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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
As two tropical cyclone warnings are issued up north – Tropical Cyclone Magda and now ex-tropical cyclone Neville – in contrast heat waves and scorching the south of the continent – Sydney’s west experiencing 3 consecutive days of 40C or higher temperatures. Lucky the recent rains have made the forests and fields green again that bushfires are not a major threat.
And then of course snow fell during a brief cold snap that passed over southern Australia namely Victoria and southern NSW producing snow over the highlands of the Snowy Mountains. What a month. Now back to the 40C heat!
Incidently, following the two severe storm events prior to Christmas including the Singleton hailstorm, early January was an active period for severe thunderstorms with a few explosive thunderstorm events intercepted.
Jimmy
Explosive updraft and overshooting top lower Blue Mountains January 5th 2010Base with wall cloud January 5th 2010
Deep convection - this severe pulse storm kept rising January 10th 2010
Explosive updrafts lower Hunter Valley from outflow of Putty pulse storm January 10th 2010
Base of exploding storm headed for Jerrys Plains January 10th 2010
- Surprise supercell developing in deep layer shear January 14th 2010
Wall cloud under severe supercell near Walcha - January 14th 2010
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Those images you have show how spectacular and messy the flooding was – certainly a huge damage bill. What is amazing about this even was the widespread nature of the major floods across southeast Queensland and North East NSW region. Certainly the most significant flood event in years for that part fo the world. And what about the Coffs Harbour and Bellingen region – 3 floods in one year! And it si only May!
Jimmy
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
Michael,
As the title says, I am astounded that we have lost whole towns and literally hundreds of homes in this disaster! 
I am shell shocked – and there seems to be more bad news on the way. I have heard information that suggests the toll could top 300 with another town just being discovered. At this time, the toll stands at 181 dead and many injured. A scene of chaos people attempting to escape the inferno. I have never seen a pyrocumulonimbus as massive as this one above the fire plumes on this devastating day.
Amongst all of this confusion, there are floods and disaster in far north Queensland in Ingham who is expecting a third flood peak, and then I got the hailstorm yesterday thanks to you and your quick thinking! I tell you I had to turn around very quickly to do this and that is what allowed me to get the hailstorm. Here is a couple of images of the hailstones:
Jimmy
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