Tim Thorpe’s report on the 20th January extreme heat in SA and a spectacular light show on the 20th of January.
Ben McBurney chased on the Mid North Coast on the 11th of January, his chase report can be found here.
Photo: Rhett Blanch
The major features of the Chrismas New Year Period was the extreme heat in the Eastern States and the cool summer continuing in the West. Still there where storms about, particular in Northern NSW and SE Queensland, reports as follows:
David Findlay - 6th January 2006 - Brisbane QLD
Michael Bath and Rodney Wallbridge - [...]
Squall Line Western Sydney, NSW 2nd December 2005. Photo: Rhett Blanch
The late November - early December period is commonly viewed as the best period for chasing storms in Eastern Australia as the passage of frontal systems with associated troughs bring the right conditions for storms to fire. Thunder Down Under (TDU), as it is termed, [...]
Photo: Rhett Blanch
After what seem like a long wait for the storm season to kick off in Sydney, the evening of the 22nd November brought with it a memorable lightning show as a line of storms passed across the Sydney Metropolitan Region. It was reported that over 750 lightning strikes were recorded in the Sydney [...]
Anthony Cornelius has posted two great reports on storms near Gatton QLD, on 15th November and near Beaudesert - Brisbane, QLD on 20th November. Both reports have amazing photos and video - check out the extremely close CG video in the Beaudesert - Brisbane, QLD report.
More reports on this event:
David Finlay - 20th November 2005 [...]
The passage of a low pressure system and associated trough brought large falls of rains across three states, resulting in flooding in a number of locations.
Flooding around Adelaide resulted in damage to more that 40 homes with damage in the suburbs of Aldgate, Norwood, Burnside, Millswood, Waterfall Gully and Goodwood in Adelaide’s east, Tea Tree [...]