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05:00 ACDT on Thursday 9 December 2021 | 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 0600UTC Chart Issued at 6:24 pm EDT Thursday on 09 December 2021 A cloud band and embedded thunderstorms associated with surface trough extends from WA across the NT and northeastern Qld to southern NSW, and Vic. Areas of cloud with embedded thunderstorms are also present in eastern WA, southern NT and western Qld. There is a large cloud band over Vic and the Tasman Sea associated with another trough. A strong high in the Bight is maintaining a moist southerly airstream and areas of low cloud over Tas, Vic and southern coastal areas of SA, and WA. The rest of the continent is mostly cloud free apart from areas of middle to high level cloud over southwestern WA.