Re: Thunderstorms Eastern SI 5/12/20
Posted: Sat 05/12/2020 17:38
Hail over Herbert and Bradley
Darkening overhead. Cold wind now as well.
Edit - hail here now
Darkening overhead. Cold wind now as well.
Edit - hail here now
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Re: Thunderstorms Eastern SI 5/12/20
Posted: Sat 05/12/2020 17:48
Nice photo from above. Some photos from here.
Re: Thunderstorms Eastern SI 5/12/20
Posted: Sat 05/12/2020 17:54
Suddenly a lot of white on the radar, heading for the city. Severe storm getting organised?
Re: Thunderstorms Eastern SI 5/12/20
Posted: Sat 05/12/2020 17:59
It looks threatening overhead in Avonhead.
Re: Thunderstorms Eastern SI 5/12/20
Posted: Sat 05/12/2020 18:03
Constant thunder and lightning approaching Rolleston.
Edit: followed by heavy rain and hail. Kids loving it.
Edit: followed by heavy rain and hail. Kids loving it.
Re: Thunderstorms Eastern SI 5/12/20
Posted: Sat 05/12/2020 18:20
Thunder booming again, from that incoming storm. This is turning out to be a heck of a drought-breaker of a day!
Re: Thunderstorms Eastern SI 5/12/20
Posted: Sat 05/12/2020 18:53
One close strike here in Somerfield, otherwise a fairly quiet storm here. No hail, heavy-ish rain. Good for the garden 
Re: Thunderstorms Eastern SI 5/12/20
Posted: Sat 05/12/2020 19:03
Same in Parklands. Saw some flashes in the distance but all it was here was rain and hail.
Re: Thunderstorms Eastern SI 5/12/20
Posted: Sat 05/12/2020 19:04
Just a spell of heavy rain, with a bit of hail in St Albans, along with gusty winds and a few flashes of lightning.
Re: Thunderstorms Eastern SI 5/12/20
Posted: Sat 05/12/2020 19:46
Chased today in touch with Mike and Aaron, here's the best I got.. and here's a timelapse of thunderstorm corner creating storm #1 of 2 today: https://youtu.be/whE3slI7ywA
Re: Thunderstorms Eastern SI 5/12/20
Posted: Sat 05/12/2020 19:52
Nice one there, Andrew. It was probably the only rumble of thunder I heard today which came from that direction?
Re: Thunderstorms Eastern SI 5/12/20
Posted: Sat 05/12/2020 19:53
Very successful chase day, been out since 1 30pm. Caught these beauty photos from the first initial storms from Geraldine/ timar area..then travelled back north and inland from ashburton where more storms developed off mt peel.. chased it all the way north into Christchurch. Some good CGs along the way! The hail would of been 10mm so quite small for a day like today. Celebration drink tonight for good successful day.
Last two photos are just nice cumulus forms after a great days chasing!
Last two photos are just nice cumulus forms after a great days chasing!
Re: Thunderstorms Eastern SI 5/12/20
Posted: Sat 05/12/2020 19:59
Oh no, mate, it went off!!!NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: ↑Sat 05/12/2020 19:52 Nice one there, Andrew. It was probably the only rumble of thunder I heard today which came from that direction?
Re: Thunderstorms Eastern SI 5/12/20
Posted: Sat 05/12/2020 23:31
Another picture from today
Re: Thunderstorms Eastern SI 5/12/20
Posted: Sun 06/12/2020 07:21
A few pics nabbed from FB of yesterdays storm. I thought there'd be more pics floating around to be honest cause it was quite impressive out here.
Re: Thunderstorms Eastern SI 5/12/20
Posted: Sun 06/12/2020 14:20
The Canterbury high country stayed fine throughout the event just as models and Metservice predicted....Some nice CBs observed from Lake Heron towards the plains