General December Weather

[darcyplumb]

Very turbulent skies above town at the moment. Towers everywhere that have developed very quickly over the last 30 minutes.

[JP.]

Its ridiculously hot in Lincoln now

Over 30c again on Jeff's in Hoon Hay. Can confirm in Wigram its HOT!

[Orion]

My xmas lilies are about a week early to open this year, so maybe a sign its been a bit warmer or is it more sunshine hours?

Just for the record, my first Regal Lilies opened overnight. About on usual schedule for my garden.

Was foggy first thing this morning, then, as others have observed, rained and was quite humid.
26.1°C at the moment on my thermometer.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Towers going up here with some juicy Cu congestus forms.
Some rumbles heard was up high in the cloud just after 5pm.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Sadly, the above was rather weak and cloud more or less quickly dissipated.
Warm and humid here today.

[Orion]

Mist coming in from the south-east, from the coast/river, now.
20.0°C and falling.
The sun has not yet set. (sets at 9:12pm tonight)

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Interesting weather here this evening. Clagg rolling in but you could hear thunder around 8pm.?

[trickytiger]

Had a little bit of thunder before the pleasant point Christmas parade, then rolling crackling thunder in temuka from about 7.30 until just after 9pm with possibly more to come, looks to be heading timaru way?

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Interesting day here today with surprisingly, hearing thunder when the sky is covered with clagg??????????????? I'm confused
....anyway, a humid or close, cloudy day with some rain this morning and a few drops this afternoon, with light variable winds from betwixt SW and east. In the afternoon interesting cloud forms did eventuate with thunder heard high up in the cloud. Later in the day low cloud and clagg rolled in from the south and remaining rather overcast right through to this evening. More thunder heard to the south this evening within the clagg.
Today's maximum was 24.4C with humidity up to 95% at one stage.

[darcyplumb]

Towers developing to my south already this morning. Similar area to yesterday. I’m right on the edge of the risk area again so I think I’ll miss out as I did yesterday.

[Richard]

Very nice photos John

[Richard]

Towers developing to my south already this morning. Similar area to yesterday. I’m right on the edge of the risk area again so I think I’ll miss out as I did yesterday.

Tomorrow looks like a day for you where a drive up into the Ashburton Lakes area could make for a fantastic day.
Ive been looking forward to Sundays chances, got a mate coming up for a xmas ale, this year we are having one each of - https://www.kererubrewing.co.nz/shop/be ... rial-stout. under a gazebo where we can watch any action if it does develop

[spwill]

Go out through Lewis Pass tomorrow Richard.

The gloom is back here today. Next week looks a much brighter week for Auckland. If I feel like a drive tomorrow I might head north, see where the convergence is in next few model runs.

[Richard]

A few bubbleups now to my SW, might even squeeze a shower.

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[spwill]

The latest GFS increases the thunderstorm risk over Auckland tomorrow, see how it looks in the morning.

[Razor]

Social media reports of a tornado damaging a few houses in Alexandra this evening

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

A generally cloudy and slightly humid day, not as bad as yesterday. Light southerlies for much of the day.
Today's maximum was 21.4C.
Clagg moving in late afternoon and evening.

[Storm Struck]

Social media reports of a tornado damaging a few houses in Alexandra this evening

Just seen footage from under the tornado near Alexandra on the Otago Weather Updates page on Facebook, quite impressive for New Zealand looked to be 150+kmh lots of flying debris too.
Will keep an eye out if it pops up on another site better for future reference linking.
They also said a caravan was completely obliterated, a classic stove pipe tornado.
I checked the radars in the area for the time and there was a definite wee hook there.

[Richard]

Only thing I can find is https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/weathe ... ges-others

[spwill]

Amazing to see a tornado in Central Otago.

[Nev]

Here's a few more videos and pics...

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zeal ... andra.html

'Tornado ‘incredible and chilling’' - ODT

'Tornado damages houses near Alexandra, South Island' - NZ Herald

'Roofs lifted from homes after tornado hits Central Otago' - 1News

[Orion]

Overcast and wet today: currently 13.6°C; mist or low cloud visible a little further up-country; MetService says 97% humidity.
Welcome rain, something over 20mm so far.

[wre1991]

Reports of tornado near Te Kauwhata.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/bopweat ... tid=Nif5oz

[spwill]

Reports of tornado near Te Kauwhata.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/bopweat ... tid=Nif5oz

Thanks for the funnel cloud photos. The radar has been showing an isolated Cb over north Waikato last couple of hrs.

[David]

Plenty of sunshine and humidity here today but just not much instability. Some cumulus development earlier but nothing significant