Sydney smashed by severe storm AGAIN! We take a look at why wild weather batters the east coast every evening… and why we can expect even more
- Severe thunderstorms bringing lightning and thunder has lasted for an incredible six days in a row in Sydney and around eastern parts of NSW
- The ritualised weather in the past week has been caused by strong humidity, which hasn't been able to move away, hence triggering thunderstorms
- NSW SES have answered 396 calls for help from lunchtime Sunday until around 7pm, with crews expected to work through the night
- Thunderstorms are expected to arrive again tomorrow night and are also forecast for Wednesday and through the week
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For an incredible sixth day in a row, Sydney and the rest of the east coast has been hit by spectacular storms - and it looks like the crazy weather is showing no signs of slowing up.
In what is becoming a regular occurrence, the Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe thunderstorm warning for most of the east of New South Wales on Sunday.
The Bureau admits that it is not unusual for the east coast to see a couple of days of storms which usually pass through, but the frequency and intensity of the recent wild weather is very rare.
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A Qantas plane flies near storm clouds above Sydney on Sunday. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Sydney and surrounding areas late Sunday afternoon
Electrifying!Photographer Roland Taylor has layered 28 images from his Surry Hills home, capturing the incredible electric storm on Wednesday (https://www.facebook.com/RolandTaylorPhoto)
Lightning show in Sydney : The heavens open up and give a spectacular show
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Every evening for the past week in Sydney and parts of NSW the temperature and humidity rises followed by a burst of thunder and lightning before the sun goes down.
'A week ago we saw a lot of humid air come in from the Tasman Sea and Queensland and since then it has no strong weather systems coming through from the west, Western Australia, to push the humidity away,' said Mr Logan.
'It has stayed with us and the warm days have combined with humidity to trigger thunderstorms.'
'It's unusual for this time of year, a system will normally come through from and we'll get reprieve, but this has allowed the storms to hang around.'
'It's called a blocking pattern, high pressure systems out in the Tasman Sea prevents any front coming up from Western Australia and prevents it from making it this far and therefore there's no impact in NSW.'
Photographer Roland Taylor has layered 28 images from his Surry Hills home, capturing the incredible electric storm on Wednesday (https://www.facebook.com/RolandTaylorPhoto)
A lone boat is seen out on the water as it is lashed by rain with dark clouds forming overhead
Electrifying : a lightning bolt lights up the Sydney skyline during thunderstorms
The Sydney skyline as seen from the inner-east suburb of Potts Point, where a dramatic display of lightning stole the show earlier this week
Beach goers watch as a thunderstorm moves in over Stanwell Park beach south of Sydney on Sunday
And then it becomes dark : Beach goers watch as a thunderstorm moves in over Stanwell Park beach south of Sydney on Sunday
'This afternoon (Sunday) severe storms hit the northern suburbs, Hornsby, Turramurra, Wahroonga,' he said.
'There was multiple reports of two to three centimetres of golf ball sized hail. Each storm, over one location lasts for about half an hour, sometimes longer and across the city (Sydney) it stays around for a couple of hours every night.'
'Been going through the records, Sydney airport lightning activity each day has reached its sixth day in row, not sure we've seen that before, it's a really rare event,' he said.
The weather didn't help flight schedules at Sydney airport as thunderstorms caused delays and a number of diversions.
Although not for a Qantas Airways Boeing 737-800 plane that braved the dark skies and was seen flying near threatening storm clouds above Sydney on Sunday evening and with all that lightning in the sky it's possible it could have actually been hit by struck.
According to Wisegeek, on average, each commercial airplane gets hit by lightning approximately once a year or even more, but it rarely causes any serious damage or accidents.
Fortunately they're built to handle it because the outside of an airplane is primarily composed of aluminium, which is a good conductor of electricity, the electricity from the lightning is sent back into the air and prevents the interior of the plane feeling much of an impact.
But lightning strikes did cause a few problems for Fire and Rescue NSW in the past couple of days.
At 5:30 on Sunday, right in the middle of the storm, fire crews got called to a fire that had started in a home at Winston Hills and a Fire and Rescue NSW spokesperson confirmed the fire had started by a lightning strike.
What a sight! the storm got plenty talking on social media with some spectacular views of the sky over Sydney
Amazing shot taken from Olympic Park of the storm clouds starting to consume the sky
Beach goers watch as a thunderstorm moves in over Stanwell Park beach south of Sydney on Sunday
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