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thunderstorms heading towards the auckland area! (4pm)

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over the kaipara heads now!
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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

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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!
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Pic taken a few minutes ago 8)
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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!
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Nice storm - blue on the radar 8)
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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

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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?
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we are getting some real close strikes, 2 seconds to the thunder
heaps of for lightning visible!
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Plenty of thunder claps out to our west and the last one was quite loud.
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Some heavy rain here now.
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good photo graeme....too much rain here for a good photo
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Thunder rolling now unfortuately it means rain for us and of course SW winds later :twisted:
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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 :roll:

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)

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

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.
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Still have Lightning in our South- Eastern skies with quite loud thunder claps over Central Auckland.
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might help if i actually put up the image eh!
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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!?
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A few more pics - this new monitor I have makes them look cactus - can really see the jpg compression and grain ;)

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10 second rolling thunder just before and it sriked CLOSE!!
Short bursts of heavy rain, 15c,moderate N :D :D :P :P
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Its (coolblue)now "Flava"
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a good 14mm in te awamutu
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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 ;) :D

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