Absolutely stunning supercell developed just prior to sunset as I was on the way back to my hotel! It rotated and split into a right mover and left moving supercell with this being the right mover and illuminated by the setting sun.
It produced hailstones to at lest 2 to 3 cm in diameter as the storm passed over head on dusk! It also produced beautiful lightning!
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A tropical depression off the north east Queensland coast north east of Mackay and east of Townsville has gained strength overnight and is now under watch for further development into a tropical cyclone.
CIMSS has this storm under investigation as a “Tropical Depression”. There is now distinct circulation close to the core and strong convection (Cumulonimbus clouds) is also visible on satellite photos. The storm presently does not have a distinct eye and its future development now depends on its proximity to the Queensland coast.
Offshore weather stations close to the core being:-
Are reporting maximum wind gusts of between 39 km/h and 76 km/h. At the time of writing, the core of the storm is offshore and situated between all three weather stations mentioned above.
The Flinders Island Weather Station to the south of the core has reported the strongest wind gusts to date being 76 km/h between 1.13 am and 1.30 am 28/2/2021.
A weather station at Hamilton Island further away to the south west has recorded two peak wind gusts of 82 km/h at 7 am and 7.02 am 28/2/2021.
This storm appears to be moving south east and if it continues that direction, then the storm would remain offshore but at the present time a detailed forecast track has not been developed and at Sunday morning, a tropical cyclone watch had not even been issued.
The system including the monsoonal low within the area has brought some high rainfall totals including:-
Lower Gregory Alert 118 mm.
Preston Alert 112 mm
Up River Road 104 mm.
For the 24 hours to 9 am 28/2/2021 but such rainfall is localized to small areas of the Queensland Coast.
The images attached to this article are taken from CIMSS and Himawari-8 which clearly shows how close the storm is to the Queensland Coast.
Its development will continue to be watched due to its proximity to the coastline.
Addendum 28/2/2021 - Further developments
Since the publication of the above storey, the Bureau of Meteorology has issued a Tropical Cyclone advice for an area between Cape Flattery to Lucinda including Cairns for a possible tropical cyclone to develop in coming days. The storm at the time of issue of the advice at 11.33 am Sunday morning was located approximately 270 km east of Cairns and moving south west at 15 km per hour. However landfall was not expected.
Sea surface temperatures are around 29C off Cairns which would support a tropical cyclone in the range of Category 2 (possibly Category 3).
Another weather station close to the core of the storm being Holmes Reef has reported a peak wind gust of 76 km/h Sunday afternoon which gives an indication of its current strength.
The storm is forecast to develop further into a tropical cyclone during Tuesday 2 March 2021.
The main issue at the current time is heavy rain and flooding of coastal rivers and the highest rainfall to 4 pm Sunday afternoon is 52 mm at Alva Beach. Flood watches have been issued for the coastal areas and rivers due to forecast rainfall for the region.
The region stretching from Sydney northwards into Queensland has again seen another wet week. Thunderstorms, rain events and even flooding has been a feature especially for the New South Wales north coast and areas north of Coffs Harbour.
For the 24 hours to 9 am 25 February 2021, a significant rainfall event impacted a small area north of Coffs Harbour but south of Grafton. A number of weather stations within the region recorded between 100 mm and 200 mm of rain which resulted in flooding along the Orara River. The highest rainfall totals for the event included:-
Wooli Sportsground - 166 mm.
Corindi River (Pacific HWY) - 153 mm.
Woolgoolga WTP - 148 mm.
Glenreagh - 125 mm.
Minnie Water Pump Shed - 109 mm.
There was also an isolated fall of 165 mm at Baryulgil.
The flooding damaged homes and the major north to south rail link which included the derailment of part of a freight train traversing through the impacted area.
The Orara River at Glenreagh experienced moderate to major flooding During Thursday with a flood peak in excess of 11 metres.
Late morning on Thursday 25/2/2021, a thunderstorm brought moderate rain to parts of Sydney with the heaviest rainfalls occurring around Parramatta and Auburn areas.
Thunderstorms also impacted the Tamworth region on the 24/2/2021 with one particular storm producing wind gusts of 80 km/h at the airport between 4.34 pm and 4.42 pm (24/2/2021).
The satellite images have consistently shown large cloud masses which has resulted in regular back up rain. During Saturday, another cloud mass is impacting eastern New South Wales which has brought 33 mm of rain to Armidale (Northern Tablelands) between 9 am and 1 pm plus 14.6 mm for the 24 hours to 9 am 27/2/2021 at the same location.
The same cloud mass brought 81 mm of rain to Caroda (North of Mt Kaputar - New South Wales) for the 24 hours to 9 am 27/2/2021.
As shown on the weekly rainfall total plot for the week ending the 26 February 2021, parts of the New South Wales North Coast has received between 200 and 300 mm of rain over the past 7 days.
The La Nina event has brought constant cloud cover and regular rain events especially across Eastern New South Wales during January and February. In addition, there has been a lack of hot days and it has only reached 30C on no more than 3 days here at Blacktown during February 2021.
At Blacktown in Western Sydney, rainfall has been recorded on at least 15 days of the past 27 days. Cumulative totals have varied between 97 mm and 147 mm spread evenly across the month. Other than a significant fall of between 34 and 50 mm on the 2/2/2021, this rain has generally been light to moderate in intensity.
Further rainfall is expected over coming days especially across north east New South Wales and it is known that a significant event is now possible along the north Queensland coast in coming days. The CIMSS has a potential storm under investigation for possible development into a tropical cyclone and future rainfall models are suggesting falls of between 200 mm and 400 mm within a coastal area stretching north from Mackay to Cairns. As such, the current wet episode impacting Eastern New South Wales and Queensland will continue and it is likely that more significant events are possible in coming days and weeks.
During the period 15 to the 21 February 2021, coastal showers have impacted the coastal strip of New South Wales from Sydney to the Queensland border and inland to the Great Dividing Range. Very little of the rainfall has penetrated inland west of the Great Dividing Range.
Some rainfalls have been significant in localized areas and over the past 7 days, accumulative rainfalls have been significant for some locales. For the 24 hours to 9 am 20/2/2021, some heavy rainfall totals include:-
Richmond / Tweed River valley / Far North Coast (NE New South Wales)
The Channon 201 mm.
Dunoon 163 mm.
Byron Bay 131 mm.
Mullumbimby 121 mm.
Yelgun Creek.
Localised falls exceeding 100 mm were common in this area but limited to this region.
Bellinger Valley
Bowraville 116 mm.
Mid North coast
Redoak 129 mm.
Laurieton (Mill Street 118 mm).
As a result of the constant rainfall, some flooding has occurred in river catchments including the Bellinger River at Thora and the Wilson River at Lismore, both of which were in minor flood during Saturday.
During Saturday 20/2/21, constant showers soaked the Port Macquarie region on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales which included rainfall totals of 65 mm at Port Macquarie Dam and 72 mm at Redoak (Figures for the 24 hours to 9 am 21/2/21).
For the week ending 20 February 2021, accumulative rainfall totals have reached in excess of 200 mm for the coastal areas of the Tweed River Valleys and the Bellinger Valley / Coffs Harbour Region with significant areas of the North Coast of New South Wales also receiving at least 100 mm to 150 mm.
Across Sydney, falls have been lighter with accumulative totals in the range of 25 mm to 50 mm common however some of the showers have also been heavy although brief in nature. Onshore winds have brought much cloud and high humidity with regular showers, especially overnight and early morning but no significant hot weather.
The rainfall plots have been generated from the Water and the Land site (Bureau of Meteorology) dated 20 and 21 February 2021.
