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Today I was shown a photo, taken by friend, of a funnel cloud near Dalby on the 4th of Febuary. I believe this photo was taken around lunch time. I was actually quite suprised so I decided to make a post, there is clearly a funnel protruding from a Cu base. It is not clear whether the circulation made it to the ground or not so it may of been a landspout (or non-mesocyclonic tornado). Unfortunately they were driving at the time and did not stop. I would have thought the conditions on the day would not have favoured landspout formation. Looking at the Brisbane sounding shows there were deep NE'lys (surface to 700 hPa) with rich lower level moisture (surface dp 22 degrees). Lapse rates were quite poor following essentially the saturated adiabatic lapse rate. This meant that despite the high dp's CAPE was quite modest (1100 j/kg at the time of sounding). I believe landspouts are commonly associated with steep lower level lapse rates which only possible with larger T/Td speads. Dalby is at 344m and therefore the conditions there may have been quite different. I don't have the surface obs for Dalby on the day though. Regards,Michael