Harrisville • Tue 22 Apr 2008
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A couple of
weak ones around late today
which, normally getting up at
3:30am I would think twice about
going after. But now with no
alarm to wake me in the morning,
heading out at night is a no
brainer. Do I sound like I'm
enjoying this getting up late
thing?
First a
small cell around Marburg.
Judging from the radar, wind
shear was low. These cells were
crawling along, which is good for
chasing because they're easy to
keep up with. Trouble is, because
they're not moving as quickly
into new unstable air, these
'pulse' storms tend to be weaker
and not last as long, so starting
a chase is risky for that reason.
I decided
I'd just head up to my local
lookout to see what it was doing.
Lightning was infrequent at about
once a minute, and being so far
away, the brightness of the
lightning was competing with the
ambient light of nearby
buildings.
   
I stayed
out for over an hour then headed
home, expecting that to be it.
About 10pm the radar showed a
new, much larger cell
approaching.
This was
moving slowly also (around 25kmh)
so there was a good chance it
would collapse and die at any
moment, but after the earlier
frustrations at not getting
anything decent, I took off for
Marburg.
Shortly
after arriving, lightning
activity seemed to shift to the
southern end (reflected in the
above radar image) so I spun
around and headed towards Boonah
stopping around Peak's Crossing
and Harrisville.
 
Activity
was again slow, but I was treated
to a few bolts, and simply being
out in the quiet in the middle of
nowhere under an almost-full moon
was a treat in itself.
 
I took my
last shot at 2:07am and got home
around 3.
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