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08:30 AEST on Monday 20 May 2013 | Cloud/surface composite, Australia
Infrared image courtesy of the Japan Meteorological Agency. Blue Marble surface image courtesy of NASA.
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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
National Meteorological and Oceanographic Centre
Satellite Notes for the 1800UTC chart on 19 May 2013
Issued at 6:12 am EST Monday on 20 May 2013
Areas of mid level cloud over Western Australia, South Australia and the Bight is due to an upper level trough and a jet stream. A cloud band associated with a low pressure system and weakening cold front is visible about the west coast of WA. A trough west of Tasmania is causing areas of cloud over the southeast.
Convective cloud and cold air remains over the Tasman Sea region due to a deep low pressure system. Convective cloud is also visible about tropical areas of the northwest.