T a k i n g   A u s t r a l i a   b y   S t o r m !
Thunderstorms ~ Storm Chasing ~ Severe Australian Weather ~ Media

...from Aussie Storm Chaser David Simpson ~ Melbourne Australia
 

Stormplanet Videos

Please note that most of my storm videos can be found within chase reports here.
 


___________________________________________________________________________
January 7th 2004 - Squall line with gust front, Melbourne, Victoria

Timelapse 1/2
Video 1 (842kb)

Timelapse 2/2
Video 2 (1.1mb)

Real-time pan
Video 3 (811kb)
___________________________________________________________________________
December 21st 2003 - Stawell, Victoria. Flash Flooding

Myself and two other chasers (Andrew McDonald & Chris Gribben) were in Stawell, Western Victoria, witnessing a fast moving thunderstorm squall line move through. We had torrential rain resulting in flash flooding, videos shown below:

This video taken under shelter, you'll see why!
Video 1 (1.5mb)

As above, Macca plays in the water...
Video 2 (1.5mb)

We round a corner in Stawell and confronted by a developing lake in the streets!
Video 3 (5.5mb)

Stormwater drains at their limit and well beyond, shows residential flooding. Note the water flowing along (& under) the fences!
Video 4 (6.3mb)

As above.
Video 5 (5.0mb)

Macca & I drive through our rapidly flooding escape route, only just in time!
Video 5 (4.4mb)

__________________________________________________________________
April 13th 2003 - Yarra Valley
Time lapse of Roll Cloud moving across outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne from SW.
130403_1.wmv 723Kb movie is a little dark.
 

March 29th 2003 - NE Victoria - Cu & Cb from low pressure trough/upper level cold pool.
Footage taken at Bright & Omeo (full report here).

10km West of Bright #1
2.6Mb shows developing cells & suspicious lowering
East of Bright 2.6Mb shows developing cells & suspicious lowering
Omeo #1 1.2Mb taken 20km West of Omeo around 4.30 p.m., serious updrafts.
Omeo #2 1.9Mb shows close-up of corkscrew updraft
Omeo #3 1.1Mb shows more of above cell
Omeo #4 as above, good lowering
 

March 19th 2003 -Victoria - Dust Storms
Footage taken at Macedon, Calder & Yarra Valley (full report here).

dust1a.wmv 2.2mb
dust2a.wmv 2.3 mb
dust3a.wmv 1.8mb
Last Week of Summer 2003
Port Phillip Bay. Showers & Storms. (full report here).

mar1_0001.wmv 1.9mb
 
October 12th 2002
More footage from Oct 12th, this time the footage is at normal speed, these two videos have spectacular staccatos. crawlers, CC's & CG's.

oct12th2002edit1.wmv 860kb
oct12th2002edit2.wmv 1.97mb
 
October 12th 2002 (creative mix)
This was our first Spring storm in the Vic Central region in 2002 and as it turned out, our only significant storm all season in the area. This clip is set to some 'appropriate' music, let me know if you like it!

Oct1202mix.wmv  2.64mb 
Lightning Mix from March 26th, April 4th & April 11th 2002.
Just a few CG's & CC's from Autumn storms.

2002ltngmix1.wmv 1mb
 
 

 


.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All communication to  
All content Copyright © David C Simpson unless otherwise noted.

Contact Us | Copyright | Disclaimer | Sitemap |