The new storm season finally kicked off this afternoon for Sydney. After what has felt like an eternity storms formed behind a clearing rain band early afternoon over the Central Tablelands. Strong winds above the surface helped push the storms into Sydney at warp speed. My Boyce recorded a wind gust of over 90km/h as the storms passed over.

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Heres some from Rhodes shopping center carpark roof as the storm approached, 1cm hail and some rotation as a clear slot developed and started spinning the base, right near the olympic stadium.

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The camera gear was all packed away for the winter, capturing video of the 2007/08 season had begun, however the big guy upstairs had other plans.

Severe storms developed over the southwest of Sydney during the afternoon and proceeded to move north throughout the afternoon evening. The structure from north of Sydney was nothing short of spectaculur - towering crisp updrafts lit up by a setting autumn sun made for some great photo's.

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Just when we were all thinking Sydney's storm season was at an end, along comes a nice short wave trough and a southerly to kick off one last round.

Storms formed late in the morning over the Tablelands before some large bases emerged over the Hornsby area in the warm humid conditions. The southerly seemed to hit this line around 1pm and the storms really took off in size and structure.

Unfortunately yours truly was participating in a soccer game so could not get any photos until half time. By this time the line had developed well and truly to the north of Sydney towards Gosford. Photo is from Hornsby Heights looking towards the Gosford cell. Note the nice lean to the cumulus towers indicating good vertical wind shear.