Sydney, Australia was hit by a dramatic storm on Tuesday, and pictures of the oncoming clouds looked like something from a disaster movie.
Here it comes #Manly #SydneyStorm number two pic.twitter.com/p1dtYHVdHr
— Alex Martiniuk (@AlexMartiniuk) January 9, 2018
Unsuspecting Bondi Beach-dwellers were strolling along as the imposing cloud rolled in on the bay.
? #SydneyStorm pic.twitter.com/rlg3hGTUac
— Maz Dixon (@Maz_Dixon) January 9, 2018
From Manly, a beach suburb in Northern Sydney, the storm cloud resembled a crashing wave.
Storm rolling in over Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. #SydneyStorm pic.twitter.com/YPqag8OG7R
— Steve Strickland (@SteveStricklan6) January 9, 2018
This panoramic photo taken in Mascot, south-eastern Sydney, shows the scale of the storm.
And no wonder, as the power of the storm reminded us a little of The Day After Tomorrow.
According to the region’s Bureau of Meteorology, it was a shelf cloud, formed when air rises ahead of a thunderstorm’s “gust front”, the blast of cool air that rushes out at high speeds from a thunderstorm.
Winds moving as fast as 91kph (55mph) were measured at Sydney airport.
It is Australia though, so the weather was pretty much back to a balmy normal by the next day.
