Satellite images of the severe thunderstorms
on 2-3 December 2003
The satellite images below show clouds passing over Melbourne
during the storms of the 2nd and 3rd of December 2003. The
image on the left is a true-colour image made up from the
visible and infrared channels on board the NOAA-16 satellite.
It was taken at 4pm (local time) on 2nd December, and shows
the large mass of cloud to the east of Port Phillip Bay which
affected Melbourne during the afternoon.
The image on the right is a false-colour image comprised of
only the infrared channels from the NOAA-17 satellite. The
image was recored at 12:30am (local time) on the 3rd
December, and shows the mass of cloud around the northern
parts of Port Phillip Bay which affected the city in the
early morning.
Satellite images received from the USA's NOAA series of
polar orbiting satellites and processed by the Commonweath
Bureau of Meteorology.
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