N/E Victoria 3/01/2008

A very marginal day on this day but with not much to do I decided to have a chase and see what might unfold. I decide early to head to the N/E of the state in the area of Mt Buller to Mt Hotham.

Karl didnt have anything on so he came along for the ride and his vast weather knowledge was very helpful on this day.

Once over the ranges we could clearly see a cell forming over Buller but more interesting was what was building to the N/E of Buller so we kept on going.

Near Myrtleford things really started to get interesting and a cell quickly developed. The speed of which it built was amazing and took us by suprise. The storm was sitting over the area near Mt Beauty and there were reports of lightning in this area. Hail shafts were visable but hail could not be confirmed at ground level.The cell died as quickly as it built but was very powerful.

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