19 February, 2009 – 7:39 pm
Clinging to the fertile edges of our continent, away from the extremes of the interior, Australians enjoy their climate. At times we could be mistaken in believing that we even have it to some degree under control. At its warmest and coolest, in the dry and wet we have increasingly been able to tuck ourselves [...]
8 January, 2009 – 7:43 pm
Lightning North of Tamworth, NSW - January 24th 2009. Photo: Rhett Blanch
Early January saw the severe weather just keep coming in Queensland with storms and floods. Meanwhile in SE Australia it was either cold, with record breaking cool temperatures in Victoria, or hot which is more to be expected at this time of year.
1st January [...]
14 December, 2008 – 2:56 pm
Isolated thunderstorm West of Tamworth, NSW - 26th December 2008. Photo: Rhett Blanch
The great or bad (depending on your perpective) storm season in North East NSW and South East Queensland continued into December. A low pressure system in the South East brought the challenging conditions with strong winds and flooding in Victoria.
3rd December 2008 - [...]
21 November, 2008 – 2:42 pm
The storm season kicked into full gear in November with a series of devastating storms hitting South East Queensland, and significant events in other areas:
Early November Storms
2nd November 2008 - Adelaide, NSW - Tim Thorpe
4th November 2008 - Brisbane, QLD - Marty Pouwelse
7th November 2008 - Adelaide, SA - Tim Thorpe
8th November 2008 - Brisbane, [...]
22 October, 2008 – 9:17 pm
Storm near Macquarie University, NSW - 3rd October 2008. Photo: Rhett Blanch
19th - 22nd October 2008 - NSW and QLD Severe Storms (Sydney and Northern Rivers) - Michael Bath, Nick Moir, James Harris Con Marathos.
20 - 22nd October 2008 - NSW and Southern QLD Storms - Cameron Hinze, Anthony Cornelius, Michael Bath et al.
21st [...]
22 October, 2008 – 8:50 pm
Some spectacular stuff to kick off the season with amazing lightning and storm structure shots in this collection.
22nd September 2008 - Severe Storm at Alice Springs, NT - David Broderick, Mike O’Niell et al. Red dust gust fronts are very impressive.
21st September 2008 - Casino, Kyogle, Tregeagle, NSW - Dave Ellem
21st September 2008 - Rathdowney [...]
18 October, 2008 – 7:52 pm
There were a few notable cold outbreaks this Winter with plenty of snow on offer for the snow chasers. Guyra, NSW must do good business from its regular mid winter visitors from SE Queensland and the Northern Rivers.
Winter 2008 - Victoria - Jane ONeill
27 - 29th August 2008 - SE QLD/NE NSW Storms - Michael [...]