Possable Thunderstorms for Monday 29th November on Forecast

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Mon 29/11/2004 17:10

Whats the rain radar looking like? the Met services radar isnt working again.
Cheers
JASON TIPPET

jeffsweather · Unread post by **jeffsweather** » Mon 29/11/2004 17:33

Jasestrm wrote:Whats the rain radar looking like? the Met services radar isnt working again.
Cheers
JASON TIPPET

Grabbed this update off Saturn weather for 5pm

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Mon 29/11/2004 17:37

Thanks heaps Jeff!

You can see the rain activity associated with what I'm guessing is a SW? Also some strikes on the tracker in that area. Hopefully it pushes up this way?

TonyT · Unread post by **TonyT** » Mon 29/11/2004 17:47

Looks to me like its going to move offshore in a WSW and not get into Canty.

Most often when we have a front come through and the flow is expected to turn strongish westerly the next day, then the SW never really gest established over Canterbury, and showers dont make it up from Otago. Much more likely to happen if the flow is forecast to stay SW the next day. looking back, thats probably the reason for the unease I felt yesterday about forecasting storms for Canty for today.

However, I may yet be wrong...

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Mon 29/11/2004 17:53

Not quite sure what is happening thanks for the rain radar there Jeff

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Seems the radar is working for the Met Service again their radar shows something out towards SW Canty and the lightning seems to be drawing closer to CHCH Iam not sure what will happen though?.

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Cheers
JASON TIPPET.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Mon 29/11/2004 19:07

Just Gales here all day again,Lots of cloud as well

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Mon 29/11/2004 19:11

Big Cu congestus outside. Cb a little further south.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Mon 29/11/2004 19:16

Clouded over early afternoon around Akaroa; low cloud and some drizzle at times for most of afternoon...BUT as I write, proper rain is starting to fall, and I can hear frequent THUNDER.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Mon 29/11/2004 19:20

Rain now quite heavy with thunder and lightning. Not what you'd expect after an afternoon of low cloud and drizzle.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Mon 29/11/2004 19:26

Now we've got heavy (lentil sized) hail falling as well! (just starting to ease) The lightning seems to be sheet lightning as far as I can tell.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 29/11/2004 19:34

tich wrote:Now we've got heavy (lentil sized) hail falling as well! (just starting to ease) The lightning seems to be sheet lightning as far as I can tell.

Oh so that it where it is?

Haven't checked the lightning tracker yet but it did look good over that way coming home

JohnGaul
NZTS

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Mon 29/11/2004 19:41

Yeah the sun is shinning and the low cloud is completely gone

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Looks like some good CB's to the SW from my place and a few others scatterd around.
Maybe a spectacular storm tonight? although you cant get much shots in the dark the lightning is always spectacular but iam geussing they will hit before dark.

Lightning Tracker picking up strikes over Peninsula so Tich I hope U r enjoying the storms.

Now here's to see wether anything will happen here? the question remains what you think Aaron and others?.

Cheers
JASON TIPPET.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Mon 29/11/2004 20:10

Starting to clear now. Still some hail lying around, but it must've been heavier over the other, Akaroa side of the harbour (Takamatua), where there's a snow like dusting on the hills.

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Mon 29/11/2004 22:07

I don't think any storms are going to hit us here In Christchurch or North Canterbury tonight although the lightning detector is still going bloody good.
What do you think John gaul I dont think we will get any now whats your guess?.
Cheers
JASON TIPPET.

dogmelon · Unread post by **dogmelon** » Mon 29/11/2004 22:17

fairly useful lightning display out over the peninsula

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Mon 29/11/2004 22:21

thats some high energy lightning goin on there! even the auckland lightning detector is picking some of it up..

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 29/11/2004 22:34

Good lightning flashing away around and beyond the Port hills...
...but I'm tired and going off the bed...

....had a big Week-end

JohnGaul
NZTS

Skywatcher · Unread post by **Skywatcher** » Mon 29/11/2004 23:45

Great light show but too far away to hear anything and mostly obscured by low cloud. S'ly change came gusting through at 10:50.

A couple of 20s images I took which don't show all that much - I had the aperture stopped down too far on earlier attempts which would have been better

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Tue 30/11/2004 00:11

Yeah wow what a show out there iam positive i got some good lightning on video camera so iam just going to check digital camera now here's hoping.

Some of those flashes and bolts were blinding

had a few good distant thunder rumbles but nothing much really apart from some sporadic drops of rain at 10pm.
Here's hoping for some storms towards the end of this week its someone else's turn to set up a post this time and for friday/Saturday coming.
Cheers
JASON TIPPET

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Tue 30/11/2004 00:25

Bloody awsome show!!!! more to come

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Tue 30/11/2004 01:15

Steve and me are back from an awsome chase with lots of lightning and some ok pics! I managed to get some Cg's plus a few other photographs of lightning, they aren't the best but ok for my first proper go at getting the stuff. I'm pretty chuffed!

It started to rain and hail at one point so had to get back in the car while lightning kaboomed overhead. Here's one for tonight, got to get to bed!

Great stuff Steven G! One thing that would've been good about your postition compared to ours tonight is that compostion wise you were in a better spot with trees and the plains etc to make the shot more interesting. Where we were it was mostly sea. Great stuff anyway.

Yes Jason, maybe this Friday and Weekend coming up! Man, what a period of storms!

C-Nimbus · Unread post by **C-Nimbus** » Tue 30/11/2004 08:26

awesome pics there aaron.

esp that last one

Fujita Phil · Unread post by **Fujita Phil** » Tue 30/11/2004 12:59

super jealous aaron, well done

Skywatcher · Unread post by **Skywatcher** » Tue 30/11/2004 13:21

Good work, Aaron

Strike animation (105kB) is available at http://www.templeton.gen.nz/images/041129storm.gif and runs from 7pm to midnight.

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Tue 30/11/2004 13:37

Yeah great stuff Aaron I reackon thats better than my first lightning shot the other day

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I stayed up till midnight last night outside watching the storms move towards Kaikoura it was probly the first spectacualr storm I have seen at night so farr over the past five years although we did get a storm from the west about 3 years ago at 1am with god lightning and thunder but I wasn't as game to be out in it as iam now

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Whats the deal outside? the high cloud is burning off and the sun shinning with some nice clouds building up around us quite strange really

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There's still lightning so many miles out from the Peninsula or has that started agian this morning?.
I was video 'ing on my 30 sec digital camera but the night vision is crap atleast I know what works and what doesnt but I am getting a video camera very soon.
Cheers
JASON TIPPET.