{"id":160724,"date":"2025-11-30T05:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T05:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/160724\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T05:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T05:16:08","slug":"asperitas-clouds-wavy-clouds-caused-by-thunderstorms-seen-across-new-zealand-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/160724\/","title":{"rendered":"Asperitas clouds: \u2018Wavy\u2019 clouds caused by thunderstorms seen across New Zealand skies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">While the exact cause of the waves is \u201cdifficult\u201d to say, White suspects it could be due to thunderstorm activity being seen out to the west of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/topic\/new-zealand\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/topic\/new-zealand\/\">New Zealand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">It\u2019s also related to the wet weather being experienced across the country today.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Asperitas clouds have been seen across New Zealand today. Photo \/ Steph Weenink \" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Asperitas clouds have been seen across New Zealand today. Photo \/ Steph Weenink <\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe rapid updrafts and downdrafts of air in a thunderstorm can send ripples of waves out into the atmosphere, like a stone in a pond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">He said these waves can cause the cloud to be thinner in some areas and thicker in others, which changes how much light filters through from the sun. <\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">\u201c[It] gives it that wild swell look.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">Meanwhile, people on a Waimauku and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/topic\/muriwai\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/topic\/muriwai\/\">Muriwai<\/a> public social media group posted photos of the cloud, confused about what it was. <\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">Some thought it was pretty, cool, or strange, while some compared it to an appearance of \u201ctornado clouds\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">Clare Nicholas told the Herald she saw the cloudy formation before heavy rain started in Waimauku.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">She posted her image on the public page, which received over 600 reactions in five hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt was quite an incredible sight, [I\u2019ve] never seen it before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">Huapai resident Steph Weenink echoed a similar sentiment and also said she\u2019s \u201cnever seen clouds like this\u201d before.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Asperitas clouds seen in Waimauku. Photo \/ Clare Nicholas \" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Asperitas clouds seen in Waimauku. Photo \/ Clare Nicholas <\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/topic\/metservice\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/topic\/metservice\/\">Meteorologist<\/a> Braydon White said the thunderstorms out to sea are part of a \u201cmuch larger frontal system\u201d, that has been moving into the country today, and bringing rain and wind alongside it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">The system moves over New Zealand through today and overnight tonight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CHLSLkBXpVqCICiH\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cBy the end of tomorrow, much of the country is looking sunnier, with just a few showers lurking.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the exact cause of the waves is \u201cdifficult\u201d to say, White suspects it could be due to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2840,105765,51,682,3595,8604,6162,42895,105767,105768,3242,13840,13457,117,111,43,139,69,17711,7812,9877,73661,1361,20592,1865,105766,80],"class_list":["post-160724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-across","tag-asperitas","tag-auckland","tag-being","tag-by","tag-caused","tag-cloud","tag-clouds","tag-expansive","tag-formations","tag-large","tag-like","tag-look","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-parts","tag-seen","tag-skies","tag-swells","tag-that","tag-thunderstorms","tag-today","tag-wavy","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}