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18:00 ACST on Tuesday 17 September 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 5:06 pm EST Tuesday on 17 September 2019 A cloud band extends over eastern NSW with showers and rain areas persisting about the central coast. Thunderstorms are active over northeast NSW and parts of southeast Queensland. Thunderstorms are also active off the Mid North Coast and Hunter Coast. The cloud band continues offshore and merges with a cold front over the northern Tasman Sea. Patchy low cloud lingers about Gippsland in Victoria and the west coast of Tasmania. A surface trough and a weak upper trough is generating patchy middle level cloud over the southeast parts of Western Australia. Patchy low cloud is also evident for southwest districts of Western Australia. The remainder of the continent is mostly clear under the influence of a high pressure ridge.