Michael Thompson
EF3
A nice eight day chase tour this year in Australia. Took us from the wheat fields of central New South Wales at 34'S to the Sugar Cane Fields of tropical Queensland at 21'S.
We scored some supercells ( for a change ) and large 5-8cm ( 2-3in ) hail at 21'S in the tropics! No tornadoes, but then again this is Australia. Any storm is worth chasing to me.
The several pages of reports a lots of pictures can are located from
http://ozthunder.com/chase/chasetdu2005.htm
Some samples:
Supercell near West Wyalong on Day 1
An LP looking storm in the tropics at 21'S Mackay, Queensland, forms on a trough dryline. 9-10C (50F ) DP's jump to 22-24C ( 72-74F ) dewpoints in a few miles. The anvil from this storm stretched a couple of hundred miles into the Coral Sea ( sat pic on chase page ). The storm was amazing in its height, at tke rear of the storm what would be respectable congestus towers in my area were simply dwarfed, Hail streaks could seen falling from anvil.
One of the many storms we could not reach due to no road options.
Regards
Michael Thompson
ozthunder.com
We scored some supercells ( for a change ) and large 5-8cm ( 2-3in ) hail at 21'S in the tropics! No tornadoes, but then again this is Australia. Any storm is worth chasing to me.
The several pages of reports a lots of pictures can are located from
http://ozthunder.com/chase/chasetdu2005.htm
Some samples:
Supercell near West Wyalong on Day 1
An LP looking storm in the tropics at 21'S Mackay, Queensland, forms on a trough dryline. 9-10C (50F ) DP's jump to 22-24C ( 72-74F ) dewpoints in a few miles. The anvil from this storm stretched a couple of hundred miles into the Coral Sea ( sat pic on chase page ). The storm was amazing in its height, at tke rear of the storm what would be respectable congestus towers in my area were simply dwarfed, Hail streaks could seen falling from anvil.
One of the many storms we could not reach due to no road options.
Regards
Michael Thompson
ozthunder.com