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I was staying at Nelson near the S.A border, helping out on a school camp. I knew this day - Thursday was going to be the day for storms and was desperately hoping I would be in a good position for at least some photos.
Woke up at 6am to thick fog - still around at 10:30am when we got to Cape Bridgewater (near Portland) for a hike. The fog did disperse briefly for a chance to look at the sky above (I had no idea if there was any build up to the west as a result of the fog)
There seemed to be some nice looking cu building but the view was very quick and the fog set in off the water once again. My warning to the Outdoor Ed. teacher of possible storms was bluntly ignored.
Off we went up to the Cape in the fog until about noon when a rumble in the distance certainly got me excited. (the teachers and students a little worried - being very exposed on the highest coastal cliff in Victoria!!) The fog suddenly dispersed revealing some ugly black clouds bearing down on us. Weren't overly photogenic but still good enough!
Several Cgs followed quickly by thunder left a couple of Year 7's rather scared. At this stage I was more concerned by the fact it was rather close and a good chance for rather heavy rain and possible hail, with us being a good km from shelter. Thankfully the storm skirted just to the north of us but we did cop an absolute drenching with very heavy rain.
The view from behind the storms were awesome as they moved to the east. Several more storms formed off shore and in the north (probably up this way at Coleraine).
Here at Coleraine I recorded 11mm since Wed. morning - actually a little less than I expected but I presume the storms really only started in this vicinity before then intensifying towards the Colac area.
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