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22:00 ACST on Thursday 22 August 2019 | Cloud/surface composite, Australia
Images from Japan Meteorological Agency satellite Himawari 8 via Bureau of Meteorology.
IDY28000 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Bureau National Operations Centre Satellite Notes for the 0600UTC Chart Issued at 5:00 pm EST Friday on 23 August 2019 An extensive area of convective cloud in a vigorous and cold southerly flow extends over the Tasman Sea. An area of low cloud extends over parts of Tasmania and adjacent waters. A cloud band associated with a cold front is crossing WA, with cellular cloud over southwest parts of the State in a cool southwesterly flow. The rest of the country remains generally cloud-free under the influence of a large high pressure system, save for some high cloud over the York Peninsula.