Some friends were having a BBQ this afternoon, started at 4pm, guess the sausages were swimming off the plate.
Looks like it was heavy stuff, black bits and all on the radar.

It was quite brilliant to watch at the end, full rainbow with a second trying to begin, the hail illuminated by sun. Thats the part I like most about storms.

So you got hail ! no wonder my mates haven't been in touch, probably smashed the Barbie to pieces lol!

Id say just from an estimate (it melted upon impact) 2cm. So considering it was a black core we were fairly lucky there.

Just got pummelled here. Horizontal rain, downdraft (?) lightning bolts and, considering I'm on top of a hill, had rivers of water coming and going from 'nowhere'.
The creeks/roads have got to be going like the clappers/flooding around us atm.

Hi Everyone hope you're doing well.

Here's a snapshot of the cell that passed through caulfield I just took it few mins ago, and that great rainbow seen earlier:D.





thanks guys, enjoy the rest of the day and have a great week.

TB.

Same here! We got smashed as well, my heaviest downpour since December 10th last year!

Not sure at this stage how much rain has been collected in my gauge, upwards of 20mm I'd say (rainfall rate peaked at 97.8mm/hr), blocked gutters, blustery winds, and some insane lightning!

Great pics, love that rainbow.

pardon thy dumbness, but how do you load photos here? Can someone perhaps point me to a part of WZ forum which can explain it for me, cheers

Upload it to a site like imageshack or tinypic, "Switch to Full Reply Screen", insert image, insert the url, I think thats it.
Also great pictures from the Caulfield storm! was a stunning rainbow.

Nice pic djcr, looks like a supercell.

look at these radar pics of Yarrawonga severe storms from the same front just now.

http://s1187.photobucket.com/albums/z385/Jack_Shalavin/?action=view¤t=Yarrawongatornado.jpg

Thanks TheAnt. Shall give it a shot

The Wangaratta cell just before was going INSANE! lightning every second or so, was awesome!

What looked like being a wasted afternoon turned in to a great one! Was chasing tail on those Echuca area cells before deciding enough was enough and to head back home...thankfully the weather gods had a surprise in store, as we caught a beautifully structured sunlit cell at Elmore and then snagged a few lightning pics near Goornong! Great way to end the season.

Gonna have some dinner then process some photos..

A few showers early morning here followed by a mild overcast day with light NW'y.

By 5pm a period of weak storms developed and hung around for near an hour. Nothing of note.

The models collectively provide some decent rain for some Vic coastal areas mid next week. Not much consensus to just where, so it will be interesting to watch it all play out.

Can't really make that call purely from an updraft photo ;), its possible, though the dominant mode of the day remained multicellular there was the odd supercell (a split occured on that frame grab with a left and right mover, the left up near Beechworth). That return you see is unlikely to be a mesocyclonic return of a supercell but rather a downburst, with the broad scale doppler interface, especially given the reflectivity associated. Either way, a few frustrating lightning storms up here at Dederang...got a few teasing bolts and amazing activity which died when it moved into the viewing arcs I had available. Oh well...less than a month until real storms .

Just had a review of radar NW and West of Mansfield which may have corresponded to that updraft. Confirmable supercell down there, very strong couplet visible frames 175-190 of the following loop: (note 128km distance)
See : 128km Radar Loop for Melbourne, 12:00 21/04/2012 to 12:00 22/04/2012 UTC


See : 128km Radar Loop for Melbourne, 12:00 21/04/2012 to 12:00 22/04/2012 UTC

What do you mean less then a month until real storms? unless you're being sarcastic? cant really read it well on the internet lol. Also whats your opinion on the Caulfield cell?

Ant, I'm guessing John is probably off to the States again for a stint in Tornado Alley. Lucky so and so

got smashed out on lake eildon near boonie doon, about 5pm some random golf ball size hail with heaps of marble size covering the boat floor constant thunder, servere wind gusts, thought l was going to sink water 10 inches deep inside the boat after about 5 minutes scary stuff large waves to top it off nasty stuff