Dramatic weather is continuing to unfold tonight thanks to a sub-tropical depression in the Tasman Sea.  Thousands of lightning strikes have been recorded today with another 83 strikes in the past hour over the North Island.  Head weather analyst at the Radio Network, Philip Duncan, says with plenty of tropical air still streaming down over the nation condtions will be volatile tonight and through Wednesday.  “We are still seeing torrential rain in parts of Tauranga, the Kaimai Ranges and inland Bay of Plenty this evening as moist air flows down from near Fiji.  We have concerns about river and stream levels across Bay of Plenty and East Cape tonight as the northern rain radar still shows plenty of heavy rain and isolated thunderstorms moving into the area”.