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10:15PM: Next Active Front arrives in lower North Island – heading northwards (+Maps)

10/06/2022 10:15am

Front 2 has now arrived in the lower North Island bringing downpours and thunderstorms as it quickly heads northwards.

As forecast on Thursday, an active cold front has Friday moved into the western side of NZ with scattered thunderstorms, squalls and even damaging hail. Now the next active cold front is moving up the North Island overnight Friday and into Saturday morning.

Large hail was earlier Friday recorded on the West Coast with a damaging shower producing hail larger than grapes.

Friday morning’s front was one of two active fronts coming in to NZ from the Tasman Sea today.

Front 2 arrived in Westland on Friday morning and reached Cook Strait around 9 to 10pm Friday, and tonight/overnight will move up the western side of the North Island – bringing similar risks to previous fronts in the past 24 hours (ie, a short burst of potentially severe weather, squalls, thunder, hail, strong wind). This is quite an active front and has a number of thunderstorms within it. Short and sharp.

The weather in the coming days will be similar with several surges of squally showers off the Tasman Sea caused by a storm still deepening south of NZ – and likely to remain there until early next week.

#10pm Friday Update:https://t.co/gb7E1qcpZ3 pic.twitter.com/P0oiyRN21j
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) June 10, 2022

Friday's Front 2⃣ is now approaching #CookStrait / #CentralNewZealand.

📡LIVE Rain Radar: https://t.co/sZ6VGdTVQY

⚠️CURRENT Thunderstorm Watches: https://t.co/7xoHniWE4o

⚡️LIVE Lightning Tracker: https://t.co/b7309qhVTk pic.twitter.com/pwixv8GUVO
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) June 10, 2022

#7PM

📡⚡️LIVE Lightning Tracker: https://t.co/MqbMYI7Fwz

⚠️#MetService Current Thunderstorm Watches: https://t.co/TFJsKmEyia https://t.co/gb7E1qcpZ3 pic.twitter.com/VDj9UoPOlW
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) June 10, 2022

🌀🧊A deep low in the #SouthernOcean (952hPa) is dredging up air from #Antarctica (👋to all the scientists at #ScottBase🐧) & towards #Tasmania, the #TasmanSea & then on to #NewZealand as a westerly.

Animation from our friends at https://t.co/GQH1tH64lL https://t.co/gb7E1qcpZ3 pic.twitter.com/vZ1GX5lDOB
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) June 10, 2022

#Queenstown ❄️❄️❄️#SNOW forecast to become heavier o'night – hourly forecasts for details. https://t.co/XgF4Xjq8Zk

✈️⚠️#FLYING into #ZQN? Marginal conditions next 24 hours (low cloud, low vis, snow). Up to the pilots & airports to make the decision at the time of flying.🧑‍✈️👩‍✈️🗒️ pic.twitter.com/CQbFrWyeIK
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) June 10, 2022

🔜To the Right: Friday sunset is heading towards #NZ.

🎵To the Left, to the Left…: #Antarctic air shooting northwards towards #TAS & the #TasmanSea. Satellite imagery courtesy Weatherzone.https://t.co/gb7E1qcpZ3 pic.twitter.com/pMI5buLHMg
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) June 10, 2022

#3PM Update. https://t.co/gb7E1qcpZ3 or download our free App. pic.twitter.com/HKWgzbBnF0
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) June 10, 2022

⚠️🥪 Lunchtime #thunderstorms & important thunderstorm links:

📡#LIVE Lightning Tracker: https://t.co/b7309qhVTk

⚡️@MetService Thunderstorm OUTLOOK: https://t.co/CrXdyQT85A

⛈️Thunderstorm/Lightning #RISK MAP: https://t.co/LVtkFshZJL pic.twitter.com/NFRSSVQRm8
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) June 10, 2022

#10am Update.

⚡️Live lightning
❄️Current snow cover

🟠 Front 1 will cross the North Island this morning, clearing this afternoon.
🔴 Front 2 moves into the South Island this afternoon, overnight for the North Island.https://t.co/gb7E1qcpZ3 for more details… pic.twitter.com/YNJQRZVQ80
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) June 9, 2022

⚠️#9AM. 2⃣active fronts today!

Front1⃣ is now zipping over the north of NZ.
Front2⃣is preparing to pounce – hits the #WestCoast this afternoon & the North Island's west coast after midnight tonight (at this stage).

Same risks: Isolated squalls/downpours, hail & #thunderstorms. pic.twitter.com/aProC9XRhI
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) June 9, 2022

Massive hail storm just trashed my deck 🙈 pic.twitter.com/65mO42OELl
— 🦈Westcoaster🐬 (@_MiIitia_) June 9, 2022

That's some large #hail! Thanks for sharing @_MiIitia_!#WestCoast, #NewZealand https://t.co/2e6WdxOrl9
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) June 9, 2022

❄️❄️How much #Snow is coming? Here's our 24 hour snow accumulation map + 3 day snow map. Both powered by our official partners at @IBM.

📺More details in our next weather video out later this morning.

Full #MetService snow warnings can be found here: https://t.co/7xoHniWE4o pic.twitter.com/0EoWHuQc0r
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) June 9, 2022

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Phil Smith on 9/06/2022 10:09pm

Unconfirmed tornado in Te horo beach this morning with fences down and horses running up the road

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