Wild weather to continue to batter eastern Australia in lead-up to Christmas
Animated map of lightning strikes on each day from December 1 to December 7 from lightningmaps.org. Map points correspond to lightning strikes, coloured by age over the 24 hour period (more red is older, more yellow is newer). Map coverage depends on a network of contributors so coverage quality varies.
Tropfest in Centennial Park in Sydney was delayed due to severe weather. Photograph: Britta Campion/AAP Image
An afternoon storm moves across Sydney on Friday 5 December. Photograph: Nikki Short/AAP Image
Unusually tumultuous weather has swept parts of eastern Australia over the past week, with meteorologists warning that further storms, hail and rain are likely to return in the lead-up to Christmas.
A severe thunderstorm battered Sydney on Sunday, leaving more than 10,000 homes without power as large hailstones rained down on parts of the city.
The storms come as Brisbane residents clean up from a “supercell” storm that caused damage that could cost up to $1bn. Hail damaged nearly 2,000 homes, while fallen trees have caused a problem for many households.
A broad area of low pressure, stretching from central Australia to the south-east of the country, has been supplemented by a surge in humidity from tropical areas.
“That combination has led to an unstable environment in the atmosphere,” Craig Burke, a BoM meteorologist, told Guardian Australia.
http://www.theguardian.com/weather/2014/dec/08/wild-weather-continue-batter-eastern-australia
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