Timing of the change on the weekend looks poor in GFS, especially for northern SEQ with the change reaching the border early evening. Some fairly decent CAPE predicted though peaking near 2000 near the border at 4pm. Steering winds look W-NW so maybe not so good for pushing storms ahead of the change.

Some patchy stuff starting to form out west around Toowoomba. Looking forward to seeing how it develops.

Can see some development West of here Hope we can something on the coast in the way of a storm but I'm not holding my breath.That onshore breeze from the noreast feels dry and quite cool.Satellite pic looks interesting though

First rumblings of the storm season.
Good looking dark cloud just to our south.
Nothing coming from the west though, gona miss out again.

Radar currently has colours on it we have not seen for a while

Nice little cells around Urbenville! Looks to be chalked full of hail. Moving towards the east northeast, will it make it to the coast?
Also very small cells west of here starting to fire up. Will be watching...
Only need another 10.5mm for an average month.

First STW for the season near the border.

Looks impressive on the Gold Coast Airport web cam

https://weathercams.airservicesaustralia.com/?airport=gold-coast-airport

You can see the amount of hail that's fallen in places like Kooralbyn:

https://www.facebook.com/HigginsStormChasing/posts/2022959074466536

Nice lookin lightning active storm down here with CGs Very Dark and about to get hit near Tugun hete

70 kph gust in that storm that hit Beaudesert and about 28 mm of rain.

Friend who lives north of Beaudesert sent video of gutters and downpipes over flowing and heaps of small hail.

Talk about donut at Mount Cotton. Was coming directly for us

Gday all,
Im surprised a thread hasn't been started up yet for these potential thunderstorms through until Sunday? It's almost like everyone's been caught off guard. Anyway, hopefully we see some action over the next few days!
Cheers 👍

The Beauy Beenleigh corridor has/had peak hr traffic this arv/eve, ,
Here is what the 1st cell looked like during the setting of the sun from GC Nth Burbs.
Bit rough pic, tho get the idea

STW just issued for the cell near Marburg:
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ21035.shtml

3.5 cm hail at Marburg according to BOM STW warning.

We don't often get decent-sized hail in SEQ at night, especially not this time of year.

Lovely colours in that pic PlumbBob.

There was thundery rain here this afternoon which brought the vast majority of the 10.4mm since 9am.

Some hail pics/videos:
Beaudesert & Kooralbyn
https://www.instagram.com/p/BoLqWPYBxNE/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BoLiRXjHFw2/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BoLf8mQBdT_/

Bundarra
https://www.facebook.com/tamworthregionweather/posts/2264629143772542

Tenterfield
https://www.instagram.com/p/BoLrzZiASXx/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BoLxEzAgBs_/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BoLzgalAhnh/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BoLvy-Rnqei/

67mm in 10 minutes(!) at Wanora (south of Fernvale) from the Marburg cell.

https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=IQUEENSL1478

Missed us here in Strathpine but we managed to nab 1mm, enough to keep the garden wet

"A supercell hailstorm has just swept over Marburg and it’s turned everything white! The roar of the hail was deafening, road conditions are dangerous due to ice on the road!"
https://www.facebook.com/ACMeteorologist/