A light frost on lawn this morning, also visible on parked cars and house roofs. Was -0.3°C elsewhere in town. Statistics: Posted by Orion — Sat 27/04/2024 06:17 ..read more

A reminder for Sunday - Two Fat Possums cafe/bar, 745 Weedons Ross Road, West Melton. Does 1.00 pm suit everyone Suits me, but would need a ride there. Statistics: Posted by tich — Sat 27/04/2024 03:11 ..read more

Active this week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKHL2m8WWhg Statistics: Posted by spwill — Sat 27/04/2024 01:25 ..read more

Nice summary of events from the Royal Meteorological society in this link: https://www.rmets.org/metmatters/dubai- ... ud-seeding Statistics: Posted by Simon Culling — Fri 26/04/2024 15:14 ..read more

Chased the lesston thunderstorm this afternoon, reasonable hail but I say no larger than 10- 13mm Saw a couple of CGs and captured one IC. Saw some good hail pics from kaiapoi this afternoon however I think big chunks were hail joined together. Still a strong storm though! Statistics: Posted by mikestormchaser — Fri 26/04/2024 09:04 ..read more

Saw the dark cloud approaching from the southwest just after 3pm, but went into the movie theatre in Riccarton before any precipitation hit. Statistics: Posted by tich — Fri 26/04/2024 06:48 ..read more

Updated from MS Severe Thunderstorm Warning Area: Selwyn, Waimakariri, Christchurch City Forecast: At 04:30 pm, MetService weather radar detected severe thunderstorms near SOUTHBRIDGE, LEESTON and IRWELL. These severe thunderstorms are moving towards the northeast, and are expected to lie near LINCOLN, ROLLESTON, SPRINGSTON, TAITAPU and TEMPLETON at 05:00 pm and near CHRISTCHURCH, KAIAPOI and BELFAST at 05:30 pm. These thunderstorms are expected to be accompanied by very heavy rain and large hail. Very heavy rain can cause surface and/or flash flooding about streams, gullies and urban are ..read more

Loud thunder out my Lincoln Uni window Statistics: Posted by Razor — Fri 26/04/2024 04:31 ..read more

The cell heading towards Lincoln way will probably clip southern Christchurch within the hour, also has large hail in it. For the record I have a welt on my hand from a hailstone, when I say welt it looks like a swelled up mosquito bite Statistics: Posted by Storm Struck — Fri 26/04/2024 04:29 ..read more

The storm near the Rakaia River is looking very impressive at the moment. The strongest of the two cells by far. Statistics: Posted by darcyplumb — Fri 26/04/2024 04:24 ..read more