Vic - Potential showers/storms - 21st Dec to Boxing Day 2011

[Didjman]

Here is a 4 shot pano looking from East through South to West from Broadford - taken 30 mins ago!
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Peter

[AUS_Twisted]

SE sea breeze keeping these cells from going more south, lets see what this cell out west can do

[aussiestormfreak]

Quite eerie conditions out there, humid for starters, the cell approaching Mount Dandenong is just brushing us to the north... not a breath of wind, a dark gloomy overcast, ominous thunder but not much lightning and only a few spits of rain.

But looking at the radar, those cells passing over the CBD look MEAN! I want thunderstorm action, but not the chaos that descended on us in March last year!!

[melsy]

Well holy crap!
Rushed home from Dad's in Lysterfield just in time.
Pretty sure lighting hit very close and lost power for a minute or so.
This second one looks to be nastier heading straight for us.
Absolutley belting down now. Merry Xmas all!

[Meso]

Quite a few reports of hail damage to cars piling up now.

[mick]

Radio says over 300 calls to SES last hour and something on fire in Altona.

[melsy]

My SES paging is going off with STW's. Not on call today but might just have to go help if needed.
Not even finished with round 2 and round 3 looks just as bad.

[nafets]

WOW. That storm that hit us just before was purely hail, like no rain, with the sun peeking though?!? 15mm of rain, and more deep rolls of thunder!! btw that cell to the west looks really intense. My aunty and uncle were driving right through the core to get here and they had golf ball sized hail (on the freeway to make it worse...) slaming into them for 5 minutes!!

[Supercellimpact]

WARNING: Large Hail likely in the storm west of Melbourne.

Northern Suburbs are likely to impacted within 30mins.

[Geoff]

I've got $50 on red hitting us!

Ha ha! Blue on the radar means you're down $50 Lily I believe!

[Flangfest]

Everything going north of us here...hope the next one will produce a direct hit...

[johnno]

Alot of hail damage at my sisters who lives in Essendon.. took half a dozen pics but I'm not that great at putting pics up so I sent Anthony Violi and Jake some pics mabye they might put them up for me later

18mm at home here in Ascot Vale

[Meso]

Hail photos...





US Style!

[Supercellimpact]

WOW that hail is MASSIVE !!

[Anthony Violi]

My view from my vantage point in Coldstream, hopped out of the pool, just waiting for our turn.






Huge lowering on the second one..

[eddie]

Thankfully the worst seems to be missing us here, constant rumbling and alot of flashes but just steady rain, not too heavy except the odd burst and no hail

[Didjman]

another pano shot from Broadford at around1645.
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Peter

[Geoff]

Is that a tornado near Melton? Nasty hook on the radar!

[James]

no hail here thanks but some welcome rain to water the garden..

thunder booming but seems to have mostly missed us to the north, its incredibly humid out there

[James]

how long is this likely to continue developing? will it be right through the night?