Topic: Favourite Storm Pictures from summer 2005

[Cooper]

Hi!

After browsing through the web site, you guys have taken some incredible photos I have to tell you! I was wondering if you would all put your best photographs of the severe storm season here with a little discussion on the subject. Looking foward to seeing some great storms right here 

[CB]

Cant offer any photos Cooper, because I never seem to have it in hand when something big blows up. It has been lame this year but I do remember that February the second was spectacular from my vantage in Carlingford. There was a massive wall of green cloud moving northeast clashing with a mass of low hanging blue grey stuff heading south into it. I thought the world was about to end!! If only I could print the images in my head 

[Jimmy Deguara]

Hi,

Here are some of the latest pictures:

http://www.australiasevereweather.com/photography/photos/new/jd20051205.html

http://www.australiasevereweather.com/photography/photos/new/jd2005120502.html

http://www.australiasevereweather.com/photography/photos/new/jd2005120503.html

http://www.australiasevereweather.com/photography/photos/new/jd2005120504.html


Some samples of these pictures were from

The Molong floods - which we were caught in and witnessed first hand - the footage is incredible as well.

Click for larger images

Molong floods
      

Explosive updrafts  20th November near Walcha
   

Sunset followed by lightning show  22nd November
   

25th November 2005 - Coonabarabran to Barradine:
One of the 3 supercells that collided with and engulfed the storm Dave Ellem and Dave Sercombe were chasing just to the north

   

Dangerous wall cloud with rapid upmotion captured on timelapsed video
   

LP supercell right mover to end the day:

   

26th November 2005  attempts at lightning amongst the lightning show - awesome lightning captured on video see links above

27th November near Armidale and Dorrigo - check the links above

These were pretty nasty bolts dropping from the main updraft

1st December 2005 The weakening monster storm lays down an outflow boundary that collides with the sea breeze front creating a triple point storm
   

Other chase pictures included

Regards,

Jimmy Deguara

[David C]

Not too much to show


Marginal severe looking south from home


Nice (but over-exposed - see Hail's pics fpr a better example) updraft pulse near Nowendoc salvaged an otherwise crap chase:


CG from the back window, looking north from home:


Nice rotating cell near north east of Grenfell, NSW:


Squall line approaching near home:



Gosh I feel even worse now hehe.

[Jeff Brislane]

Not much too show from me either!

[Jimmy Deguara]

Hi David,

Interesting you got the supercell at Grenfell on the same day as the supercells near Coonabarabran and also West Wyalong. Now considering that West Wyalong is to the west of Grenfell, di you see any existing boundaries that may have played a part in the development of the supercells in that area?

Regards,

Jimmy Deguara

[David C]

Hi Jimmy,

I did observe a line of cumulus extending approximately NE - SW which appeared to demarcate moister and drier air although I did not note a windshift (as in, I did not pay attention by the time I was in the Cu free zone). As the Grenfell storm died, this cumulus field was to my north. The surface airmass being advected west was very moist - Lithgow looked more like Dorrigo! Certainly, given that Michael Thompson has some excellent shots of the cell that developed further west of Forbes - a dry classic or LP supercell, and your classic supercell further north, with a nice low bas, it was an excellent situation.

[David C]

Gee, that's an excellent triple bolt Jeff!

[Matthew Piper]

Here are a couple of my favourite pictures from the season so far 

[Michael Bath]

Well - it's been an amazing season in NE NSW - some samples of the almost 1,200 photos I've kept since 1st September !

McLeans Ridges 3D lightning 16th Sep



Massive updrafts north of Kyogle 25th Oct



More 3D lightning at home - this one even closer 27th Oct



Ballina night shelf cloud 15th Nov



Microburst at Mallanganee 20th Nov



Hail drifts from last night's storm at Warialda, and CG active cell near Collarenbri 26th Nov




Massive updrafts on a Brisbane tornadic supercell 27th Nov



Lightning at 2.30am, then severe storm near Woodburn later that day 1st Dec




Lightning from Tregeagle 7th Dec



Branched daytime CG near Lismore at rear of developing squall line 8th Dec



Supercell near Broadwater 17th Dec



Monster HP supercell west of Byron 17th Dec



Sunset LP with developing corkscrew updraft 17th Dec

[pingtang]

Hello everyone.

The season has been quite ordinary down this way(Nowra,NSW) . We've had a fair share of storms,but many have been weak lacking structure. Having said that,we've had some amazing lightning,and we did get a nice gustfront on December 2.

Anyway i'll post up my favourite pic from this season.Im sorry about the file size.

 


And heres some other pics from this season(I have provided links)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v168/pingtang100/P1011619edit.jpg

December 2 gustfront taken from Nowra Hill


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v168/pingtang100/panoramasmall.jpg

December 2 gustfront. Panorama shot


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v168/pingtang100/yass.jpg

November 26. Yass,NSW gustfront. Delivers 1-2cm hail and strong outflow winds


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v168/pingtang100/444.jpg

My favourite photo from last season.Lightning hits a few hundred metres away

cheers

[australiasevereweather]

Hi guys,

Great collection above. This was posted on WZ so why not post it here! Close staccato lightning bolt




Here is what David had to say:

A staccato bolt, if you're not familiar with the term is defined as "A Cloud to Ground (CG) lightning discharge which appears as a single very bright, short-duration stroke, often with considerable branching."

While going through some of Jimmy Deguara's video footage for our next dvd we noticed this incredible staccato bolt at close range. Any estimates as to how close it was?

The CG actually struck something adjacent to a house (the roof of which can be seen just to the right). Anyway, I thought it was a pretty incredible still and beautifully exposed.

Regards,

Jimmy Deguara

[Brad Hannon]

Wow fantastic shots everyone, keep them coming!  Great suggestion for a thread Cooper.  I especially love the those powerful updraft shots from Supercell and the Ballina shelfcloud from Michael Bath.  Jimmy that Staccato bolt is awesome!

I got some good video of a storm I chased on Nov 25th from Melbourne to Yea but the still pics don't do it justice 

[Brad Hannon]

and another of the same storm and the clear sky it left in its wake

[Jeff Brislane]

Hi Guys,

There's some awesome images on this thread. Here are some more from me. Firstly the 26th of November from my chase with Matt out around Wellington/Parkes/Gulgong.


Matt will have to post some stills of the awesome lightning show we got later on.

Jeff.