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Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 16:08**

over the kaipara heads now!

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 16:10**

Just out to my west, constant thunder, black skies. I suspect the lightning detector is a little off in the north west - the strikes should be approx 25-40 km closer in.

I'm now going out on the deck to enjoy the show

edit - visable lightning getting better

Cheers,

G

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 16:17**

Yes, I see it on the detector!! Have a good one guy's! We may get something here as a convergence is forming but maybe not. I 'know' you've got thunderstorms now so looking foward to some cool reports!

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 16:30**

Pic taken a few minutes ago

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 16:32**

i can hear it here now

rickys lightning tracker showing more accurate now...matches the rain
its heading straight for us....a repeat of sunday night!

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 17:00**

Nice storm - blue on the radar

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 17:07**

yes yes yes, 2nd storm in 2 weeks.

Just driving home to west aucks and i thought i saw lightning, so i rung me mum in kaukapakapa and she told me that it had been going on for a while and also claimed a cloud burst!.

Heavy rain and winds are now overhead and the odd rumble can be heard

ye-har

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 17:10**

that a nice pic by the way GraemeWi.

Does anyone know which way this is heading?

4 pm radar suggests Kaipara is getting the most action.

Is it moving NW or NE?

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 17:12**

we are getting some real close strikes, 2 seconds to the thunder
heaps of for lightning visible!

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 17:14**

Plenty of thunder claps out to our west and the last one was quite loud.

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 17:16**

Some heavy rain here now.

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 17:24**

good photo graeme....too much rain here for a good photo

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 17:24**

Thunder rolling now unfortuately it means rain for us and of course SW winds later

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 17:36**

C-Nimbus wrote:that a nice pic by the way GraemeWi.

Does anyone know which way this is heading?

4 pm radar suggests Kaipara is getting the most action.

Is it moving NW or NE?

It passed over us from west to east - heaps of heavy rain, lightning and thunder. Had some close hits - enough to make my ADSL modem drop offline...then thought it would be a good idea to unplug everything.

edit - just read the rain gauge, 9mm from the storm.

Good productive afternoon - nice storm, rain to fill the cracks in the garden, and I stood in a nest of hens eggs while I was on top of the hill taking pictures - bonus 6 eggs - hope there are no chicks inside or that will ruin my scrambled eggs tomorrow morning

I guess my decision to call of my trip to Darwin has paid off (I'd be threre right now if I could have got some more time off work)

Cheers,

G

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 17:38**

Rain is light here now but still have some Thunder and Lightning around.

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 17:43**

Damn that was a good show. Looks as though it's over now, the last strike was about 10 mins ago, and loud. Was very close.

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 17:52**

[quote="GraemeWi
Good productive afternoon - nice storm, rain to fill the cracks in the garden, and I stood in a nest of hens eggs while I was on top of the hill taking pictures - bonus 6 eggs - hope there are no chicks inside or that will ruin my scrambled eggs tomorrow morning

I guess my decision to call of my trip to Darwin has paid off (I'd be threre right now if I could have got some more time off work)

Cheers,

G[/quote]

ha ha ha, scrambled eggs classic!

heres the 4:15 NOAA sat pic. All it really shows is possible embedding of TS along an active front.

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 17:53**

Still have Lightning in our South- Eastern skies with quite loud thunder claps over Central Auckland.

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 17:54**

might help if i actually put up the image eh!

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 18:18**

Any more picc's GraemeWi!! Nice shot regarding the other pic. Nicely contrasted...

Storms now look to be easing across the North Island, hopefully a few more spring up near you guys!?

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 18:45**

A few more pics - this new monitor I have makes them look cactus - can really see the jpg compression and grain

Cheers,

G

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 18:45**

10 second rolling thunder just before and it sriked CLOSE!!
Short bursts of heavy rain, 15c,moderate N

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 19:52**

http://www.coolblueradio.com/bbchookshed.htm

a good 14mm in te awamutu

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 21:36**

Its (coolblue)now "Flava"

Manukau heads observer wrote:http://www.coolblueradio.com/bbchookshed.htm

a good 14mm in te awamutu

Posted: **Tue 23/11/2004 22:04**

Bob Crowder of the NZTS went up to Auckland today for the Ellerslie Flower Show.
No doubt he would be very appreciative of the thunderous welcome that you Aucklanders put on for him today

JohnGaul
NZTS

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