12mm from that downpour and still raining lightly!

Maximum of 24c here today, our equil warmest day of the year. Plenty of sunshine about which was nice to see. Should be plenty of storm activity about the ranges tomorrow. Could be a story of quantity over quality. A few of these may spill to the coast, but the shear is marginal.

Drove south to Mangoplah to intercept stormy/rainy situation. Too many trees to get a good view of the guster that you saw Duane, and when I did find a spot it was almost over my head. Returned to Wagga to heavier rain and minor flooding on the roads - I should have stayed put at home.

15mm so far. Looks like some more coming in from the WSW with the thicker cloud. There goes my eclipse viewing plans..

Me too. Was going to set my telescope up tonight but think it may be a waste of time.

mmmm...looks like we might be deleyed in our cricket match this moring. Looks like a storm coming out of the south west might hit Dunedoo in the next 2 hours. looks to be fast moving though

A very steamy 25 her atm. Nearly feels like I am at the coast as it is very humid. 16mm from last nights storm. Maybe another one this arvo?

17mm from yesterday's storms. Got a quick pic of the shelfie too in between peeling prawns & drinking beers!!!

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Mike!

Very early start to convection here with a lovely congestus tower going up over the southern highlands. Too early for my liking. I have a child's birthday party at midday, that may not be so bad as it will get me away from chasing the early junk.

Nice pic but you really need to get those priorities right...LOL, beer and prawns are always there, storms are ephemeral.

at work but on my hour break. got a nice little storm incoming according to radar. im currently sitting out at the back dock watching it, hearing distant (getting closer now) rumbles. looks to me the best of it may slide to my north by a km or so.


edit: the southern end just started to rain on me.. lightning getting closer...i could hear a plane above the cloud line too.. little prop thingy.

Yeah I know Michael but when the prawns are as big as your hand they don't last long!!!

As Duane said it went to sh*t after I took that pic. Guster grew messy and the rain started to break it up.

Not so sure about today's possibilities, looks to be too far east of here to effect us now???


Mike.

Currently lots of pea sized hail in Berkeley south of wollongong and very heavy rainfall

18mm in 10 min

I work in warrawong... fat moderate rain here is all we are getting... suspect the hail and heavy rain will go berkeley, cringilla, port kembla ways

Very nice towers going up to my west atm and the radar is looking good as well. Looks like a good day so far.

Thunder, lightening & rain here in lower Blue Mountains

Yep, warming up here too, and it is so humid. Got a very welcome little rain-storm (no thunder) in the early hours, and then another very wet one after sun-up. radar shows some more incoming just west of us although the ranges might get it. And lots of very feirce little storms hatching quickly to the west... very colourful on the radar.

Stuff SW of syd starting to fizzle out thank goodness, shouldn't be much out of this.. perhaps some dribs and drabs before the rain sets in

Where are you foggynights? I am sth side faulconbridge & i am looking at that cell in the lower Blue Mountains out my front windows (nth east) and i havent got a drop of rain yet as it's popped up just down the road & moving away from me.

This would have to tbe longest Aviation forecast ive seen in awhile.

Isolated thunderstorms W of Mount Victoria / Merimbula , tending OCASSIONAL from midday. Isolated thunderstorms remainder. Scattered showers. Broken low cloud in precipitation. A southerly change ENTERING area from 2 pm, expected near Ulladulla at 4 pm, Wollongong at 10 pm. Broken low cloud sea/ coast and ranges behind southerly change. Wind: 2000 5000 ft 7000 10000 ft 14000 18500 ft 310/15 270/15 270/15 270/15 PS02 270/15 MS04 270/20 MS12 remark: winds below 5000 ft 140/25 behind southerly change. Cloud: isolated/ occasional cumulonimbus 5000/35000 ft as per thunderstorms in OVERVEW. Broken stratus 1000/3000 ft sea/ coast as per low cloud in overview. Broken stratus 2000/4000 ft slopes, 3000/5000 ranges as per overview. Scattered cumulus/ stratocumulus 3000/10000 ft sea/ coast, broken 3000/16000 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 3000/16000 end_of_the_skype_highlighting in rain showers/ thunderstorms and rain. Scattered cumulus/ stratocumulus 6000/12000 ft ranges/ slopes, broken 5000/18000 in thunderstorms and rain/ rain showers, with isolated towering cumulonimbus tops to 25000 ft. Scattered altocumulus/ altostratus above 12000 ft. Weather: thunderstorms and rain, rain showers visibility: 3000 m thunderstorms and rain, 4000 m rain showers freezing level: 11500 ft icing: severe in cumulonimbus/ towering cumulonimbus. Moderate in cloud above freezing level. Turbulence: severe in cumulonimbus/ towering cumulonimbus. Moderate in cumulus/ altocumulus. Moderate turbulence below 5000 ft near S'LY change. CRITICAL LOCALITIES: heights above MSL Mt Victoria 3700 ft : visibility over 10 km, light rain showers broken cumulus/ stratocumulus 5500 ft intermittently (up to 30 mins at a time) between between 10 am and midday 4000 rain showers broken stratus 4500 ft temporarily (30-60 mins at a time) between between midday and 8 pm 3000 thunderstorms and rain broken stratus 4500 ft scattered cumulonimbus 6000 ft intermittently (up to 30 mins at a time) between between 8 pm and 10 pm 4000 rain showers broken stratus 450 Bowral (2200 ft): broken stratus 2200 ft (cloud on ground) from 8 am becoming visibility over 10 km, light rain showers broken cumulus/ stratocumulus 5000 ft there is 30% probability that temporarily (30-60 mins at a time) between between 10 am and 10 pm 3000 thunderstorms and rain broken stratus 3000 ft scattered cumulonimbus 7000 ft.

Hard to see SYD not getting something out of this. The easterly coming around more to the NE now which can fuel these storms on occassion. I agree the coast and CBD as always is a question but the inner west for sure will get hit one would think.