expect to see some green shoots. But it was very localised and alot of even close nearby areas missed out. Plus with a week of 28 to 29 every day coming up, won't last long.

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Yea I’m still not even double digits for the year yet so very isolated. Yea the storms yesterday were cold outflow piles of crap. Cold wind with little precipitation. Mind you some people got 10-20mm from them but they are isolated pockets.


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have seen reports of lots of hail on the roads in the Coromandel yesterday
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That front on Saturday which raced up the Canterbury plains, still had enough vigour once it hit the upper south island.
The southerly sucked up instability left over from late afternoon, and a few heavy showers grazed right over the Marlborough and Richmond ranges into Nelson.
The ranges normally act as a barrier to southerly systems unless its moving up the west coast too.
A bonus 5-8mm in some places and big fat drops too, plus a thunderstorm out around Durville Island.
Some areas are starting to look greenish up here, but still need a lot more rain yet.
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Another fine, sunny day with a bit of an easterlie with today's maximum being 21.4C.
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Mondays high was 26,6deg, should be up around the same today.
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This month will break my record for highest mean daily maximum. Currently sitting on a mean max of 26.8C for the month, with around 27 expected each day for the rest of the month. Previous record was 26.1C in Jan 2018, so the record will be beaten by a good margin.
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David wrote: Tue 25/02/2020 08:04 This month will break my record for highest mean daily maximum. Currently sitting on a mean max of 26.8C for the month, with around 27 expected each day for the rest of the month. Previous record was 26.1C in Jan 2018, so the record will be beaten by a good margin.
I see Grey Lynn is at min15.9C -max 26.9C monthly average to date. Very dry ground and high sunshine hrs has helped liift the maximums
Edit, and less NE flow on the east side of town.
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and I suspect these sort of records will just keep on falling in the decades to come
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