Australia severe weather 2007/8 season

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Ballina weather

Friday: Possible thunderstorm 30C

Saturday: Thundery showers 29C

Sunday: Thundery showers clearing 29C

Monday: Possible thunderstorm 31C

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Few showers and storms developing from the south and may expecting lightning show tonight. Hail and squally winds are likely this stage.

NORTHERN RIVERS

Warning summary

Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters.

Forecast for Friday evening

Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Fresh to occasionally strong and gusty north to northwest winds.

Forecast for Saturday

Mostly fine but the chance of isolated afternoon showers and thunderstorms in the north. Light to moderate north to northwest wind, fresh at times, tending southwest to southeast in the afternoon.

Lismore: Chance afternoon shower/thunderstorm. Min: 13 Max: 28

Cape Byron: Chance afternoon shower/thunderstorm. Min: 15 Max: 21

Grafton: Mostly fine. Min: 13 Max: 28

Forecast for Sunday

A clearing shower or two in the far north, otherwise fine and partly cloudy. Light to moderate southeast to northeast winds.

Lismore: Fine. Partly cloudy. Min: 12 Max: 28

Forecast for Monday

Mostly fine but the chance of isolated showers later. North to northwest winds ahead of a southwesterly change.

Lismore: Mainly fine. Min: 13 Max: 28

Forecast for Tuesday

Fine. West to southwest wind.

Lismore: Fine. Min: 9 Max: 25

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Today we had good thunderstorm after 3pm. Good rain and base structures with awesome loud rolling thunder's. It was frequent expect there was few lightning were visible. Here is the report: http://www.freewebs.com/stormshunters07-08...y15thsept07.htm

NORTHERN RIVERS

Warning summary

Forecast for Saturday evening

Isolated showers or thunderstorms in the north, fine remainder. Light to moderate north to northwest wind in the north, tending southwest to southeast in the south.

Forecast for Sunday

Fine. Becoming sunny. Fresh northwest winds in the far north at first, otherwise light to moderate southeast to northeast winds.

Lismore: Fine, sunny. Min: 12 Max: 28

Cape Byron: Fine, becoming sunny. Min: 16 Max: 21

Grafton: Fine, sunny. Min: 12 Max: 28

Forecast for Monday

Fine and partly cloudy. Moderate to fresh north to northwest winds ahead of a late southwesterly change.

Lismore: Fine. Min: 13 Max: 28

Forecast for Tuesday

Fine. Southwest winds turning northeasterly.

Lismore: Fine. Min: 9 Max: 25

Forecast for Wednesday

Fine. Northeast winds.

Lismore: Fine. Min: 9 Max: 27

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[mac]

Today we had good thunderstorm after 3pm. Good rain and base structures with awesome loud rolling thunder's. It was frequent expect there was few lightning were visible. Here is the report: http://www.freewebs.com/stormshunters07-08...y15thsept07.htm

Nice report Supercell - looks like things are going to get very interesting in your part of the world!

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Note that my report has updated.

Tomorrow: Fine, hot day with gusty NW lies. Late Souther'ly change.

Lismore: 13-32

Ballina: 15-31

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NORTHERN RIVERS

Warning summary

A Fire Weather Warning for Very High to Extreme Fire Danger. Refer to Fire Weather Warning for the latest Rural Fire Service Total Fire Ban information.

Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters for Thursday.

Forecast for Wednesday evening

Fine. Light to moderate east to northeast winds.

Forecast for Thursday

Fine and mostly sunny. Moderate to fresh northwest winds turning cooler southwesterly.

Fire danger: Very High to Extreme.

Lismore: Fine. Mostly sunny. Min: 11 Max: 31

Cape Byron: Fine. Mostly sunny. Min: 15 Max: 25

Grafton: Fine. Mostly sunny. Min: 11 Max: 29

Forecast for Friday

Fine. Mostly sunny. Moderate to fresh southwest to southeast winds.

Lismore: Fine. Mostly sunny. Min: 9 Max: 25

Forecast for Saturday

Late showers. Light winds turning southerly later.

Lismore: Shower or two. Min: 8 Max: 25

Forecast for Sunday

Clearing showers. Southerly winds.

Lismore: Shower or two. Min: 9 Max: 24

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NORTHERN RIVERS

Warning summary

A Fire Weather Warning for Very High to Extreme Fire Danger. Refer to Fire Weather Warning for the latest Rural Fire Service Total Fire Ban information.

Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters.

Forecast for Thursday evening

Fine. Moderate to fresh northwest winds, turning cooler fresh southwesterly and easing inland later.

Fire danger: Very High to Extreme.

Forecast for Friday

Fine. Increasing sunny periods. Moderate to fresh southwest to southeast winds.

Lismore: Fine. Min: 9 Max: 25

Cape Byron: Fine. Min: 14 Max: 21

Grafton: Fine. Min: 11 Max: 25

Forecast for Saturday

Cloud increasing, scattered late showers developing. Light west to southwest winds, tending moderate south to southeasterly.

Lismore: A few late showers. Min: 8 Max: 25

Forecast for Sunday

Isolated showers, clearing. Southwest to southeast winds.

Lismore: Shower or two, clearing. Min: 9 Max: 24

Forecast for Monday

Fine. Southwest winds, tending southeast to northeasterly.

Lismore: Fine. Min: 7 Max: 25

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NORTHERN RIVERS

Warning summary

Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters south of Byron Bay for Saturday evening.

Forecast for Friday evening

Fine. Light to moderate east to southeast winds, fresh on the coast at first.

Forecast for Saturday

Cloud increasing and scattered showers developing in the afternoon. The chance of isolated afternoon/evening thunderstorms. Light to moderate southwest to southeast winds, tending moderate to fresh southerly later in the day.

Lismore: Late showers/thunderstorm. Min: 8 Max: 25

Cape Byron: Late showers/thunderstorm. Min: 14 Max: 21

Grafton: Late showers/thunderstorm. Min: 10 Max: 24

Forecast for Sunday

Isolated showers, clearing. Partly cloudy afternoon. Light to moderate southwest to southeast winds.

Lismore: Shower or two, clearing. Min: 9 Max: 24

Forecast for Monday

Fine. Southwest winds, tending southeast to northeasterly.

Lismore: Fine. Min: 7 Max: 25

Forecast for Tuesday

Fine. Northeast winds.

Lismore: Fine. Min: 8 Max: 27

Looks like some more seasonal storms for NR tomorrow. Let it happen and i get some more snaps! CAPE and Li is very reasonable and the shear inland areas are a little weaker but theres some good steering aswell.

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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology

New South Wales

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

for LARGE HAILSTONES and FLASH FLOODING

For people in the

NORTHERN RIVERS and parts of the

MID NORTH COAST and

NORTHERN TABLELANDS Forecast Districts.

Issued at 4:30 pm Saturday, 22 September 2007.

Severe thunderstorms may produce large hailstones, very heavy rainfall and/or flash flooding in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Lismore, Grafton and Tenterfield.

A rain gauge at Coffs Harbour (Shepards Lane) has reported 108mm in three hours.

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Thunderstorms threaten NSW and QLD

Tom Saunders, Saturday September 22, 2007 - 17:56 EST

The first widespread thunderstorm event of spring brought heavy rain and hail to southeast Queensland and northeast NSW on Saturday afternoon.

The storms dumped a massive 108mm on Coffs Harbour in just a few hours, about double the rain they normally receive in an entire September. Other notable falls to 5pm included 29mm at Port Macquarie and 27mm at Burleigh Waters.

The storms prompted warnings for southeast Queensland and northeast NSW with weatherzone meteorologist Thomas Saunders saying "the storms will bring further heavy falls tonight, especially near the border, before they clear into the Coral Sea on Sunday morning with a trough."

However Saunders warned "storms are again likely to affect northeast NSW and southeast Queensland towards the middle and end of next week when another trough arrives."

- Weatherzone

© Weatherzone 2007

Had good rainstorm with lovely lightning and thunder everywhere. I took three photos of lightning this evening. Good solid rain around 4mm so far but expected to see more overnight with this strong SE change. My storm report will come up very soon.

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Well the day was awesome! Scored 35mm of rain from those storms. Best storm day in 2007. I took few photos and lightning photos aswell.

Here to my report: http://www.freewebs.com/stormshunters07-08...y22ndsept07.htm

Here are some of my best day photos.

Enjoy!

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Yorklea driver dies in crash during storm

24.09.2007

By HANNAH ROSS

A CAR accident on Wyan Road near Rappville on Saturday evening claimed the life of Yorklea local Clifton Holmes.

The accident happened soon after 4pm on a bend in the quiet country road, just as violent rain and lightning were hitting the area.

Clifton was driving the car, which failed to negotiate the corner and slammed into a power pole.

The 22-year-old died at the scene.

The front seat passenger, an 18-year-old Casino man, suffered serious head injuries in the accident. It took State Emergency Service volunteers close to an hour to get him out of the car.

He was airlifted by the Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter to Lismore Base Hospital.

At about midnight on Saturday he was transferred to the Gold Coast Hospital, where last night he remained in a critical condition.

A 19-year-old who was a passenger in the back seat of the car was treated at Lismore Base Hospital for minor injuries.

It is believed the accident happened as Clifton and his passengers were travelling home after the end of their shift at the%Richards Milling Company in Wyan.

A Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter crew member said the helicopter battled storms to make it out to the accident site, about 20 minutes by road south-west of Casino.

Clifton was the second oldest in a family of six children, including four brothers and a sister.

http://www.northernstar.com.au/localnews/s...condsubsection=

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TOO YOUNG: Cliffton Holmes, 22, who died late on Saturday%afternoon near Rappville. His uncle and grandfather also were killed

ROAD CLAIMS THIRD FAMILY MEMBER

25.09.2007

By Alex Easton

WYAN ROAD, near Rappville, isnt known for its fatal crashes, but Cliffton Holmes on Saturday became the third member of his family to die on it.

Cliffton, 22, of Yorklea, died after losing control of his 1995 Ford Falcon on a bend while driving home from work during an intense storm. Two passengers were injured, with one yesterday still critical.

Family and friends who gathered yesterday to pay tribute to the kind and confident larrikin said Cliffton died on the same corner as his uncle, who crashed while driving home in the opposite direction from work in 1993.

Cliftons grandfather died about 20 years ago in a crash only a couple of kilometres further down the road.

But they said there was nothing wrong with the road, saying the storm was the main culprit.

Cliffton was a man who loved his cars, or, more precisely, his Falcons.

Every car hed ever owned was a Falcon hed bought the EF model he died in two weeks earlier and was already planning modifications such as a new exhaust and paint job.

That was the way it went with Cliffton and cars. Hed buy one and then as fast as he could save the money would change the exhaust, have the car lowered, the windows tinted and the paint redone before showering it with love.

Friends said he could spend full and happy days buffing one of his cars. Beyond that was a deep loyalty to family and friends.

The Holmes siblings Cameron, 23, Travis, 20, Bartley, 18, Hayden, 12, and Chantelle, 16 are a tight-knit bunch. They said Cliffton was always ready to offer help when it was needed. But he was also known as a rebel with little time for the judgment of strangers.

One friend described him as a gentleman who went out of his way to make people feel welcome.

Travis, whose partner Carla was expected to give birth to their first child yesterday, said they would name their new son Connor Cliffton Artie Holmes to honour his brother.

He was my brother and my best mate, and there will never be another person like him, Travis said.

An informal funeral service is planned for Friday, with a Falcon XR8 ute, pumping out Clifftons favourite tunes, in place of a hearse.

The family thanked the ambulance officers and rescue helicopter crew who braved Saturdays storm to try to save Cliffton.

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NORTHERN RIVERS

Warning summary

Forecast for Wednesday evening

Fine. Moderate to fresh east to northeast winds, easing.

Forecast for Thursday

Cloudy periods with isolated showers and thunderstorms. Moderate to fresh north to northwest winds.

Lismore: Chance shower/thunderstorm. Min: 13 Max: 30

Cape Byron: Chance shower/thunderstorm. Min: 18 Max: 25

Grafton: Chance shower/thunderstorm. Min: 14 Max: 30

Forecast for Friday

Fine, mostly sunny. Light to moderate southwest to southeast winds, tending north to northeasterly in the afternoon.

Lismore: Fine. Min: 13 Max: 31

Forecast for Saturday

Fine. Southerly change.

Lismore: Fine. Min: 11 Max: 32

Forecast for Sunday

Fine. Northwest to northeast winds.

Lismore: Fine. Min: 12 Max: 30

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Here weeeeeee gooooooooo!!!! Great job BoM! We going to expect good day of storms. Well i have exams in morning, between 9am to 11:30am. I not sure if those storms happen during that time or not? Hrmm. CAPE and Li are reasonable but not too bad for this time. I would say there might be some severe ones in the area. Small chance of supercells. May not sure if i were wrong, hope not.

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Dry weather now for little while until next week seeing good damp tropical moisture inflow from the Coral Sea. Build heat with max temperatures above 30 degrees and min temperatures ranging 12-20 degrees. Boring week for now.

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It's October! Welcome to australia wet season Here we come mid spring, hopefully seeing good storms end of this week where forecasted. Bring it on NR supercells

Its 26 degrees here at 9:30am!

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Appears to be we getting more storms days now from late today through all week into next week! Forumers, get your gears to watch this topic for next few days!

[Cookie]

great pics supercell

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Awww thanks Cookie!! Plenty more to come anyways!

Finally nsw BoM plotted storms in! Well only missed two days especially tomorrow and Saturday. Weather charts looks interesting and it might hold storms in ne nsw and southern qld until next thursday!

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDG00074.shtml

Then, here is the NR forecast (finally)

Forecast for Friday

Early fog patches, otherwise fine and mostly sunny. Light to moderate northwest winds, turning northeasterly and freshening near the coast later.

Fire danger: Very High

Lismore: Fine. Mostly sunny. Min: 15 Max: 31

Cape Byron: Fine. Mostly sunny. Min: 18 Max: 25

Grafton: Fine. Mostly sunny. Min: 14 Max: 31

Forecast for Saturday

Fine. Mostly sunny. Moderate to fresh north to northwest winds.

Lismore: Fine. Mostly sunny. Min: 16 Max: 34

Forecast for Sunday

Isolated afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Northwest to northeast winds, ahead of a southerly change.

Lismore: Mostly fine. Min: 18 Max: 35

Forecast for Monday

Isolated afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Southeast to northeast winds.

Lismore: Chance afternoon shower. Min: 18 Max: 30

A bit minor mistake on Lismore's precis, not even Mostly Fine/sunny on Sunday! That would be Possible afternoon shower or storm like Monday precis. Hopefully we going to see some more storms for October, be like October 2003 would best! But thoughtful lol. I want some more better lightning snaps off my tripod and using my hand held wind speed and temperature!

Now its cloudy, winds from E to SE at 13miles per hour at humidity of 83%. Temperature is at 22.9C (max was 28.6 at 9:01am) and dewpoint 19.4C. Much alot humid now.

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Hit and run near miss single cell across the river died out very quickly for like 15mins. Evans Head and Murwillumbah cells are the best today.

Murwillumbah cell, looks like some kind of mesocyclone structure on anvil!

Evans Head cell

2nd cell SW of Ballina, closer at this stage.

Day has finished now, today was day two. Tomorrow is beginning of new day of three! Further reports from tomorrow will be keep posted.

GFS showing some massive rainfalls on ne nsw and se qld!

http://forecasts.bsch.au.com/apf.html?regi...ne&days=7.5

Enjoy!

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Day 3- Sunday 7th October 2007

Windshear: 23knots ENE

Li: -7.5

CAPE: 1890j/kg

TT: 54

Damaging wind: 80% (gusts up to 65knots)

Hail diameter: 2-5cm

Rainfall: Isolated 30mm and elsewhere 15mm

Scattered high based showers/storms in northeast NSW after 11am along the trough from Port Macquarie to Mungindi. Storms will develop later in southeast QLD. More likely in northeast NSW today with damaging winds, large hail and floods.

Forecast for Sunday

A warm day with cloudy periods. Whilst there is the chance of some thunder, little if any precipitation is expected. Light to moderate northwest winds turning fresh and gusty north to northeasterly near the coast in the afternoon ahead of a moderate southerly change extending up from the south.

Fire danger: Very High

I thought very high to extreme fire danger? Oh well lol. UV today is 11, quite burning lol. I think there will be alot of storms today than 'chance'. Higher risk of flash flooding, damaging wind and hail today in northeast district. Likely it is going to be humid day again. Min was 19.4C. Now is 24.2/20.1 85% Feels like 25.7.

Bring it on day three!

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Today was awesome but kinda missed the main part. I took a lot of better photographs including best lightning snaps ever and even my first snaps in daytime!

Report here: http://www.freewebs.com/stormshunters07-08...thoctober07.htm

Photo briefings of the day.

Enjoy my best cgs galore photos! I love this! Enjoy it!

[angela lynne]

great pics

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Thanks mate. Plenty more to come, nice severe cell southwest of here and another one behind it. Its 23.8/22.1 95% here now. Lifted Index was down to -8.4C! CAPE increased to 2800J/Kg! Nice nasty 75knots windshear at 500mb! Today is best day of more severe storms and possiblity of HP supercells.

Bring it on day four!

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Li tonight is -9.3, CAPE 3100 and tomorrow Li -10.7 and CAPE 4200! OMG!

Had first storm that produced damaging winds gusts up to 80km/hr and very heavy rainfalls at 11mm. Second storm came in and produce less lightning and a breif shower. Looks like more activity to continue like forever into tonight with increasing instability and moisture. Further storms tomorrow until Saturday! 6cm hailstones reported near Casino and 4cm elsewhere in region.

Issued at 4:06pm on Monday the 8th of October 2007

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NORTHERN RIVERS

Warning summary

Severe thunderstorm warnings current at 4pm Monday, check latest information at www.bom.gov.au.

Forecast for Monday evening

Scattered showers and occasional thunderstorms, possibly severe with hail. Mainly moderate northeast to northwest wind.

Forecast for Tuesday

Afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Light to moderate southeast to northeast winds.

Lismore: Afternoon shower/storm. Min: 17 Max: 28

Cape Byron: Afternoon shower/storm. Min: 20 Max: 25

Grafton: Afternoon shower/storm. Min: 17 Max: 28

Forecast for Wednesday

Chance of isolated afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Moderate northeast to southeast winds.

Lismore: Chance afternoon shower/storm. Min: 14 Max: 26

Forecast for Thursday

Local showers and afternoon thunderstorms. North to northeast winds.

Lismore: Shower, chance storm. Min: 18 Max: 32

Forecast for Friday

Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Westerly wind.

Lismore: Chance shower. Min: 17 Max: 34

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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology

New South Wales

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

for DAMAGING WIND and LARGE HAILSTONES

For people in the

NORTHERN RIVERS,

NORTHERN TABLELANDS and parts of the

MID NORTH COAST and

NORTH WEST SLOPES Forecast Districts.

Issued at 5:33 pm Monday, 8 October 2007.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds and large hailstones in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Lismore, Grafton, Coffs Harbour, Armidale, Tenterfield, Glen Innes and Inverell.

Reports of Giant hail about 6cm from south of Casino and several reports of Hail to at least 4cm have been received. Wind gusts of about 90km/hr were reported in a thunderstorm at Glen Innes.

The State Emergency Service advises that people should:

* Move your car under cover or away from trees.

* Secure or put away loose items around your house, yard and balcony.

* Keep clear of fallen power lines.

* Unplug computers and appliances.

* Avoid using the phone during the storm.

* Stay indoors away from windows, and keep children and pets indoors as well.

* For emergency help in floods and storms, ring the SES (NSW and ACT) on 132 500.

The next warning is due to be issued by 8:35 pm.

Perfect weather, alot better than tropical lately!