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Monday, December 26, 2011

Melbourne's Crazy Weather on Christmas Day 2011

Here are some photos I took near Whittlesea as the storms progressed across the city and suburbs - Noting that the sun set at 8.44pm on the 25th December 2011

Melbourne has had some pretty rough weather this last week - these are some of the shots I've managed to capture - noting that each frame is dated and timed AND in date order. just to give you an idea!

18th December 2011 - 22.09hrs - Lightning to the West of Whittlesea

24th December 2011 - 23.11hrs - Lightning to the West of Whittlesea

24th December 2011 - 23.20hrs Lightning to the South East of Whittlesea

24th December 2011 - 23.20hrs Lightning to the West of Whittlesea

24th December 2011 - 23.26hrs Lightning to the South East of Whittlesea

25th December 2011 - 18.13hrs - Now this is interesting - I posted a tweet at approx 6pm "#melbweather - cloud forming in round 'shape' over Greensborough -lightning seen 2B coming from it - Could get interesting/could be nothing" Not long after - reports started coming in of a 'tornado' in the Epping area and the BoM issuing a tornado warning for the Fiskville area!

25th December 2011 - 18.13hrs - "Tornado"

25th December 2011 - 18.13hrs - "Tornado"

25th December 2011 - 18.13hrs - "Tornado"

25th December 2011 - 18.14hrs - "Tornado"

25th December 2011 - 18.15hrs - "Tornado"

25th December 2011 - 18.15hrs - "Tornado"

25th December 2011 - 18.17hrs - "Tornado"

25th December 2011 - 19.07hrs - Lightning over the CBD - noting that it is quite hard to capture lightning on film during daylight hours - this was taken at 7.07pm and sunset was 8.44pm
25th December 2011 - 19.09hrs - Lightning over the CBD

25th December 2011 - 21.21hrs - Lightning over the South East Suburbs

25th December 2011 - 21.23hrs - Lightning over the Eastern Suburbs

25th December 2011 - 22.14hrs - Lightning over the Outer Northern Suburbs (Upper Plenty)

25th December 2011 - 22.41hrs - eastern Suburbs

25th December 2011 - 22.43hrs - eastern Suburbs

25th December 2011 - 22.53hrs - eastern Suburbs

The weather Chaser - sequence of radar images, showing the storms moving across Melbourne and Victoria http://www.theweatherchaser.com/radar-loop/IDR023-melbourne/2011-12-24-23/2011-12-25-18

Youtube - flooding in Eltham http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOqi3lH4Xzw

Fitbody Fifty Blog - Blogger lives approx 15km south of me and took a belting http://www.fitbodyfifty.com/2011/12/dear-santa-thats-not-what-i-asked-for.html and Kek's public album on facebook https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150548048993023.441440.728803022&type=3

5 comments:

  1. At least now I know what the hell that was west of us at around 6:15pm. I yelled to my husband: "Come and LOOK AT THIS!!! I don't know WTF it IS, but I'm guessing it's over Epping, and it's moving FAST and scaring the crap outta me!"

    Who knew it was a tornado? I have quite a few pics on Facebook: I'll put them in order and post them on the blog tomorrow.

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  2. That's the one - I have 300 odd photos - when played altogether show some interesting movement.
    When you do post on facebook - contact either here or twitter and I'll link up for you - happy to share!

    Thanks for the comments!

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  3. FB photos are here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150548048993023.441440.728803022&type=3

    I've set this album to public, so it should be visible to anyone.

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  4. Good post, Heather.

    I've linked to it on my Facebook wall...you have some really good shots of that little storm.

    The Epping tornado funnel is the one that intrigues me. I thought I was seeing things watching northward to one lot of clouds...but this confirms the funnel was definite.

    You got a pic of it from a different angle, whereas I was looking at it from Coburg North.

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  5. Hi Geehall - what sent my alarm into overdrive was the lightning coming from the leading edge and why I left hubs in charge of the remote and tweeted what I saw. It was scary watching it from a distanced, Couldn't imagine being under it.
    My views up here are amazing, almost 360' views, which is why I got as many shots as I did.

    Thanks for the link-up appreciated

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