STORMCHASERS

Welcome to stormchasers.co.nz. A website dedicated to thunderstorms and associated phenomena in New Zealand. Below gives a bit of information about the core members of this website and what they are all about... Hi there, my name is Aaron Wilkinson and I head up stormchasers.co.nz. Like most people I've always held a general interest in the weather, this grew into an appreciation of thunderstorms especially around the time I was 11 years old. Every time a thunderstorm would pop up or be mentioned in a forecast I'd have my eye's peeled looking for any action that may eventuate that day. When I was 17 years old a nasty thunderstorm moved over Christchurch on the 27th October 2002 and my interest grew even more, golf ball sized hail fell that day particularly in the southern areas of Christchurch causing damage. And the major event of the day was a tornado that formed in the Tai Tapu area, I saw this thing on the news and thought it looked amazing! I had to find out more, so began my..