This is what happens when hail drifts are swept down and congregate in one area -hail cliffs! Wow!
source:
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/worlds-largest-hailstones
Hail Cliffs 15 feet high!
This is what happens when hail drifts are swept down and congregate in one area -hail cliffs! Wow!
source:
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/worlds-largest-hailstones
228km/h winds hit Scotland and Great ...
According to this article, winds of up to 228km/h have smashed through Great Britain and Scotland with one reported death. http://mobile.news.com.au/world/one-dead-as-storm-with-record-wind-gusts-up-to-228kmh-lash-scotland-and-britain/story-fndir2ev-1226776529411
Storms, Rain and Snow 5th December 20...
Depending where you are in NSW or Victoria today, this system’s influence is impressive. Temperatures at 500hPa over Sydney for instance will drop in just 6 hours from -14C to -24C by 06Z or 5pm this afternoon. This is rather impressive destabilisation. Rain totals down in SE NSW are impressive and there should be snow on the higher pea [...]
4 Tornadoes Confirmed near Guyra 23rd...
Michael Bath has had positive confirmation that 4 tornadoes occurred in the region where he and Jason filmed a tornado last Saturday. Michael will post images and updates shortly.
Both the Bureau and a local in Guyra have confirmed other tornado tracks.
Jimmy
Ben Lomond Tornado 23 November 2013
The initial plan this day was to chase the Northern Rivers region, but a quick look early on Saturday 23rd November showed powerful storms active in the North West Plains district. Given the position of the upper trough and its forecast position later, I decided the Northern Tablelands were be a good option early, with a drop back to the Nort [...]
Severe Cell at Singleton 23(11)13
Hi everyone ,left Penrith about 8.00 am on Saturday to get to my target area which was between Bulga and singleton , on the putty road on the way up went through about three different small cells which weren’t to interesting so I moved on to Bulga And saw some good towers over towards Denman ,finally got some signal for radar and saw th [...]
Taree Hailstorm (25/11/2013 1605hrs)
Taree just got hit real hard with a hail storm and strong winds.
I was in the middle of maintenance/repairs of one of my radio masts as it hit luckily as the winds were strong enough to bend my UHF base antenna near horizontal and the guy cables were about to snap.
There was enough force in the wind that I (one very heavy block) was being dra [...]
Significant storm near Cessnock (Hunt...
Saturday morning 23 November, I left Sydney at 6 am and was afforded light traffic leaving Sydney. This permitted me to reach Hornsby rather quickly. I headed up the F3 freeway and I was stunned to be chasing an early storm by 7.30 am approaching Cessnock.
I reached Cessnock a little after 8 am where I reached the southern edges of that storm [...]
LP supercells northwestern Sydney
Apart from the tornado today, there were supercells including the ones in Sydney that developed during the mid to late afternoon period. At least one of these was an LP to classic supercell with two other smaller but still well structured storms.
I was not able to make it in position for the best photography before this storm died. And th [...]
Ben Lomond Tornado and Supercells NSW...
Michael Bath and Jason Paterson intercepted this nice tornado near Ben Lomond today – the photos taken near Glencoe.
Ben Lomond tornado
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Lightning Acacia Gardens 15th Novembe...
Lightning taken from the new house at Acacia Gardens and then more lightning at nearby park at Quakers Hill.
Storms 21st November 2013
Higher based storms entered Sydney this evening but did not make it far. Storms just simply remained elevated above the warm boundary layer.