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STORMPLANET - Spring 2004
This page contains images I have taken when not on a
specific storm
chase.
These seasonal galleries now replace the Clouds Gallery and the
Sunsets/Sunrise Gallery.
Click on any image to view.
Weather Images
Don't forget, there are
chase reports here as well!
November 13th 2004
- Yarra Valley
Under cold SW winds in the wake of a cold front, Melbourne endured
flooding, hail, thunder and squalls. Here's a few images I took from
home as a nasty little storm approached delivering squally rain, some
lightning and some small hail. Severe Thunderstorm Advices were issued
for the Melbourne Metro Area.
November 6th & 7th 2004 -
Yarra Valley Flooding
Amazing amounts of rainfall have been falling, my own weather station
recording:
2nd November/3rd November - (27 mm)
4th November/5th November - (34 mm)
5th November/6th November - (14 mm)
6th November/7th November - (20 mm)
Liliydale Lake has recorded 85.4 mm to
date.
River heights at 04:00am on 0711/04:
* Yarra River at Yarra Glen: 4.35m, rising slowly [Moderate flood
level = 4.5m]
* Yarra River at Yarra Grange: 4.23m rising slowly
[Moderate flood level =
4.9m]
* Yarra River downstream of Yering Pumping Station: 1.96m, rising
slowly [Minor
flood level = 1.7m]
* Yarra River at Warrandyte: 1.79m, rising slowly [Minor flood
level = 3.5m]
Flood Warnings, Flood Watches, River Height and Rainfall information are
available on the Bureau of Meteorology web site at www.bom.gov.au/hydro/flood/vic
Here's some images taken when out & about:
Above: local flooding Wandin East &
the Yarra River at Warrandyte
Above: Yarra River at Warrandyte &
McIntyres Lane, Chirnside Park.
Above: Yarra Glen roadside
flooding and an unlucky Coldstream resident has a river of floodwater
flowing through his property.
Above: A Coldstream street and the
Yarra River, Warrandyte.
Above: Flooded roadside Wonga Park
Above: Yarra River way over the
banks at Wonga Park & Melba Highway near Yering.
Above: Melba Highway, Yering, 10cm
depth across the roadway.
See more great images on this event
on
AUSSKY
October 14th 2004 - Sydney
Late in the day and a southerly buster breaks through central-east
NSW. I was positioned at North Head and captured a few images of a
rapidly moving cell that headed offshore after dumping local downpours
and several lightning strikes around the Northern Beached area.
October 13th 2004 at 0600 hours
and Melbourne skies are very unstable, as seen in this image I took from
Tullamarine Airport.
October 7th 2004
A strong low pressure trough crossed
the southeast of Australia today, generating very strong winds along
with storms. Melbourne experienced a number of squall lines moving
through at great speed with quite a bit of lightning associated with
these lines, particularly during the morning. The following front
brought strong, colder westerly winds and showers to Victoria.
The State
Emergency Service received about 250 calls for assistance across
Victoria, ranging from wind damage to minor flash flooding and the worst
affected area was Shepparton. State Emergency Services controller
Richard Cosgriff says about 25 houses and several cars were damaged when
a freak storm hit a housing estate on the outskirts of the town this
afternoon. "A lot of houses, the roller doors have blown in, they've
lost a lot of tiles," he said. Homes in Geelong also sustained minor
damage and there have been power outages across Melbourne, with most of
the blackouts in the eastern suburbs.
Courtesy
ABC News.
Note the radar loop below covers
most of the day's scans and is therefore a 1.7mb file. I suggest you
download the file unless you are a broadband user.
Satellite image and radar loop courtesy of
BOM. Archive source
of the radar images comes from
Michael Fewings.
These images taken at 0700hrs in Lilydale, looking north:
Remaining images taken at Silvan looking north and east.
October 4th 2004
Some nice 'chunky' cells over outer eastern Melbourne, failed to deliver
anything but most impressive visually!
September 13th 2004
Nice line of heavy showers moved through Melbourne's outer east late
afternoon with some nice chunky updrafts too good not to photograph!
Taken near Silvan Dam.
September 10th 2004
A return to winter!
September 9th 2004
First Spring image panorama,
taken from Silvan, Victoria looking east towards a dense rain footing.
Non- Weather Images
The following images were taken on the evening of October 13th 2004.
Camera used is a Nikon 5400 used at various settings to achieve a sense
of evening movement about Sydney Harbour. It was a very warm evening,
around 9.30 p.m. and it was still over 30C. The blurred motion that I
have captured for effect are Sydney's busy ferries at McMahon's Point.
 
 
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