General Weather Photos

These photos are general weather images and other images taken in the Blue Mountains, with some photos from other areas thrown in. They are copyrighted to blackheathweather.com or their stated owners. Do not use without permission. You may link to images here but please state the original source.

25-7-08 - Grose Valley Sunset - About 5:30pm, just as the sun was about to set.

25-7-08 - Grose Valley Sunset - About 5:15pm, just as the sun brushed the top of Mt Hay.

27-5-08 - Storm in Blackheath - Not very productive but nice to look at.

7-5-08 - Autumn Colour in Blackheath - Great colours this year.

7-5-08 - Autumn Colour in Blackheath - Some of the best colours in years.

28-4-08 - Autumn Snow in Blackheath! - Photo by Trish

21-4-08 - Autumn colours - Image One

21-4-08 - Autumn colours - Image Two

21-4-08 - Autumn colours - Image Three

27-2-08 - Storm near Lake Lyle - 4pm, nice hail shafts

27-2-08 - Storm near Lake Lyle - 4pm, more hail shafts

27-2-08 - Storm near Lake Lyle - 3:40pm, base feature near back of storm.

Amazing Lightning Strike footage - 7-2-08 - courtesy of our friends at East Coast Storm Chasing

Storm north of town - 4pm, no precipitation in town.

Large hail - Brother in laws house, Seven Hills 9-12-07.

More large hail - as above.

Storm Near Blackheath - Grose Valley, 4pm.

Same storm as above - 4-12-07 - Grose Valley, 4pm.

Another storm over the Grose - 4-12-07 - Grose Valley, 4pm.

Same storm as above - 4-12-07 - Grose Valley, 4pm.

Wall cloud and overshooting top - 4-12-07 - Grose Valley, 4pm.

Storm near Blackheath - 4-12-07 - Grose Valley, 4pm.

Storm over Blackheath - 4-12-07 - Same storm as above at 3:30pm.

Katoomba Falls Image One - 23-11-07 - After good rainfall.

Katoomba Falls Image Two - 23-11-07 - After good rainfall.

Storm - 18-11-07 - Nice pulse storm over Blackheath.

Braeside falls - 7-11-07 - after good rainfall.

Frog near our pond - 5-11-07 - possibly an Eastern Froglet.

Blackheath Double Rainbow - 29-10-07 - In complete contrast to the tornado below.

Dunoon tornado, near Lismore - 26-10-07 - Captured by Jimmy Deguara from ASW (C) October 2007

Lunar Eclipse Image - 28-8-07 - from Dann Weatherhead at SSC. (C) August 2007

Lunar Eclipse Images - 28-8-07 - from Andrew Miskelly. (C) August 2007

Govetts Leap Falls - 20-8-07 - very windy, image slightly blurred.

Mushrooms in Blackheath - 1-5-07

Mushrooms in Blackheath - pic two

Mushrooms in Blackheath - pic three

Vibrant autumn colours in Blackheath - 17-4-07

Storm over Blackheath at around 6pm - 4-3-07

Kellick Creek (Near Merriwa) Flash flood 10-2-07 - Amazing YouTube footage.

Large Tree down in Blackheath - after heavy rain 13-2-07

Large Tree down in Blackheath - 13-2-07 - image two

Govetts Leap waterfall and burnt bushland - 13-2-07 - 3pm

Time-lapse of Lithgow severe storm - 7-2-07 by J Deguara of australiasevereweather.com - watch the rotation! A tornado nearly formed. More pics of this storm below.

Severe storm near Lithgow - 7-2-07, 3:30pm - wall cloud & 5cm hail observed

Severe storm near Lithgow - 7-2-07, 4pm - Anvil

Severe storm near Lithgow - 7-2-07, 4pm - Mammatus in anvil

Flash flooding at Meadow Flat Creek 17-1-07 - Photo by James Hundy.

Flash flooding at Diamond Swamp Creek 17-1-07 - Photo by James Hundy.

Lovely backlit storm over Blackheath - 12-1-07, 8pm

Huge Mushroom Pyrocumulus now featured on RFS site

Huge Pyrocumulus at Blackheath - 22-11-06, 2pm

Huge Pyrocumulus at Blackheath - 22-11-06, 2pm

Huge Pyrocumulus at Blackheath - 22-11-06, 2pm - contrast levels adjusted

Huge Pyrocumulus at Blackheath - 22-11-06, 2pm

Huge Pyrocumulus at Blackheath - 22-11-06, 2pm

Blackheath Fire, pyrocumulus cloud - 21-11-06, 3pm

Blackheath Fire, Grose Valley - 20-11-06, 3pm

Blackheath Fire, Grose Valley - 20-11-06, 3pm

Blackheath Fire - 19-11-06, 11am

Male Funnel Webs in Blackheath - 28-10-06 - drought brings them out early?

Male Funnel Web in Blackheath - 28-10-06

Lenticular Cloud - 27-10-06 - by Ted

Grose Valley - 27-10-06 - By Ted

Horse Shoe Falls 14-9-06

Katoomba Falls 12-9-06

Katoomba Falls 12-9-06

Katoomba Falls 12-9-06

Katoomba Falls 12-9-06

Valley Fog Katoomba 23-6-06 - Black and White

Valley Fog Katoomba 23-6-06- Colour

Megalong Valley Causeway 12-6-06

Vale of Clywdd - 14th of May 2006

Porters Pass - 13th of May 2006

Katoomba church - early May 2006

Blackheath, waterfall - 10th of May 2006

Blackheath, autumn colours - 1st of May 2006

Blackheath, autumn colours - 29th of April 2006

Lightning at dusk, Grose Valley - 19th of April 2006

Blackheath, autumn colours - 13th of April 2006

Katoomba Falls fernery - 10th of April 2006

Grose Valley, Blackheath - 10th of April 2006

Porters Pass in Blackheath - 31st March 2006

Autumn Rose in Blackheath - 31st March 2006

Pulpit Rock in Blackheath - March 2006

Autumn colours in Blackheath - 22/3/06

Wentworth Falls Lake - 28/2/06

Wentworth Falls Lake - 21/2/06

Bridal Veil Falls - 17/1/06

Bridal Veil Falls larger version - 17/1/06

Grose Valley under storms - 17/1/06

Pulsing tower over Blackheath - 22-11-05

Lightning - 8/11/05 - lightning to the north east of Blackheath. NB: Fairly large download, better with broadband.

Govetts Leap - 1/7/05 - after quite heavy rain.

Richmond storm 4/3/05 - apparently there was some decent hail from this cell as it moved east, around 3cm or so in size.

Mammatus - Blackheath 20/1/05

Mammatus - Blackheath 20/1/05

Mammatus - Blackheath 20/1/05

Mammatus - Blackheath 20/1/05

Mammatus - Blackheath 20/1/05 - larger image, broadband recommended.

Mount Hay storm 13/12/04

Mount Hay storm 13/12/04

Mount Hay storm 13/12/04

Mount Hay storm 13/12/04

Megalong Valley Severe Storm - Sunday afternooon, 24/10/04. Large hail (possibly over 5cm) and strong winds, possibly over 120 kph - these figures are yet to be confirmed.

Megalong severe storm 24/10/04

Megalong severe storm 24/10/04

Megalong severe storm 24/10/04

Megalong severe storm 24/10/04