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by James
Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:56 pm
Forum: Australian Weather Archives
Topic: Victoria: Strong Westerly Frontal Belt. Aug 22nd-28th 2010
Replies: 401
Views: 106993

Re: Victoria: Strong Westerly Frontal Belt. August 22nd-?

well that absolutely scared me for a moment there.... i thought i heard thunder and i was like "naaaahhh" then i heard like a freight train coming really loud getting louder and louder and my dog ran to the door barking her head off then the hail hit so heavy for a second, i really got afr...
by James
Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:25 pm
Forum: Australian Weather Archives
Topic: Vic - Potential ECL Aug 11-13 2010
Replies: 578
Views: 159811

Re: Vic - Potential ECL Aug 11-13 2010

Im on the verge of giving up on any lightning in melbourne from that band, anyone see lighting yet?
by James
Tue Aug 10, 2010 6:12 pm
Forum: Australian Weather Archives
Topic: Vic - Potential ECL Aug 11-13 2010
Replies: 578
Views: 159811

Re: Vic - Potential ECL Aug 11-13 2010

just had on 7 news a report of a tronado in echuca
by James
Tue Aug 10, 2010 5:55 pm
Forum: Australian Weather Archives
Topic: Vic - Potential ECL Aug 11-13 2010
Replies: 578
Views: 159811

Re: Vic - Potential ECL Aug 11-13 2010

are conditions favourable for these storm cells to continue into melbourne tonight, or will they die? interesting storm tracker here: http://www.geelongweather.com/wxlightningtest.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; obviously needs some calibration as its just a test but int...
by James
Tue Aug 10, 2010 1:28 pm
Forum: Australian Weather Archives
Topic: Vic - Potential ECL Aug 11-13 2010
Replies: 578
Views: 159811

Re: Vic - Potential ECL Aug 11-13 2010

nothing but just light to medium rain here...just like we have had previously
by James
Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:35 pm
Forum: Australian Weather Archives
Topic: Vic - Potential ECL Aug 11-13 2010
Replies: 578
Views: 159811

Re: Vic - Potential ECL Aug 11-13 2010

lightning just seems to turn off once it nears here
by James
Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:51 am
Forum: Australian Weather Archives
Topic: Vic - Potential ECL Aug 11-13 2010
Replies: 578
Views: 159811

Re: Vic - Potential ECL Aug 11-13 2010

certainly looks like some decent heavy rain on its way...

sparking up over there as well, will this keep on when it gets here...

i remember back in 1996 a huge thunderstorm in mid august in ballarat one night, rivalled anything we have in summer...so you can get good storms this time of the year!
by James
Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:57 pm
Forum: Australian Weather Archives
Topic: Vic - Potential ECL Aug 11-13 2010
Replies: 578
Views: 159811

Re: Vic - Potential ECL Aug 11-13 2010

whats the chances of storms in the melbourne area and when is it all supposed to begin here?
by James
Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:25 pm
Forum: Australian Weather Archives
Topic: Victoria: Cyclonic Cold Outbreak - August 1st-2nd 2010
Replies: 308
Views: 76854

Re: Victoria: Cyclonic Cold Outbreak - August 1st-2nd 2010

ever so distant rumble and light rain here...sorry i cant get excited yet...just usual wintery/spring weather ?
by James
Sun Aug 01, 2010 4:00 pm
Forum: Australian Weather Archives
Topic: Victoria: Cyclonic Cold Outbreak - August 1st-2nd 2010
Replies: 308
Views: 76854

Re: Victoria: Cyclonic Cold Outbreak - August 1st-2nd 2010

nothing much here yet

just some rain earlier today and some thunder and a few pieces of small grains of hail

nothing exciting really for this area so far
by James
Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:53 pm
Forum: Australian Weather Archives
Topic: Victoria: Cyclonic Cold Outbreak - August 1st-2nd 2010
Replies: 308
Views: 76854

Re: Victoria: Series of Cold Fronts - August 1st-??? 2010

just love this spring hailstorm weather....sunny and lovely in between just long enough to get a good view of each cells structure going up into the atmpsphere!

hope for some more thunder!
by James
Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:14 pm
Forum: Australian Weather Archives
Topic: Victoria: Cyclonic Cold Outbreak - August 1st-2nd 2010
Replies: 308
Views: 76854

Re: Victoria: Series of Cold Fronts - August 1st-??? 2010

ooh thunder here...one rumble...
by James
Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:43 pm
Forum: Australian Weather Archives
Topic: Victoria: Cyclonic Cold Outbreak - August 1st-2nd 2010
Replies: 308
Views: 76854

Re: Victoria: Series of Cold Fronts - August 1st-??? 2010

or is it just getting closer to the radar?
by James
Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:39 pm
Forum: Australian Weather Archives
Topic: Victoria: Cyclonic Cold Outbreak - August 1st-2nd 2010
Replies: 308
Views: 76854

Re: Victoria: Series of Cold Fronts - August 1st-??? 2010

whats the atmosphere like over melb tonight? - is it good for storms to develop?

was rather dissapointed we didnt see any lightning here last night
by James
Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:04 pm
Forum: Australian Weather Archives
Topic: VIC: Series of Troughs. July 28th-31st 2010
Replies: 88
Views: 28703

Re: VIC: Series of Troughs. July 28th-31st 2010

strange no storm warnings were issued
by James
Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:23 pm
Forum: Australian Weather Archives
Topic: VIC: Series of Troughs. July 28th-31st 2010
Replies: 88
Views: 28703

Re: VIC: Series of Troughs. July 28th-31st 2010

anyone actually here? very quiet for such active weather for a long time happening right now :)
by James
Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:10 pm
Forum: Australian Weather Archives
Topic: VIC: Series of Troughs. July 28th-31st 2010
Replies: 88
Views: 28703

Re: VIC: Series of Troughs. July 28th-31st 2010

i think its all dyig and heading into the sea, dont hold much hope for anything tonight here
by James
Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:44 pm
Forum: Australian Weather Archives
Topic: VIC: Series of Troughs. July 28th-31st 2010
Replies: 88
Views: 28703

Re: VIC: Series of Troughs. July 28th-31st 2010

hmm wonder if it will actually get into the melbourne suburbs tonight....let me know if anyone see's lighting here so i can go out and look!
by James
Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:35 pm
Forum: Australian Weather Archives
Topic: VIC: Series of Troughs. July 28th-31st 2010
Replies: 88
Views: 28703

Re: VIC: Series of Troughs. July 28th-31st 2010

yaaaay there u go lightning started up over there! dont forget everyone that all that area is in a radar hole, as i keep saying on here...when i used to live up in st arnaud we regualrly had ripper of a thunderstorm yet nothing appeared on radar and everyone thought i had to be making it up since no...