Victoria: Thunderstorm Outbreak. October 28th-November 3rd 2009 #2

Can see that Severe storm to the NW now and its moving ready to go over my area! Its going to be so cool. ok, I am gone for a little while!

Well still bloody hot up here but is starting to cool slightly. Wind has died back and cloud starting to get closer from the W. Not looking very threatening though. Karl has said that something may develop when nocturnal colling kicks in but geez I hope not really. A few showers don't do any harm but storms are a risk of fires of storm damage.

I can make the cell out towards the west from here on sunset and was enormous...

Looking very ominous with thick AccAs forming showers everywhere and now surface convection developing as things cool slowly. It is like a sauna outside!!

Things are starting to explode now...Daylesford area something is getting organised, Jake must be going beserk down at Simpson.

Check this out, made the Age website at this time of night, mmmm...

http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/severe-thunderstorms-predicted-for-vic-20091102-htdt.html

Pretty much still warm here. SO if anything happens it will be prolly while I am stacking ZZZZ's.

On the otherhand Sat night was ripper! Bit late in reporting but pretty much heavy halloween hen's night in Hawthorn didnt dissapoint when the ripper line of thunderstorms came through. Veiw from the balcony was superb!

Good to hear Mel!!!

That thundestorm in the SW going over Jakes head right now would have to be one of the strongest storms of the year in the state. It has swung the winds locally in the area to SSW but not much has hit the gauges - but 10-25mm in that alone is possible with winds to 120kmh. Hail a certainty with that level echo being achieved for the past 8 frames.

I may be a little to far north i think for a sound and light show here. Will be interesting to see what the front brings if anything this side of the range...

temp has just gone up here to 26.1 Humidity 45

Does anyone think we will see anything here in North Central areas or will it mainly be in the south?

Scott Lawrance wrote:Does anyone think we will see anything here in North Central areas or will it mainly be in the south?

I think you will get something, I'm no pro though!

Absolutley amazing! Lightning (mostly CC and CA, but a couple of CG) every second, and still going. Very visible to the east of me atm. Winds suddenly picked up as it went over, I'd say it reached around 105 km/h, bloody heck I thought the house was going to blow down, and the thunder, sooooooo loud! Rainfall was heavy, but still managed 5mm from it, and guess what, local flash flooding and 5 cent piece hail!!! BEAUTY!!!!!

I cannot believe my luck, but there is a third thunderstorm approaching my region now!!!! WOW! Not as severe buts its chucking out some good lightning from what I can see and then there is the line of showers developing on the trough. Could get some more storms along that too!

thunder and lightning all around me its awsome no rain yet scares me for fires

Can just see some very distant lightning from that cell near Apollo Bay

Well Ballarat's Anti-Thunderstorm shield seems to be working, nothing here still warm but getting windy

lightning to the west is amazing costants lightning and plenty of forkes yew

www.coastalwatch.com

choose apollo bay cam, see the show for yourself!

Dane wrote:Can just see some very distant lightning from that cell near Apollo Bay

Are you seeing that from Cranbourne?

Seeing lightning to me S SW some big bright flash's in there.

Warm and humid still out there still think it will be more like Saturday than friday should be bit of a band of rain with it to which will be nice

Looking forward to closer lighting and a few heavy downpours

Anthony Violi wrote:www.coastalwatch.com

choose apollo bay cam, see the show for yourself!

Anthony, you are a good man!!!
Some cracking lightning, turning the joint purple!!
PS. Scott, I will give you a hoy tomorrow mate!

Okay, very interesting observations at Mt Dandenong, reached max temp 5 minutes ago at 26C! What the!

I got long distant thunder, also got some cracking CC's

Yes ILS the northerly has finally decided to appear..

temp went to 26.3 now to 26.2, saw distant flash to the sw.

wind is getting up there now too still so much lightning west, east and now north actually everywhere but over head atm

hands up those who think the bight is going to cop the brunt of this and all the action...