Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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The change isn’t far away now!
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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2nd front through here now with wintry hail and strong southerly winds.
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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darcyplumb wrote: Wed 05/10/2022 16:09 The change isn’t far away now!
Yeah, seeing a line off to the South from here, looking like it's around the mouth of the Rangitata River on the radar at the moment,cloud has now filled the blue sky we had earlier.

Absolutely no wind at the moment.
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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The change has arrived. Very strong. Dogs took off straight away.
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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Woosh! It's arrived. 10.4°C at the moment...
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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Very chunky rain hitting the windows.
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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Current temps of 0C at Queenstown Airport, Manapouri, and Roxburgh. Very wintry for October.
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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Very dark looking over to the east, south and west of here now. A few drops of precipitation.
Lightning over to the East towards the banks :eek:
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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That cold front looks great on the radar as its charging its way north
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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I'm sure I just heard thunder in Lincoln, but nothing on the lightning tracker
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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2 photos taken this afternoon looking towards Mt. Peel and the 4 Peaks mountains.
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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Razor wrote: Wed 05/10/2022 17:28 I'm sure I just heard thunder in Lincoln, but nothing on the lightning tracker
Maybe 'Snow' thunder?
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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Richard wrote: Wed 05/10/2022 17:23 That cold front looks great on the radar as its charging its way north
Looking out to the Southeast of here, it's coming in like a freight train. :eek:
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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Frequent loud thunder now, incoming!
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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Some forks in Rolly, lots of thunder. Getting very very black.
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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The aforementioned cake has baked extra fast!
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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Gust front coming through now. _b

Proceeded by hail/graupel
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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Goodness me the leading edge of the front has really intensified since it moved through here about an hour ago. Radar looks impressive!
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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Razor wrote: Wed 05/10/2022 17:36 The aforementioned cake has baked extra fast!
I really enjoyed that analogy!
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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Heavy heavy graupel in Rolly. Big dry rounds
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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Snow showers off and on all day in Dunedin with sunny breaks in between. Wonder if the snow will lay once night falls.
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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The wind direction looking really good for a snow dump, presently sitting between South and South East. \:D/
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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Interesting clouds towards Mt. Peel taken just taken 5 minutes ago.
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Wed 05/10/2022 17:57 Interesting clouds towards Mt. Peel taken just taken 5 minutes ago.
Beautiful mammatus! My favourite cloud type.
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Re: Polar Blast - Oct 5-6

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I've heard 4 bits of thunder out waltham way.
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