storms.........

[theVan]

I have had the unfortunate experience of getting caught in a few storms in my time.
Just wondering if anyone has any pics of approaching nasties.
I can remember seeing a waterspout out of Mortern when I was a kid..... anyone got one on camera?

The attached shot of a downburst I took on land. Apparently very dangerous for light aircraft.

[bdowdy]

great shot. the missis said she saw few water spouts off coffs harbour but never had the camera. bdowdy

[onerabbit]

Ballina waterspout.

[onerabbit]

Closer.

[onerabbit]

Closer

[onerabbit]

Fizzed less than 1 km from us, the wave on the right must have been 15ft high.

Muzz

[warrior]

great shots ,how would you like to be caught in that i think the pants might get a work out.

[szopen]

Very good shots.

I am wondering about the closer, closer and closer....

[finga64]

that's scary stuff onerabbit.

Here's a storm out Warwick way. It was really 2 storms coming from different directions and they both
completely missed my farm. Not a drop. :(
It was in the middle of the drought in the late 90's
Cheers Scott

[onerabbit]

Very good shots.

I am wondering about the closer, closer and closer....



ok , middle one probably had a bit of zoom , but the last shot is honest, 3/4 of a km & coming fast, didnt know wheather to run watch.

Muzz

[onerabbit]

Then fizzed right in front of us, top half went up , bottom half went down, second I've seen out there , was awsome, made us feel very small.

Muzz

[onerabbit]

Very good shots.

I am wondering about the closer, closer and closer....



ok , middle one probably had a bit of zoom , but the last shot is honest, 3/4 of a km & coming fast, didnt know wheather to run watch.

Muzz

[fish_outta_water]

deffinatly run rabbit run :o :o :o ;D
cheers guys youve totaly put me off going to sea in my little kayak again :-/
excellent shots , has anyone been caught in a spout before?

[dorado]

I have a pic of a killer looking storm over Brisvegas taken from out the front of the Hornibrook Hwy Bridge looking back t'wards the city. The approaching storm cloud looks like a massive tsunami wave about to destroy everything in it's path.

Unfortunately I have no webhosting service so if anybody else could host the pic pls let me know and I'll send it across :)

[Figjamm]

I have a pic of a killer looking storm over Brisvegas taken from out the front of the Hornibrook Hwy Bridge looking back t'wards the city. The approaching storm cloud looks like a massive tsunami wave about to destroy everything in it's path.

Unfortunately I have no webhosting service so if anybody else could host the pic pls let me know and I'll send it across :)

Photobucket.com will host your photos free.... easy to join, easy to upload and the site lets you generate an IMG (image) code to add to your posts here.

http://photobucket.com/

[Bosunsmate]

http://imagevenue.com/

You can upload as many as you want ansd it gives links for various formats once the upload is complete. best part, its FREE.. ;)

[Fixation]

Here's a nice little super cell that came across brisvegas late last year. Took this shot at chermside looking towards the tax office. It was incredible to see the speed of this sucker. If you ever see one of these coming across the bay and your still out there make sure you take cover. The wind behind this one was cyclonic...

[Fixation]

Bit green inside it.....

[Fixation]

I think i left my run a little late. I was only taking shots for about 5 mins and it was already above me.

[Fixation]

The aftermath....best rainbow I've ever seen. Wish I had my wide angle lense with me. It was a perfect rainbow.

[simonm]

Saw this one on seabreeze.com.au. Would not be keen to be in the path of this one.

http://www.seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery/Weather/16734.jpg

[Canoedle]

Nice Pics guys :)

I have a pic of a killer looking storm over Brisvegas taken from out the front of the Hornibrook Hwy Bridge looking back t'wards the city. The approaching storm cloud looks like a massive tsunami wave about to destroy everything in it's path.

Unfortunately I have no webhosting service so if anybody else could host the pic pls let me know and I'll send it across :)
Dorado, if you didnt work out the image hosting, email ya pics to me - karlbob@tpg.com.au and I will post em up for ya. ;)

[Fixation]

Here's a shot I took on Christmas day last year. I had the camera set on burst mode while I tended to my video camera. It was happily taking shots and I came back and scrolled though and found this one.
Now I know a few people are going to think that I doctored it with a painting program but no joke this lightning looks like it's coming vertically toward me. If there is anyone out there that can explain it would be much appreciated. I didn't hear a clap of thunder either.

[dorado]

Hi again. Many thanks Canoedle for offering. Email with pic on it's way to you. I think from the pics above posted by Fixation & Simonm that my pic and theirs are quite possibly one and the same storm but then again I took this pic round about 10 yrs ago now.

At the time I was fishing for winter whiting and tied up to the Green nav beacon just to the east of the Haughton Hwy bridge. When that sucker arrived the winds were so terrific that it bashed my boat violently up against the beacon and I couldn't untie the achor rope from it. Ended up having to knife it free. Later I learnt it's illegal to tie up to nav beacons...d'oh! The lightning shows under the cloud were pretty impressive but I couldn't capture them in the pic cuz I wuz bouncing around all over the place and kept missing the shot!

Cheers,
Dorado :)

[grex]

onerabbit. The documentry they did a few years back on the Sydney to Hobart race had one of those twisters.

They sailed straight through the center .

Spectalar footage

Geoff

[Canoedle]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v186/NakedGun/storm.jpg
There ya go m8 ;)

[toymod]

Fixation

Me thinks you will find that the "bolt" has come up from the ground and is making an arc to something near the house roof

Looks like its come out from the houses earth and up, i feel that the smaller bolts are a bit of an over lay of previous activity and the cammera hasnt "refreshed" quick enough. like the blur you get on the photos at night when you see cars drive by (the shutter open for longer)

You can really see how bright it is comming out of the ground there must be alot of energy there, that would have scared the bejebers out of me

Great photo hope this may put some light on it


Cheers


Dave

[dorado]

Thanks matey :)

[DALEPRICE]

wouldnt like to be caught out in that
bad boy ::)

[Fixation]

Thanks tobymod. Yeah it was brown undies material just wondering why I didn't get struck cause one of the bolts was just in front of where i was sitting. Thanks for the explaination.

Thats a great shot too canoedle. Wouldn't want to be off shore and seeing that mass coming towards me! :o

[simonm]

holy cow canoedle. definately time to batten the hatches with that baddie bearing down on you!!!!

[szopen]

That bolt in Fixation picture is a discharge of static electricity, same thing as a normal lighning but on a smaller scale.

Happens when there is a strong wind, rain and a hot day.

[Canoedle]

It's Dorado's pic, just posted it for him ::)

[theVan]

one_rabbit

awesome pics of the waterspout

apparently it is quite common to see them of SE QLD coast.
Wouldnt want to get caught up in them on the water.

cheers
theVan

[theVan]

Awesome pics Fixation!

Was there much damage in your area after that one passed over?

[onerabbit]

The Van,

Cheers, happy to share em,
I've seen 2 & have heard of quite a few others, my oldst boy even reports having seen them from the school one day, I just asked him & he said that on the day they saw 5 or 6 over half an hour.

Maybe Ballina is "waterspout alley", any other locals seen any here ?

As for going straight through one.........., you'd want to hope your bilge pump worked !

Muzz

[Dr_Dan]

Took this one a couple of months ago in Townsville.

[theVan]

now this is going to hurt!

[simonm]

where is that one from?

[HAMMER740]

not my photo but worth lookin at

[HAMMER740]

imagin having to go thru this one

[dorado]

:o :o yikes!!

[onerabbit]

Awsome photos Hammer.

Not want to be there for either.

Muzz

[dorado]

Great Pic there Dr_Dan. Anyone ever seen a bolt real up close and personal before? I've seen one twice now myself at a distance of about 10 - 15 metres away, and lived to tell the tale ;D Awesome experience :o