Hail storms

I live in Queensland and it was probably the same storms we experienced in Redcliffe. We live on a peninsula so I am not sure this will be more severe being near the water rather than inland.

From my experience of the storms the last one I remeber it was fairly short lived but intense. Almost like a mini cyclone. Things went very grey and dark and then bang it hit and there was powerful winds and hail. Then after about 15 minutes it was gone.

I know it probably went onto another area or out to sea and the intensity will vary in different places. IO remember the Gap coping powerful storms and it went through like a frieght train wrecking everything in a short period of time.

I think at least from this seasons hail and storms so far that its the intense heat and humidity that builds up and then theres a cooler front that comes in. Or the heat builds up the humidity and we get a lot more moisture in the air and it builds up too quickly that it has to release.

The seasons seem to be irratic. You can get fairly cold air and hot air mixing more often and suddenly. Or too much moistuire because it gets too hot. But we don't seem to have those regular clockwork season changes.

I know that there are cycles where every 20 or so years you get a couple of hot summmers or extra cold winters. But we are getting hot and cold weather in places and times that never use to get such extreme weather.

In saying that I can remember as a kid in Sydney where suburbs were blanketed with hail stones like it was snowing. Even when I first came to Qld around 2000 we have regular big storms every afternood for a week or so like clockworks. Often with hail. So I don't know. But certainly they seem more intense and irregular.