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11:30 AEST on Saturday 8 March 2014 | 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 0000UTC chart on 8 March 2014
Issued at 12:39 pm EDT Saturday on 08 March 2014
Scattered thunderstorm activity can be seen about northern tropical areas and over the Coral Sea. Intense activity can be seen near a developing tropical low east of Cairns and also near another tropical low northwest of Weipa.
Isolated thunderstorm activity is also evident over central Australia. A small area of thunderstorm cloud is off the south coast of NSW.
Some patchy low-level cloud is over southern Victoria.
A cold front is approaching the Great Australian Bight.