An outbreak of early-spring thunderstorms has caused prolific lightning over Australia’s southeastern states during the last 24 hours.
The animation below shows lightning spreading across central and southeastern Australia on Thursday and Friday morning. These storms were triggered by a large pool of cold air from the Southern Ocean clashing with much warmer air over the Australian continent.
Video: Lightning strikes detected between Thursday morning and Friday morning.
Weatherzone’s Total Lightning Network detected around 245,000 lightning strikes within an 800 km radius of Bourke during the 24 hours ending at 9am AEST on Friday. The bulk of these strikes were over NSW, although lightning also occurred in Qld, Vic, the ACT, Tas, SA and the NT on Thursday and Friday.
This week’s thunderstorms are a taste of the stormy weather that will becomes more prominent over eastern and northern Australia sin the coming months. The image below shows the average lightning d
Australias state of Tasmania has been experiencing extreme weather conditions which has seen torrential rain and thunderstorms inundate parts of the island state
Australia s state of Tasmania has been experiencing extreme weather conditions, which has seen torrential rain and thunderstorms inundate parts of the island state.A record-breaking amount of rain was dumped on the state s capital of Hobart .
INTRODUCTION
Australia s severe weather season runs from October to April and typically features a mix of heavy rain, thunderstorms, heatwaves, bushfires and tropical cyclones.