Huge hailstorm - North Shore (24 September)

[TLMAN]

Hope nobody is out riding in this.

Im afraid for the windows on my house at the moment, its hammering down, thunder and lightning.

The pics taken below was after about 2 mins worth.

[fireball]

Hope nobody is out riding in this.

Im afraid for the windows on my house at the moment, its hammering down, thunder and lightning.

The pics taken below was after about 2 mins worth.

i was rescued just before it came pelting down.... bloody LilSel's ZZR broke down on me otherwise i would be riding in it! LOTSA FUN!!!! :Punk:

[Stickchick]

My cousin said that you guys have four seasons in one day, thought she was jokin...Obviously not

[Swoop]

Opened the throttle a bit :whistle: to beat it.

Looks like it is over the city now?

[LilSel]

yeah lucky I left work n rescued you n bike n came back to work huh!!!

Its thundering here n lightening too... I wasnt sure if it was just big rain drops or if it was hail bout 5mins ago (In Penrose)...

eeeeek... dont like thunder!! :baby:

[Xile]

Still thunders...
hopefully my roof and windows had not been damaged..but scary!!!

[Maha]

Hope nobody is out riding in this.

Im afraid for the windows on my house at the moment, its hammering down, thunder and lightning.

The pics taken below was after about 2 mins worth.


Got it here also....not the hail but thunder storm....lightning coming straight down and hitting the Dome Valley area....had the camera set on vid trying to get footage, but as per usual, soon as ya turn it off...oh there it is!...:pinch:

[fireball]

i have nice hot sun out west and a big double rainbow wish i had a digi cam but here is one from my pissy cell phone dunno if you can see it tho

[carbacca]

its thundering + torrential rain in east tamaki right now, all you bikers heading home take it easy and be careful

[EJT]

Watching all the lightning from my office in the City. Nice to be indoors! Looks like it is clearing up now. Thank goodness. Don't want to be riding in this rubbish

[pyrocam]

its left northcote
if any weather nerds are interested, here is the last 100 hours or so of the north island low forming, (satellite images, Xvid)

http://www.ohthehugemanatee.com/video/low%20forming%20of%20the%20west%20coast%2024%20sep %2007.avi

kinda cool spiral.

I just hope it holds out till 5

[BuFfY]

I was doing some work at uni today. It was soooo loud! I was too scared to drive all the way up to Whangaparaoa in it so I will wait untill it passes

[007XX]

Mmmmm...thunder and lightening! Inspires me with earthly energies...:innocent:Absolutely LOVE weather like this!!!:niceone:

Nothing better than doing the Monkey Jiggle in the rain though...:niceone:

[PirateJafa]

Myself'n a mate on the 'Shore are trying to triangulate the exact position of a bolt of lightning, using the times between each of us registering the peal of thunder, and the established fast that sound travels at 340m/s.

But I don't think it'll work unless either we find a third person, preferably in West Aucks, or unless one of us can see the flash of lightning as well? *goes back to calculations*

Disclaimer: Yes, we know we are both now geeks. But being able to pinpoint a bolt of lightning would be so totally awesome that frankly, we don't care! :)

[Mom]

Mmmmm...thunder and lightening! Inspires me with earthly energies...:innocent:Absolutely LOVE weather like this!!!:niceone:



You and me both, I have been known to get up at night to watch really cool storms, sadly I was at work during todays effort, my UPS obviously is not working as the power went out and I lost my entire payroll processing...grrrrrr

[Swoop]

The weird thing about all this...

It all started over Whenuapai air base AND there was a C-130 flying around at the time!

My theory is that the air-farce has a new, and highly secret, device to create heavy rain.

The next "war" they are involved in... "sorry, we can't be involved, ...rain stopped play".:rolleyes:

[BuFfY]

Myself'n a mate on the 'Shore are trying to triangulate the exact position of a bolt of lightning, using the times between each of us registering the peal of thunder, and the established fast that sound travels at 340m/s.

But I don't think it'll work unless either we find a third person, preferably in West Aucks, or unless one of us can see the flash of lightning as well? *goes back to calculations*

Disclaimer: Yes, we know we are both now geeks. But being able to pinpoint a bolt of lightning would be so totally awesome that frankly, we don't care! :)

That would be cool!
I am out west, but it hasn't happened since I got here. It was very very close in Mt Eden

[Scouse]

Nothing better than doing the Monkey Jiggle in the rain though...:niceone:Do ya need any help with that?

[LilSel]

Mmmmm...thunder and lightening! Inspires me with earthly energies...:innocent:Absolutely LOVE weather like this!!!:niceone:



Anything inspires you dear :cool::bleh:;)

[BMW]

Was about to leave work when it was on. I stayed till it stopped and got a really nice veiw of the rain bow on the bike with the dark thunder heads over the city from West harbour.

[fireball]

it looks better now that its dark nice and bright flashes over these ways now!

its inspiring me :Pokey:

[Curious_AJ]

hah, here there was no hail... (northcote)... so weird that it was hailing in other parts... there was FAT rain though.. the drops were huge! .. but no hail... :s

[007XX]

You and me both, I have been known to get up at night to watch really cool storm

Yep, used to do that too...Midsummer rains on my island are wicked...pelting down of warm water in humid weather that just begs for someone to go dance in the rain...and of course, I couldn't refuse that call of nature!:niceone:


Do ya need any help with that?

na thanks, took care of it! but thanks regardless for the selfless offer!:niceone::bleh::laugh:


Anything inspires you dear :cool::bleh:;)

Are you sure? It doesn't sound like me at all...:cool: :laugh:

But you got to admit, there is a raw power to electrical storms that is just energising...

[LilSel]

But you got to admit, there is a raw power to electrical storms that is just energising...

For sure!!... I have a thing for 'power'... funny that lol... I work in the electrical industry, one of my passions ;) I love my job!! (& dad is like god in the industry, I wanna be just like him when I 'grow up', he's my hero :D)
*sings* (literally) 'Ive got the power...' :D

[caesius]

Originally Posted by 007XX View Post

But you got to admit, there is a raw power to electrical storms that is just energising...

Yeah I read somewhere that those who've been hit by lightning can confirm its "energising" ability.

[sAsLEX]

http://www.portunus.net.nz/weather/StormVue.html

Lightning!

[Blackbird]

We copped it in Tokoroa mid-afternoon. The sub-station at our pulp and paper mill copped a direct hit around 3pm which took out the power in Tokoroa too. Power was back on in Tokoroa just after 5, but we're still down at the mill. That's nearly $2 million in lost production so far.

[blue_eyez]

Mmmmm...thunder and lightening! Inspires me with earthly energies...:innocent:Absolutely LOVE weather like this!!!:niceone:

Nothing better than doing the Monkey Jiggle in the rain though...:niceone:

I'm with you on that one 007XX, there is something... i'm not sure what the word is.... enlivening maybe? about a thunder storm.... the way it can be so dark and dreary and then all of a sudden the sky lights up with thousands of different colours.... it's magical :2thumbsup

[007XX]

Yeah I read somewhere that those who've been hit by lightning can confirm its "energising" ability.

Beats shoving your fingers in the power socket though...:pinch::laugh:



I'm with you on that one 007XX, there is something... i'm not sure what the word is.... enlivening maybe? about a thunder storm.... the way it can be so dark and dreary and then all of a sudden the sky lights up with thousands of different colours.... it's magical :2thumbsup

Absolutely...it feels so primeval and pure...

mmm...i wonder if the corporate crowd I work with would have a heart attack if I started to dance naked in the storm...:devil2::jerry:

[fireball]

there is supposed to be more of the same today

i want to go ride in it!

[canarlee]

i got caught in the 1st lot of hail around hamilton on monday morning, went into auckland to visit someone on my way through to the bay of islands and it was sunny and warm!

however upon leaving mates house i got caught in a second and third lot of hail storms!


not good i tell ya, bruises came through from the hail it was that bad. visibility was zero.