The storm chaser thread

[YNOT]

As summer rolls around again in Australia we come into storm season again, so lets see your storm photo's.
Here's some I took last week from the backyard at home to kick thngs off;

Tony

[AB]

Nice. I'll add to this when I get home.

[YNOT]

Here's a few more from previous years.
The first and third photo's were an eerie morning storm. My wife and I were working in the backyard under a mostly clear sky, just some light cloud above. Every few minutes we could here what sounded like a tipper emptying a load of boulders a few kilometers away but it just kept happening. We kept looking at the horizon but there was no sign of a storm, that's when we went inside and checked the BOM radar. HOLY CRAP, you should have seen the line of storms that were coming it was hundreds of Km's long and still intensifying, and moving directly towards us - FAST! By the time we got back outside (with cameras in hand) it had poked up over the horizon looking very menacing. We madly ran around the yard tidying up loose items before it hit. What a cracker storm that was.

Tony

[patch697]

Mate..... Im so in on this thread...... I don't think we can top Qld storms (seen them first hand, bloody brilliant) but..... we get some rippers here over the summer so I'll be posting for sure.

I always wanted to be a storm chaser.... Big storms, Twisters, Cyclones, hurricanes... It all just fascinates the hell out of me.


P.s Brilliant pics too BTW.

[YNOT]

I love a good storm as long as my cars are under cover and the house doesn't get damaged.

Here in Brisbane we have a group on faceache called "South Brisbane storms". These guys are fanatical storm chasers and get some amazing photo's and video's.

This thread is open to anyone, you don't need to be a fantastic photographer, just point your camera at a storm like I do.
I'm only using a basic point and shoot camera so I rarely get shots of lightning, but we get some awesome cloud formations.

Tony

[patch697]

I love a good storm as long as my cars are under cover and the house doesn't get damaged.

Here in Brisbane we have a group on faceache called "South Brisbane storms". These guys are fanatical storm chasers and get some amazing photo's and video's.

This thread is open to anyone, you don't need to be a fantastic photographer, just point your camera at a storm like I do.
I'm only using a basic point and shoot camera so I rarely get shots of lightning, but we get some awesome cloud formations.

Tony

PM me the storm chasers link mate..I'd love to see there stuff.

[katwoman]

Not my pic, but is what I get to see from my 'front door'

[wildgu6]

Big storms, Twisters, Cyclones, hurricanes... It all just fascinates the hell out of me.

X2 Paul, love em.

Not my pic, but is what I get to see from my 'front door'

Awsome pic Kat, what a gorgeous view you have there.

Here's one shot at Grampians, but pic doesnt do it justice, it looked awsome rolling in.

[YNOT]

Keep them coming.

Here is a lightning tracker website; http://www.oztracker.com/
with the current image shown below.

Another lightning tracker site based in Ipswich but covering from Newcastle to Rockhampton; http://www.ipswich-city.com/weather/java.php

Tony

[Sir Roofy]

will be keeping an eye on this one