27/10/2026
⚠️ Heads up, Sunshine Coast.
Severe storms are forecast across SE QLD today, with heavy rain, damaging winds and large hail possible.
Secure loose items, get vehicles undercover where possible and keep an eye on official warnings.
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⚠️SOUTH EAST QLD > SEVERE & VERY DANGEROUS STORM FORECAST WARNING FOR LATER TODAY (TUESDAY) ‼️
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🔴Storms are expected for the South East Coast & Wide Bay Burnett districts starting from lunchtime onwards today!
🔴5 or more larger Supercells have a very high risk of producing Large Hail to 5cms and possibly Giant Hail to 7.5cms. Damaging winds of 90-120km/h and possibly Destructive Winds over 125km/h. Extreme white out rain & frequent lightning.
💥There is only a low risk of a tornado with these Supercells at this stage.
📍Locations may include: Brisbane, Ipswich, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Gympie, Maryborough, Kingaroy, Mary Valley, Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Somerset, Lockyer Valley & Scenic Rim areas (East from Toowoomba to Warwick, north from Dalby.)
👉NOTE: Yesterday the atmosphere didn't recover from earlier rain and dry westerlies pushed in which heavily reduced the forecast storm activity.
👉TODAY IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT: The sun is out this morning heading for a top of 30C which will generate very high amounts of instability and lift which will mix with very high humidity levels - you should be able to feel it already! There is weak capping inversion in place which will break once temps get hot enough, plus steep lapse rates that support rapid storm development, plus a -25C dry slot in the mid levels that favours large to giant hail production. This is what I call absolutely loaded gun set-up that will go boom from lunchtime onwards....
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