G'day,
When that weather woman [Jane Bunn] on Channel 7 in Melbourne says if you're under a thunderstorm you'll cop it, she's right! We just copped 14+ mm with lots of 1/4"+ hail in about 20 minutes. We were watching the radar and saw the storm coming from the NW through Ballarat and decided to get the horses rugged in a hurry. We just got them rugged and it hit. At least our hay paddocks should kick on from this; it was starting to get a bit dry.
Looking at the radar there are two more storm cells to come. At least it's cooled down a bit. I guess no foxing tonight. I'm allergic to lightning and sitting out in a paddock holding a longish metal tube makes no sense.
Jim