Hey champs, woke up around 3.30am and I guess not just from thunder! :p small cell didn't last long, but couldn't get back to sleep. So I thought I would start uploading pics and do the chase report.
Thanks again to John and Karl for helping me during the chase
So headed off towards Badgingarra around 10am. I know where the heck is that? For those who want to know:
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&sour ... 31842&z=10
About a 2 hr and 50min drive north on the No. 1 Brand Hwy.
About 1/2 hr out saw this cell developing to the south, which I think may have been the first cell that hit Perth? (reference from WA forum that there was two cells that went through, the second one being the HP monster Badgingarra cell).
As i got to Badgingarra, I could see the cell to the north. Originally I was thinking of going to Jurien Bay. I got onto the road to there but stopped about 1/4? of the way lol. Some mammatus was forming:
Also a skinny tower
It was a little bit hilly and the scrubery would get annoying at times! lol Don't get the gaps to look through like with trees. Anvil was wetting me as well, had to backtrack. So finally got a spot to see the shelf cloud and noticed that maybe I got a gustanado? The lens was fully extended to 200mm
^ Sorry about the quality and the powerline in the way grrr lol
And so it got closer:
And closer, but that will have to be for part 2 of this report! lol coming soonish champs