20 Oct 2018 - more severe storms, Sydney, Australia region

[davenn]

This session started off as a lot of large and reasonably individual cells but as they
merged, they morphed into a 800 kilometre long storm line that stretched across the eastern side of
the state of NSW ( New South Wales).

Intense CG ( Cloud to Ground) lightning as it approached from the west ... photos taken from home
Photo 1 is looking to a storm line over nthrn Sydney ~ Hornsby region and moving roughly SE, in our general direction.
It merged with the bigger cell coming in from the west ... photos show it as it approached ( shown on the rest of the images) ...

The day was rounded off with a gathering of storm chasers at my place for food and drinkscheers
Dave

 

[davenn]

a couple of radar and lightning shots
courtesy of Weatherzone.com.au, a site I subscribe to get good resolution images of the weather radarThis first image shows the central eastern NSW area ... my location is the blue dot roughly centre of the screen

this second image shows a wider field of view and shows the extent of the storm line

Dave

 

[AlexTheParticle]

Wow, those photos are incredible! It's amazing to see how the cells merged and formed such a massive storm line. The lightning must have been intense! Did you take any photos of the storm line as it approached from the west? It must have been quite a sight to see. And a gathering of storm chasers at your place afterwards? That sounds like a fun way to end the day. Thanks for sharing your experience, Dave! Stay safe out there.