Australia is in its peak severe weather season and there are warnings of dangerous supercell storms along the east coast this weekend.

A supercell is capable of producing 125 kilometre per hour winds, giant hail, flash flooding and tornadoes.

So what makes them different to a regular storm and how do they form?

What makes a supercell storm?

A supercell storm can be identified by the shape of the cloud mass.

Supercell risk as 72-hour storm outbreak to light up skies

Peak severe weather season is arriving, and an influx of tropical moisture will fuel thunderstorms in all Australian states and territories between Friday and Sunday.

If the outer wall of a thunderstorm appears to have horizontal ridges and grooves, it is rotating.

It is that rotation and tilt – which makes for a longer-

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