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AmaroK wrote:quick post, im at lunch, looks like lightning my have sparked a small fire on mount D. Bit of smoke coming up to the north of sky high from my view.

yeah just missed 2 pics of lightening over the towers and have been watching that thinking it is Smoke..!

few shots up shortly. HB Vegie patch not looking too good IMO.

Here are some fresh pics taken not to long ago of the Dandenong/monbulk cell which was prodicing a weak wall cloud.

1.47pm over the hills.

For people in parts of the
Outer East Local Warning Area.

Issued at 2:11 pm Friday, 3 December 2010.

The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 2:15 pm, severe thunderstorms were detected on weather radar near the area east of Mt Dandenong, the area south of Healesville and Gembrook. These thunderstorms are moving towards the south to southeast. They are forecast to affect Bunyip, the area east of Pakenham and the area northeast of Pakenham by 2:45 pm.

Ausmammal wrote:

AmaroK wrote:quick post, im at lunch, looks like lightning my have sparked a small fire on mount D. Bit of smoke coming up to the north of sky high from my view.

I take it your at work Amarok? and i assume you mean over Montrose end not Olinda/Belgrave end?

Yeah at work at the moment. From what i can see it is just over the crest. Lighting is a little hard to see as its quite sunny here, but i can hear a LOT of distant rumbles.

Didjman wrote:Just come from one of my local lookouts. Can see the Aireys Inlet cell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the nth/sth band from Berwick extends up to almost Seymour!. Some awesome structure! The Cell to my NW is dying from the look of it.
Heaps of pics to be posted later
Peter

Looking forward to the pics pete!

P.S text me your number itunes deleted all my contacts!

One big mutha forming over the bay atm, not on radar yet but should pop up soon!

The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 2:15 pm, severe thunderstorms were detected on weather radar near the area east of Mt Dandenong, the area south of Healesville and Gembrook. These thunderstorms are moving towards the south to southeast. They are forecast to affect Bunyip, the area east of Pakenham and the area northeast of Pakenham by 2:45 pm.

Starting to bucket down in Gembrook now. I guess this is just the start too. My satellite tv stopped about 10 minutes ago and hasnt come back on yet. Its not usually out for that long.

Must get myself a rain guage!

From the 628 pics taken, mabe this was from the fisrt lightning I missed..

[quote="Australis(Shell3155)"
From the 628 pics taken, mabe this was from the fisrt lightning I missed.. [/quote]

Nothing on the CFA website yet about fire up there?!
Maybe people there think it's not worth calling them yet.

i dont think any fires would burn at the moment, more likely its just mist from the trees and the higher level of the mountain, was watching it yesterday rising like smoke as well

well does not appear to have grown in the last 15 minutes, so that smoke may not really be anything major (often see smoke coming from the hills and its nothing at all other than some silly bugger burning off)

A reminder that there is a seperate thread open for pictures of this event. Thanks

Otherwise, we copped some heavy showers 30 mins ago from a weak thunderstorm. Heard two claps of thunder, no lightning. Looks to be more coming in from the northwest now, also watching the the stuff at the northwest of Ararat, might extend further.

Towering Updraft wrote: The storm which has a history of producing golfball and possibly greater hail is continuing to move towards Redesdale and surrounds, and should be considered very dangerous.

That cell has my name on it!! Coming straight at me.
Peter

Cell approaching Heathcote, viewed from One Tree Hill, Bendigo:

There is a big black monster sitting right over my house - has not done anything yet but when it goes it will be good

Those SSW winds along the SW coast isn't a seabreeze its extending East along the coast, it must be some sort of shortwave or the surface trough has moved East in the past few hours

My rain guage was invaded by bloody spiders, big web across the top half of it must have been keeping the water out as it didnt seem to rise at all no matter how much rain we had

Tipped out 69mm with 60 falling in 1 hit and none of yesterdays showers making any impact, hopefully works better now

This is the new cell that is forming over the bay...

Constant thunder, and yep that supercell is weaking, just was on the roof and had a look, can see the base and all.