Weather Insert - The PRESS 4th Oct 2004

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Wed 29/09/2004 20:40

Paul Gorman's weather insert appears in The Press this coming Monday

Make sure you get hold/purchase/see of a copy.

JohnGaul
NZTS

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Thu 30/09/2004 19:51

Luckily I subscribe to the Press. Should be good - well I'm biased as I have contributed a peice on Christchurch southerlies. (we certainly had our share of them lately)

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Thu 30/09/2004 20:31

Is this the artical with info from you and Bob Crowder? With your tornado still etc in it?

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Thu 30/09/2004 21:17

Aaron J Wilkinson wrote:Is this the artical with info from you and Bob Crowder? With your tornado still etc in it?

Wait and see

JohnGaul
NZTS

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Mon 04/10/2004 08:30

Got the Press this morning, and the weather insert.

I see a number of forum members in there and a couple of other noteable names. Some good photos!

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Mon 04/10/2004 09:57

No Tornado still John? Maybe they didn't think it was good enough? In terms of quality....

A great insert!! none the less with good info.

But now John to be called a storm chaser you will have to do some storm chasing!!

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Mon 04/10/2004 16:33

Why dont you scan it and let us all see who dont live in Christchurch or abouts

03 Stormchaser wrote:Got the Press this morning, and the weather insert.

I see a number of forum members in there and a couple of other noteable names. Some good photos!

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Mon 04/10/2004 17:14

It's quite big!

It's 4 full sized pages off stuff! considering you know how big each page would be for THE PRESS down here?

Anyone want to attempt it?

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Mon 04/10/2004 17:51

Why don't the Press have a website? They are a bit behind the times.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 04/10/2004 17:57

A good insert thanks to Paul Gorman from the PRESS
Some people thought about falling off the roof, not because of being struck by lightning was quite funny (not being able to sit down comfortablbly for 2 weeks) and also tho the fact that I chased a tornado in a Morris Minor. I remember Cb Fan making reference to that in a posting at the time, possibly at the time on Brian's forum.
Ben's reference to the Southerly was very good, I thought and also Hayward Osborn's contribution to the NE, of which I feel is more important, or just as important to what people feel of Canterbury's weather, rather than just the Nor-West.
Good articles too from the Blue Skies Team

Thanks Tony and Angeline

JohnGaul
NZTS

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 04/10/2004 21:21

Yes, a very good insert in todays Press.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Mon 04/10/2004 22:08

Ben's reference to the Southerly was very good

Thanks

- I was inspired by an old MetSociety newsletter (or journal) article which divided Wellington's southerlies into separate categories. Canterbury southerlies can be classified in a similar manner, except of course the Wellington ones are usually alot stronger. As for Auckland, I suppose Michael can give a good description of its southwesterlies.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Mon 04/10/2004 22:11

Can someone send a copy???

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Mon 04/10/2004 22:15

Yes we actually do getdifferent South westeries besides the strength

We get SW that in an disturbed westerly flow they reach Gale in squalls then drop away and go more westerly or the horrid ones that bring the sheety rain when the high moves in the tasman or the boring ones in late spring that dont bring rain but blow their guts out or even a SE flow that goes to the BeeBop direction(SSW) and then once again the cloud rolls in up the coast and again rises to Gale

tich wrote:
Ben's reference to the Southerly was very good
Thanks - I was inspired by an old MetSociety newsletter (or journal) article which divided Wellington's southerlies into separate categories. Canterbury southerlies can be classified in a similar manner, except of course the Wellington ones are usually alot stronger. As for Auckland, I suppose Michael can give a good description of its southwesterlies.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 04/10/2004 23:01

Michael wrote:Can someone send a copy???

You must be able to get hold of a copy of the PRESS in Auckland, like some newstands here in ChCh stock the NZ Herald??

I've got 23 copies any way, if anyone wants one

...well telling a lie, Ive got 3

JohnGaul
NZTS

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 04/10/2004 23:57

Yes Deano

I will save you a copy

JohnGaul
NZTS

Dean. · Unread post by **Dean.** » Tue 05/10/2004 00:35

Hahahahaha
You read my mind,spooky!

Cheers John

Fujita Phil · Unread post by **Fujita Phil** » Tue 05/10/2004 09:36

Michael... are you still looking for a copy???

I have a spare copy at work. Email me at [email protected] with your address and I'll send you a copy today

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Tue 05/10/2004 20:08

Thanks mate I sent you an email

Fujita Phil wrote:Michael... are you still looking for a copy???

I have a spare copy at work. Email me at [email protected] with your address and I'll send you a copy today

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Tue 05/10/2004 20:21

I have read 'Our Mystical Weather'

I notice Bob Crowder mentions the Haswell Storm on 19 January 1983.

John, that photo I sent you was taken in January 1983, unfortunately I don't know the exact date, but chances are this could be the Haswell Storm or part of it.

Thunderstorm in direction of Haswell, January 1983.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Tue 05/10/2004 22:24

NZstorm wrote:I have read 'Our Mystical Weather'

I notice Bob Crowder mentions the Haswell Storm on 19 January 1983.

John, that photo I sent you was taken in January 1983, unfortunately I don't know the exact date, but chances are this could be the Haswell Storm or part of it.

Thunderstorm in direction of Haswell, January 1983.

I have that copy of that photo you sent me framed and is hanging here in my weather office, along with other metoerological pictures

It was probably the Halwell storm photographed by a MetService employee from the airport.
I remember the storm quite well feeling really disgrunted by driving a train away from it heading north to Picton. I never saw any tornadic forms but remember the sky being very dark over the Halswell area.
Bob Crowder told me that he only had 2 photos left in his camera at the time so he never got any good photos of it, which was a shame.

JohnGaul
NZTS

JohnGaul
NZTS

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Tue 05/10/2004 23:43

What I want to know is how on earth did the guy who took that photo get that lightning shot during the day?

I can only guess there was quite frequent lightning and the storm would've moved over late afternoon just before the sun set and possibly a polerizing filter was used. And maybe it was one of those cameras that was motorized that flicks off so many shots per second for a period of 5 seconds or something?

One guy that I've seen great day time lightning photo's from is this guy:

http://www.lightningboy.com
http://www.lightningboy.com/images/daylight/index.htm

Here's some of his pics:

http://www.lightningboy.com/images/dayl ... MG0090.jpg
http://www.lightningboy.com/images/dayl ... MG0091.jpg
http://www.lightningboy.com/images/dayl ... 3edit1.jpg

Ahh, of course. I forgot about another thing. If the lightning is strobbing that can be another way of getting it on film. A guy I know in Oz got this day time shot due to alot of the lightning within the storm he was chasing was strobbing:

http://www.nswstorms.com/photography/ph ... 23de18.jpg

I guess I've answered my question but still, to get something like that is quite amazing! It's the only day time photo of lightning from NZ that I've seen.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Wed 06/10/2004 07:42

The white precip seen next to the lightning is hail.

The origin of the photo. I was told it is was taken by a Met Service employee at Christchurch Airport and the lightning was caught on film by chance. This is not a video still.

I wish I could chance a lightning bolt like that. I believe the chances are extremely small, even if the lightning is very frequent.

A very interesting and I guess historic photo.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Wed 06/10/2004 11:52

I really like that Haswell Storm photo.
A Frontal Thunderstorm. Looks like a new cell has formed just ahead of the main Front with the heavy precipitation evident.

Thunderstorms still look possible for the North Island Friday-Saturday. The low is likely to have some Thundery rain or showers with it but if we get much day time heating this will lead to land convection.

Skywatcher · Unread post by **Skywatcher** » Wed 06/10/2004 12:45

Found a useful site on lightning photography: http://www.uscoles.com/phlightn.htm

One trick for daylight lightning is to use an electronic shutter release which detects the flash. There's a link to a Lightning Trigger product (US$329

) where it explains that this needs a camera with a short shutter lag time.

There's also a link to a couple of plans for DIY versions which might be interesting.