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Severe Weather Discussion => Tornado Alley Outbreaks and Severe Weather Worldwide => Topic started by: nzstorm on 17 October 2006, 11:59:56 AM

Title: New Zealand weather events
Post by: nzstorm on 17 October 2006, 11:59:56 AM

With the cold troughs of a weak El Nino there has been some big lightning shows along the west coast of the South Island in the past month.  Elsewhere in NZ just the odd weak storm.  Photo here from 30th September of a landspout funnel over West Auckland within a thunder shower.

(http://www.thunderstorm.co.nz/fn1.jpg)

Title: RE: New Zealand weather events
Post by: Jimmy Deguara on 18 October 2006, 12:32:12 AM

Very nice Steven!

Any damage?

Regards,

Jimmy Deguara

Title: RE: New Zealand weather events
Post by: nzstorm on 19 October 2006, 11:14:28 AM

No, but another storm the following day left a trail of minor damage which the fire service said was caused by a 'mini tornado' !!!  ::) ;D

Just add a photo here of the Oct 1st storm. Gust front over Auckland City.

(http://www.thunderstorm.co.nz/0110063.jpg)

Title: RE: New Zealand weather events
Post by: Jimmy Deguara on 19 October 2006, 02:55:45 PM

That is an impressive perspective of the gust front and shelf cloud!

Regards,

Jimmy Deguara

Title: RE: New Zealand weather events
Post by: nzstorm on 19 November 2006, 12:46:53 PM

Slightly off topic but icebergs are making to the NZ mainland this spring. They are off the coast of Dunedin.

Link
http://www.weatherforum.org.nz/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2226&sid=45fd5c52c3c904bc83ecdc44806add8b

Title: RE: New Zealand weather events
Post by: Jimmy Deguara on 19 November 2006, 01:54:44 PM

Hi Steve,

Yes heard about that ice berg - unbelievable site. I guess global warming/climate change is all over the news?

Regards,

Jimmy Deguara

Title: RE: New Zealand weather events
Post by: nzstorm on 19 December 2006, 01:41:59 PM

We are have a very cool and stable summer over here. >:(

We got scattered thunderstorms over northern NZ last Saturday with marble hail.  Photos of lightning over East Auckland area.

(http://www.thunderstorm.co.nz/0912063.jpg)

(http://www.thunderstorm.co.nz/0912065.jpg)

Title: RE: New Zealand weather events
Post by: nzstorm on 03 January 2007, 03:32:41 AM

We had a cold trough with unstable weather over the North Island last couple of days. 500mb temps around -25C.  Afternoon thunderstorms with hail upto marble size observed in some places.     

This landspout funnel cloud occured over Auckland on the 31st December.

(http://www.thunderstorm.co.nz/funnelcloud.jpg)

 

Title: RE: New Zealand weather events
Post by: Michael Bath on 03 January 2007, 05:35:37 AM

Nice shot of the funnel Steven - do you have any more photos of it, including any structure of the clouds ?

MB

Title: RE: New Zealand weather events
Post by: nzstorm on 04 January 2007, 12:56:17 PM

Hi Michael,  there was no real structure to the cloud build up.  This was a garden variety funnel cloud off tcu/cb. 

Something we don't see much of in NZ is structured severe storms like those in New South Wales or USA.