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That storm was a big hail/thunderstorm that happened, heaviest Ive seen in my life.
I've never seen hail where I'm currently living, not even once. Other places nearby, get it quite often though.
Just had a thunderstorm come through. A 6 on the Joe scale (1-10). A bit of window rattling. It's moved North, with the odd distant rumble still reaching here.
I think of torrential rain as rates of 25 mm+ an hour. I had that earlier in the day (couldn't drive in it), but it only lasted a minute or so.
I couldn't find any system for defining rainfall rates for NZ, only events. 100 mm in 24 hours is a heavy rainfall event, so the same as the UK met office.
But we don't have 12,000feet mountains so the orographic effect will not occur.
I've never seen hail where I'm currently living, not even once. Other places nearby, get it quite often though.
Just had a thunderstorm come through. A 6 on the Joe scale (1-10). A bit of window rattling. It's moved North, with the odd distant rumble still reaching here.
Really? It hails here in the middle of the summer. I seen hail in Florida when I visited.
LOL well there you go then thats why you don't see snow.
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