Murmurings of thunder NW of Helensville/Sth Head - Nth Is

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Murmurings of thunder NW of Helensville/Sth Head - Nth Is

Unread post by Shepherds Valley WX »

Gidday guys,

Just in from moving the cattle in heavy cold rain ... heard some distant thunder rumblings towards the sea...wind here has dropped back to 12knts average, temp 14.5C, Dew Point 12.0C, Baro 1004.5 and dropping quickly.

:D Fingers crossed? :?:
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Thanks for the report Macca. :)

That front moving in overnight could be the site for some cb development.
Not a lot happening on the 1800 NZST satellite though.
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Bloody boring day here in ChCh :x
Low cloud all day :evil: despite the NE
boring :cry: :cry:

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John, the upper looked a tad unstable over the South Island today. The 500hpa temperature is -29C which is very cold. Met Service were going for heavy showers/hail in Otago, which didn't happen as there is nothing to lift the air.
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NZstorm wrote:John, the upper looked a tad unstable over the South Island today. The 500hpa temperature is -29C which is very cold. Met Service were going for heavy showers/hail in Otago, which didn't happen as there is nothing to lift the air.
Yeah... nothing to clear the cloud :x :evil:


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Unread post by Manukau heads obs »

rain here now too
wind dropped
temperature dropping
front must be on us now :)

there looked the potential for embedded cb's alright
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