Picture of a major storm approaching home

In summary, the Sydney, Australia region experienced two evenings of wild weather on Monday and Tuesday. The first evening brought a large thunderstorm from the west, bringing intense lightning, rain, and hail. The following evening, an intense low formed over the region, bringing winds up to 160km/hr along the coastal regions, heavy rain, flash flooding, and even snow in some inland areas. Locally, there was heavy rain, thunder, and lightning.
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davenn
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hi guys and gals

been a wild Monday and Tuesday here in the Sydney, Australia region
2 evenings of wild weather
first on Monday was a large thunderstorm storm that came in from the west
bringing intense lightning, rain and hail

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Tuesday nite saw an intense low form over the region. This brought winds up to 160km/hr along the coastal regions. Heavy rain and flash flooding and snow in some areas of the inland hills.
Locally around home we got heavy rain and a lot of thunder and lightning

Dave
 
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Wow, that's a very evil looking cloud. Looks like a time portal for a whole army of terminators.
 
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hey zooby :)

yeah, was a violent storm when it hit the home area. Heavy rail, hail and lots of lightning
 

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