25 October 2008

After a morning forecast of "fine" the BOM had to do some back-pedalling when supercells developed along the coast of SEQ before moving NNW into the Sunshine Coast Hinterland where I got 4cm hail.

Date: 10/27/08

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View of the action area from west of Peachester in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. The storm was just west of the Glass House Mountains.

Date: 10/25/08

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Full perspective of the storm and its location in relation to the Glass House Mountains

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This storm was starting to intensify as it got closer to me and it was clearly moving NNW.

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The slightly ragged area on the right of the base was actually rotating quite nicely.

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As the storm got really close, the green tinge in the base was awesome.

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The hail...and the dog checking out the hail.

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The odd shaped hail. 6cm long and about 1cm round.

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Hail covering the ground ranged from 1cm to 4cm.

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Some of the larger hail stones.

Date: 10/25/08

25 October 2008

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The contrast was bad and the light was very low as it was after sunset. Looking NW towards Macksville, Ks.