Author Archives: Rhett

Lismore Flood History

Michael Bath has put together an amazingly detailed report of the history of flooding in Lismore going back to 1917.  Included are synoptic maps, rainfall data, and for recent events, satellite imagery.  Fantastic stuff.

Late Season Storm Activity 2008

Storm from Homebush, NSW 29th March 2008 - Photo: Rhett Blanch
There were a number of late storm season events this year, with reports well into May:

28th May 2008 - Rhodes/Homebush, NSW - Matt Smith
28th May 2008 - SW Sydney, NSW - James Harris
26 - 28th May - SE Australia - Kane Hardie, Michael Bath, Nick [...]

February Storm Activity 2008

Heavy Rain, Victoria Road Rozelle, NSW 26th February - Photo: Rhett Blanch
The season continued with a number of storms in February; reports below:

26 - 27th February 2008 - Storms in Sydney, NSW - Jimmy Degaura, Con Marathos et al.
26 - 27th February 2008 - Storms in Sydney, NSW - Rhett Blanch
26th February 2008 - Hail [...]

Storms and Flooding Rains - Mid December 2007 - End January 2008

Photo: Rhett Blanch
The drought has come to a sudden end in a number of places in Eastern Australia with heavy rain and major flooding. Storms were a little less frequent than in early December, but nonetheless there have been some amazing reports produced:

New 31 January 2008 - SW Sydney, NSW - James Harris
New 31 January [...]

Shear Havoc - December 2007

Conditions in Eastern Australia in the period 5th - 12th December were more conducive to producing severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and hail due to the stronger stearing winds and increased shear.

3 - 9th December - Weatherzone Thread for this period - Michael Bath, Dann Weatherhead, Anthony Cornelius, Rhett Blanch, Matt Smith, Phillip Basil-Jones et [...]

Early Spring 2007 Season Reports

With the weather warming up severe weather reports are appearing from many places across the country, well OK the Northern Rivers and SE Queensland mostly, but we have had some storms in Sydney.
The following are some early spring reports.:

New 27/10: 23rd October 2007 - Mt Lambie, NSW - James Harris
12th October 2007 - Brisbane, QLD [...]

La Nina Fires up the 2007 Storm Season

Photo: Rhett Blanch
The past few weeks have produced an amazing number of storms. With a series of troughs well entrenched in NSW and the La Nina event providing the moisture that been missing in previous years its shaping to be one of the best storms season in Eastern NSW for quite some years. Oh and [...]