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Offline enak_12

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Found a snippet of the tornadic waterspout off the nsw south coast during the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. Wonder if the full video is available somewhere?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6fII5Yrl6c

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Re: Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Supercell and Tornado: 26 Dec 2001
« Reply #1 on: 01 November 2008, 03:53:05 AM »
Was looking through my archives this morning and found some video grabs and data for this event. More photos are available here and here.




















---> Sydney radar loop


Speed shear is impressive on these morning soundings. No doubt the coastal location of the event saw some strong direction shear later in the day.

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