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Is this a hurricane level storm? in Sydney?
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Wow, that's scary!
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jedishrfu said:Is this a hurricane level storm? in Sydney?
just a major thunderstorm :) several places had winds 75 - 100km/hr (40 - 60 miles/hr)
hi Evo ... yes WOW that was also the word out of the mouth of a lady that came out of the office block behind me I was standing in front ofEvo said:Wow, that's scary!
she said " I saw you taking photo's and came outside to see what of ... ( there was a pause, then I hear) ... WOW"
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It also appears to have a funnel and then what we call a "skud" cloud to the left of the funnel.
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Gee.. like doors of hell opening
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I live in Kansas, before I lived many years in Houston, TX, so, yes, I am into storms and tornadoes.davenn said:they were both just skud cloud lowerings
OK Evo, now you have impressed me ;) you are a storm aficionado if you know the term skud cloud :)
non-stormchasers/met office people don't usually know that term
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I just used that term, like 2 hours ago, looking out the office window, I described some clouds as scudding. I didn't know it was meteorological; I thought it was literary.
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Evo said:I live in Kansas, before I lived many years in Houston, TX, so, yes, I am into storms and tornadoes.
Haven't been in Kansas stormchasing since 2006, lack of funds have stopped more visits
DaveC426913 said:I just used that term, like 2 hours ago, looking out the office window, I described some clouds as scudding.
cool, Dave ...
Over the years, there's been many a scud cloud mistaken as a tornadic funnel. People don't observe long enough to determine significant rotation etc
here's a crop of that area from the full sized image
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