Storm Chase 2nd February, 2005

Today was an interesting setup as activity didn't fire off until late during the afternoon. The 850 temps were quite warm and the 500's were pushing -5 degrees so hail was going to be unlikely. Shear was strong throughout all the levels so gust fronts and squall lines were not out of the question. Just after 8:30, an awesome squall line came through Brisbanes south western suburbs and weakened a bit before passing over Brisbane. It was the best light show I had seen in many years with cg's and crawlers going off every few seconds. Unfortunately most of the crawlers were directly above me and it was raining so I couldn't get any of those ones. I still got a few okish shots however a stupid fluro light behind me produced a terrible herringbone effect through most of my pictures. Here are some of the better ones anyway:

More pictures can be found here.

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