19 February, 2006 – 7:39 pm
Tim Thorpe’s report on the 20th January extreme heat in SA and a spectacular light show on the 20th of January.
14 January, 2006 – 7:38 pm
Ben McBurney chased on the Mid North Coast on the 11th of January, his chase report can be found here.
13 January, 2006 – 7:37 pm
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 - 6th January 2006 - Northern Rivers, NSW - Mallanganee Supercell Storm Chase
- Marty Pouwelse - 3rd January 2006 - Brisbane, QLD - More spectacular lightning photos by Marty
- Michael Bath, Dave Ellem and Rodney Wallbridge - 3rd January 2006 - Northern Rivers, NSW - Incredible Lightning Show
- Rhett Blanch - 28th December 2005 - Woolbrook - Uralla, NSW
- Marty Pouwelse - 28th December, 2005 - Brisbane, QLD - Night Time Lightning
- David Findlay - 26th December 2005 - Toowoomba, QLD - Confluence Line
- Dave Ellem - 25th December 2005 - Northern Rivers, NSW
- Marty Pouwelse - 25th December, 2005 - Brisbane QLD - Spectacular Mammatus Sunset
- David Findlay, Neil Findlay - 25th December 2005 - Brisbane QLD
13 January, 2006 – 7:35 pm
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, is an informally arranged period when many storm chasers hit the roads to observe and capture these storms on film. We’ll try and bring together as many of their reports as we can find over this period.
- New 18/12: Michael Bath, Dave Ellem and Rodney Wallbridge - 17th December, 2005 - Northern Rivers, NSW - Spectacular Supercells
- New 06/01/06: Marty Pouwelse - 14th - 24th December - Darwin, NT - Top End Storm Chasing with Amazing Pictures
- David Findlay - 14th December, 2005 - Gold Coast, QLD - Corkscrew Rotating Updraft.
- Michael Bath - 13th December, 2005 - Northern Rivers, NSW - Chase Report
- Marty Pouwelse - December 8th 2005 - Brisbane, QLD - Brisbane Gustfront.
- David Findlay - 8th December, 2005 - Brisbane, QLD - Brisbane Gustfront.
- Dave Ellem and Michael Bath - 7th - 9th December - North Coast, NSW - Chase reports.
- Dave Ellem - 2nd December, 2005 - Northern Rivers, NSW - Shelf clouds.
- Michael Thompson - November 25th - December 2nd - Beautiful chase diary.
- The TDU Forum Pages have some amazing photos from these and other chasers updated frequently.
- Tim Thorpe - December 5th - 6th, 2005 - Adelaide, NSW - Great Lightning photos.
- New 06/01/06: - December 2nd, 2005 - Sydney, NSW - Squall Line Chase across Sydney
- Laurier Williams - December 2nd, 2005 - Detailed report on storms across three states
- Marty Pouwelse - December 1, 2005 - Brisbane, QLD - Some Exceptional Lightning Photos
- Marty Pouwelse - November 29th, 2005 - Brisbane, QLD
- Margaret Grubb - November 29th, 2005 - Brisbane, QLD - Spectacular Lowering
- Marty Pouwelse - November 27th, 2005 - Brisbane, QLD
- Anthony Cornelius - November 26th, 2005 - Mungindi Supercell
- Tim Eckert - November 22nd, 2005 - Coonabarabran - Gunnedah - Narrabri, NSW
- Tim Eckert - November 23rd, 2005 - Narrabri NSW
- Marty Pouwelse - November 22nd, 2005 - Brisbane, QLD
13 January, 2006 – 7:33 pm
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 Metro Region as the storms passed. In addition to the lightning, heavy rain and small hail where experienced in the Western Suburbs. Reports on the event are below, with more to come.
1 December, 2005 – 7:33 pm
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:
12 November, 2005 – 7:32 pm
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 Gully in the north-east, and the Hills towns of Blackwood, Belair, Stirling, Aldgate, Bridgewater, Verdun, Mylor and Clarendon (Source: Australian Weather News).
Heavy rain in the Central West of NSW (Parkes AP, 130.0mm 24 hours to 9am Tuesday) resulted in moderate to major flooding and led to a partial evacuation of the town of Eugowra. More information on these events can be found in the following reports