Brisbane • Sat 17 May 2008
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A
magnificent line tracked right
over Brisbane today thanks to a
cold pool.
Our day
started however, with a smaller
isolated cell producing some
beautiful rumbles of thunder
right outside our house:
It was
3:50pm and here's the radar image
of the above storm, just east of
Logan:
We headed
out to a spot with a decent
westerly view but this small cell
died shortly after. Of course, we
knew a big line was behind it so
we sat and waited. We had an
awesome view as we could see Mt
Coot-tha and the mountain range,
so it was interesting to watch
this line develop from a
distance.
Parts of
the base would start to develop
some nice lowerings almost
organising themselves into a
gustfront, but they would then
disappear. Finally, as it got
close to us it DID organise
itself into a beautiful gustfront
backlit by the setting sun.
  
Here's the
radar as the line passed over us
at 5:10pm. We're just north of
the dot at Logan:
There were
plenty of flashes, but not as
many clear CGs as I was hoping
for. The above pics are shot with
around 4-10 second exposures, so
it would've been possible to
catch some decent fork lightning
had we been lucky enough.
With the
front on top of us and moderate
to heavy rain falling, it was
difficult to keep our cameras dry
so we decided to make for the bay
and hopefully enjoy a good light
show. It turns out we did! These
are from Wynnum:
               
It was cold
and the freezing wind was
relentless. In our haste to leave
the house I forgot to bring a
jacket, but some fish and chips
helped ;)
This line
just kept on powering. We arrived
at Wynnum about 5:50pm and at
7:15pm it was finally starting to
get a little too far offshore for
decent photos, though the radar showed the line to be one of the most smoothly defined I've ever seen.
Clear forks were
also now very infrequent so we
decided to head off.
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