Australia is now in the grip of an El Nino drought, temperatures have been reaching record levels, Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland are currently experiencing record November temperatures, temperatures have been reaching highs of 45 degrees in places, the heat has been fueling severe thunderstorms, over 13000 lightning strikes in one hour was recorded in Brisbane on Tuesday night, a number of bushfires have been started by lightning.

hey guys,

many of you know me as the tornado trucker..lol..well at least thats my cb handle...anyways i am posting this blog to anyone who is not offically in a chase team, or a team looking.....i am planning on taking some off time this season and i am looking to get with some people who chase or want to chase...i am looking to form a team or just friends to go out with and chase with...i have no real chase experiance, i just so happen to be at the right place at the right time with my semi th… Continue

Last Wednesday, the biggest dust storm in history swept through eastern Australia, the visbility was down to 10 metres in Sydney, many flights in and out of Kingsford Smith International Airport had to be delayed or diverted, in Brisbane 70km/h winds brought down trees onto powerlines triggering power blackouts, the dust storm was caused by a strong cold front coming up from South Australia, the front also brought snow to the Australian Alps and hail to parts of New South Wales.

Last August was the hottest ever recorded in Australia, Brisbane set an all time August record with a maximum temperature of 35 degrees, there were also a number of fires reported as well, a strong cold front moved through south western Western Australia, wind gusts in excess of 110km/h were reported in Perth, causing some minor damage to property.

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