General January Weather

[David]

Simillar to the system 8/9th December so far with respect to rain, but it came in heavy a few days later.

We've had 19mm the last 3 days. Certainly "a bit less" than modelled

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Close day with occasional showers and not much wind.
Back home tomorrow and hopefully might get a thunderous welcome on our return.

[mikestormchaser]

Close day with occasional showers and not much wind.
Back home tomorrow and hopefully might get a thunderous welcome on our return.

Thunder activity looks to be inland otago to South Canterbury tomorrow. Much same as today

[darcyplumb]

Severe thunderstorm watch issued by MS.

[dogmelon]

There are three storm warnings at once. She's going for it down Otago way.

[darcyplumb]

Make that 4! Severe warning now also for the Peel Forest area.

[dogmelon]

That's not happened before I don't think. Crazy stuff.

[darcyplumb]

The storm between Rakaia and Chch has just erupted after interacting with the onshore breeze. Here in Ashburton, I’m surrounded by towers, very humid and hot.

[Storm Struck]

Storm just about to hit I'd say Rolleston, big CB cloud tops on it may brush western and Southern Christchurch soon.

[dogmelon]

I can hear distant thunder from hornby way

[darcyplumb]

Storm just about to hit I'd say Rolleston, big CB cloud tops on it may brush western and Southern Christchurch soon.

I can see the tops of the towers down my way. Very impressive and getting taller.

[dogmelon]

More angry looking bases are forming to the west of the main rain as just I've typically seen before.

Now it doesn't look so bad out west but instead its got a new angry base infront of the rain that may clobber Halswell.

[darcyplumb]

That storm moving down the Rangitata River looks to have a decent hail core.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Back home in Geraldine.
Continuous rumbling to the north here towards the Mt. Peel area.
Didn't look all that unstable in the upper atmos returning from Wellington.

[mikechamble]

Looks very impressive at a distance from my place in Parklands. Wasnt expecting to see that when i walked past my upstairs window

[einzack]

Had continuous distant rumblings here for 20 odd mins and then 15 mins of very heavy rain.
Rain has eased off now and have had a couple of massive cracks of thunder which seemed right over our house. Scared the pets quite a bit.
Temp was over 30°C before the rain. It's now 19°C.

[Storm Struck]

Continous thunder in southern Christchurch seen a few big bolts, its siddling its way in with the incoming SW.
Edit has definitely characteristics of a supercell, lightning shooting out the top now.

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[mikechamble]

MS just issued a Severe Thunderstorm warning for Christchurch & Selwyn:

Area: 

Selwyn and Christchurch City
Forecast: 

At 03:30 pm, MetService weather radar detected severe thunderstorms near LINCOLN, ROLLESTON, BURNHAM, SPRINGSTON and TEMPLETON. These severe thunderstorms are moving towards the eastsoutheast, and are expected to lie near LINCOLN, SPRINGSTON and TAITAPU at 04:00 pm and near LITTLE RIVER, BANKS PENINSULA, LAKE ELLESMERE and TAITAPU at 04:30 pm. These thunderstorms are expected to be accompanied by torrential rain, hail and frequent lightning.
Impact: 

Torrential rain can cause surface and/or flash flooding about streams, gullies and urban areas, and make driving conditions extremely hazardous. Hail can cause damage to crops, orchards and vines and may make driving conditions hazardous. Frequent lightning is dangerous to people and livestock, especially those exposed outdoors or on the water, and can cause power surges and damage to electrical equipment.

Update with the map - quite out of the watch zone

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[Iloveweather]

Magnificent thunder in Halswell

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

The thunderstorm to the north of here has suddenly stopped.

[mikechamble]

Still sunny and only hearing the occasional rumble from here in the East, but great view towards the hills

[Storm Struck]

That cell is heading out towards Akaroa, still very impressive to watch from the outer edge rather than being in it.
It went briefly SW but is now NE again, there is more moisture modeled so continue to keep your eyes peeled.

[darcyplumb]

I’m about to head to work but here’s my current view

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

A 'back-burner' thunderstorm is now moving out if the 4 Peaks area.
One fork seen (missed on my lightning camera) but mostly cloud to cloud.

[darcyplumb]

Rapid development basically everywhere I look. The best it’s looked all season.