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Shepherds Valley WX · Sat 09/10/2004 19:48

Gentlemen,

Just heard some small rumblings of thunder to the West of the farm (towards the sea, west coast, NI) some slight sferic activity on the am band (10M freq) and on the 7pm radar there is a small active cell tracking down the west coast.

My WX readings at 1945:
Wind 0.8kts NE
Rain 0.0mm
Baro 999.5 tending down
Temp 14.6 C
Dew Point 9.2 C

Will keep u posted if any thing develops.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Sat 09/10/2004 20:34

Looks like significant rain in mid Canterbury according to 7PM radar, but just cloudy in central Chch at present.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sat 09/10/2004 21:33

Yes it does look impressive, be interesting too see the 10pm radar, still hight dew point here 10 and 11 C, overcast

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sat 09/10/2004 22:41

Latest rain radar looks good for south Canterbury!!

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Sat 09/10/2004 22:45

Latest rain radar looks good for south Canterbury!!

Yes the rain seems to have settled into Mid and South Canterbury, with a band of lighter stuff in North Canterbury and offshore to the east. Chch area looks to be free of precip, though I've noticed some slight drizzle outside.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sat 09/10/2004 22:50

tich wrote:
Latest rain radar looks good for south Canterbury!!
Yes the rain seems to have settled into Mid and South Canterbury, with a band of lighter stuff in North Canterbury and offshore to the east. Chch area looks to be free of precip, though I've noticed some slight drizzle outside.

Had a quick nosey outside no drizzy here!! but you can get that in CHCH drizzy in a part of CHCH and none in another

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Sat 09/10/2004 23:27

Had a quick nosey outside no drizzy here!! but you can get that in CHCH drizzy in a part of CHCH and none in another

None here at present either. When I mean slight drizzle, I mean drizzle that's too light to dampen the ground or even clothes, so it has virtually no impact.

Manukau heads obs · Sun 10/10/2004 00:39

12:30 am
just home from a dance....

yup, stevens boltek is picking up lightning strikes in a line to the west of the NI, not far out to see.....
hey thats an amazing range its got!

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Sun 10/10/2004 11:25

That heavy rain in South, Mid Canterbury went out east, with some areas recording 30mm over night

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sun 10/10/2004 12:03

03 Stormchaser wrote:That heavy rain in South, Mid Canterbury went out east, with some areas recording 30mm over night

Yes Steven, I noticed that but according to the AWS at Levels, not all that much fell around Timaru. I see that MS have forecasted heavy rain for their SW change sound of BP for tomorrow night

Might trigger a flash or 2 if the NE hangs in there,prior

JohnGaul
NZTS

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sun 10/10/2004 21:08

A Thunderstorm over Napier Airport this afternoon according to my wife who is a flight attendant and was there this afternoon.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sun 10/10/2004 21:33

spwill wrote:A Thunderstorm over Napier Airport this afternoon according to my wife who is a flight attendant and was there this afternoon.

This was reported on the TV3 weather plus Steven's lightning tracker recorded a few lightning strikes near that area as well

JohnGaul
NZTS

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Thunder West of our position!!