HECTIME – A brief introduction

31 October 2016

I am currently residing in Darwin, Australia, and figured it is about time that I write a post briefly explaining the ridiculousness I am up to. Basically it involves a LOT of hanging around in a coastal park in Nightcliff. HECTIME stands (loosely) for the HEctor the Convector TIme-lapse and Modelling Experiment. Hector is the name for a large thunderstorm, or thunderstorm complex that develops over the Tiwi Islands (Northern Territory, Australia) on most afternoons during the pre-monsoon season – October-November-December.

Sunshine Coast to Sydney bike tour days 1-8: Buderim to Gold Coast

29 May, day 1: Buderim to Glass House
I was in tears as I left my sister Fio and her family in Buderim, I lost control of my emotion in the hallway.

Hector the Convector thunderstorm links

This post contains links relating to forecasting and viewing the Hector thunderstorm that forms over the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory, Australia. Here is the wiki page for some background. For information on comparing time-lapses with weather model simulations of Hector see here.

QUICK LINKS: Satellite, radar, lightning, discussion, model

The Echuca storm chase

I’ll start this post by sharing some time lapses (above) from this great storm chase day put together to the track Default by Atoms for Peace. Please select 1080p option pump up the volume and go fullscreen (sounds like a philosophy for life ;D).