Darwin Chase - 2011

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Sat 26/11/2011 13:08

Done with what crude tools I have available... Fingers crossed, & I'll revise it to 9 CG's, two together and one just to the right of the frame

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Manukau heads obs · Sat 26/11/2011 14:05

excellent!!

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 26/11/2011 14:53

Great shots
Atleast with Darwin City there is some good open areas for watching/photographing storms, outside of Darwin town it is mostly bush and you watch the storms through the tree tops, last year it was good to have Foggys local knowledge on where the swamps and river plains ( open areas) are.
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NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Sat 26/11/2011 17:27

I never thought of the rural zone of Darwin being forest for some reason.

Excellent photos there Tgsnoopy. Reminds me of going out doing lightning photography in USA, lots of fun when you have a storm going off.

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sun 27/11/2011 08:44

Yes, a very fun storm with some very incredible lightning! The lightning in the third photo (same as tgsnoopy's) happened within two seconds.

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Sun 27/11/2011 08:52

fantastic photos you guys,wish i was there

Thunder · Unread post by **Thunder** » Mon 28/11/2011 02:35

Wicked stuff! Wonder what Steven G got? Keep at it!

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Mon 28/11/2011 15:56

33.7C, dewpoint 24.5C at the moment.... sheesh!!

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 28/11/2011 18:22

Nothing like that, here, in today's SW change.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 29/11/2011 08:24

Looks like a few storms moving into the Darwin area now but the guys will probably still be sleeping, 4.50am there.

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Tue 29/11/2011 09:05

Yep, just hosed down. Not sleeping, getting ready to head out

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Tue 29/11/2011 10:22

Line took it's time to get here from the Central Arnhem Plateau overnight. A lack of photo-ops at 4am due to low cloud over Darwin. Exploded over Berrimah an hour ago.

Leaving for Kununurra and Lake Argyle now.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 29/11/2011 13:16

Foggy wrote: Leaving for Kununurra and Lake Argyle now.

A very nice part of the world, I see that is about an 8hr drive, meanwhile it looks stormy around Darwin http://webcams.bsch.au.com/darwin_city.html

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Tue 29/11/2011 21:32

Strong Rotational signature on a cell in Darwin around 12.50 PM:

tunster · Unread post by **tunster** » Tue 29/11/2011 22:10

Foggy wrote:33.7C, dewpoint 24.5C at the moment.... sheesh!!

I once experienced such conditions at 3:30AM in Delhi

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Thu 01/12/2011 04:38

I hope you got a heavy shower for your efforts!!

Just got back from two long days as far as Wyndham, WA. Very hot and sultry conditions from there to Katherine on the Victoria Highway. 42C today there and slightly less in Kununurra with late gusty storms. Around Timber Creek we were recording 38/24... doesn't take long to start sweating!

One from William Nguyen-Phuoc of one of the many positive bolts from yesterday's angry early morning storm. (needs volume)

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Thu 01/12/2011 06:22

Impressive thunder alright Foggy,interesting that two or three loud cracks at the start

Manukau heads obs · Thu 01/12/2011 07:19

it got the birds going!
love all the tropical sounds

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Fri 02/12/2011 17:42

Nice clap there, Will

Shame it didn't have a bit of a 'dump' at the end like you get here in Canterbury with a long roll

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Fri 02/12/2011 18:47

We were lucky yesterday. Just got off our 1 hour Kakadu Air flight at Jabiru and a line of storms started. Not very photogenic, but fantastic to just take in, we were given about 4 hours of intense thunderstorms all the way back on the Arnheim Highway. It went Severe Warned about an hour before we got back to Darwin. We were only out of the car a couple of minutes before it hit back in Darwin. Unfortunately Foggy's tripod tipped when the gust front hit at South Alligator in Kakadu, it smashed his lense and beat up his camera. During the intense storm we observed embedded lightning with heavy rain & strong winds, even observed the power getting knocked out. Just amazing! Tonight we may get a repeat Gulfie treat! Storms for Steven's return flight are almost garanteed.

Skywatcher · Unread post by **Skywatcher** » Sun 04/12/2011 17:53

No storms flying out of Darwin - again more turbulence near NZ. Saw lightning every day I was there apart from Saturday but that was only 45 minutes waiting for the red-eye to Sydney

Road trip to WA was well worth the effort, especially the sunset cruise on Lake Argyle. I've spent most of today backing up images and video so I'll start processing, stitching panos, etc, tomorrow. Here are a few lightning shots...

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Sun 04/12/2011 23:13

Fantastic Shots Steven!

tgsnoopy · Unread post by **tgsnoopy** » Sun 04/12/2011 23:39

Great shot's Steven. Glad you got back ok.

I never saw any sparks yesterday, the only blank, it's going off outside right now.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Mon 05/12/2011 06:43

Nice shots there.

03Stormchaser · Unread post by **03Stormchaser** » Mon 05/12/2011 17:49

Great to see some photos, cant wait for the rest!

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