After an unprecedented 6
months without a storm, Adelaide finally got one in the early hours of
Wednesday 9th June.
Conditions were all
favourable for storm development along a pre-frontal cloudband.
After an unusually warm
winter’s day storms began to develop along a trough line across the
Nullarbor just on sunset. This line quickly moved eastwards towards
Adelaide. By 8pm we coulkd already see distant flashes to our west and
soon we were seeing Cgs as far away as Spencer Gulf.
It was to be another 3 or
so hours before the line of storms actually hit the Adelaide coastline.
I initially headed down to
St Kilda to meet Andrew and check out the lightning display to the west.
The main storms were still over Yorke Peninsula at this stage but there
was a concern that it was sliding southwards so I headed off to go down
the coast more and find a good vantage spot for photos. I eventually
parked myself an top of the hill overlooking Hallett Cove and the sea,
south of Adelaide. By this time, the storms were heading ESE down the
gulf so I started taking some shots. The first storm was sliding south
of me so I had clear views of the show. The first 2 photos above were
from this storm. A second storm was coming basically from my NW and was
heading straight for me from over the sea. The other 2 photos are of
this storm looking NW. Soon after it went straight over me with several
flangs and some heavy rain. After the storms made landfall the lightning
died down and it was time to call it a night.
