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00:30 AEST on Thursday 1 December 2022 | 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 1800UTC Chart Issued at 9:14 am EDT Thursday on 01 December 2022 A trough extends north from a low over coastal waters to the south of Albany WA to a low in the Pilbara region. Another trough lies off the Top End coast and connects to a low moving east over the western coast of Cape York Peninsula and then southeast across northern QLD to a low off the Fraser coast. Clouds over inland QLD and western NSW are associated with another trough about the interior of the continent. High based thunderstorms are situated over the Goldfields district of WA ahead of the trough. Showers and thunderstorms can also be seen over the Arafura Sea, Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York Peninsula including the Torres Strait, and through eastern Queensland. A rainband with embedded thunderstorms can also be seen over southeast QLD and northern NSW. Low level cloud with isolated showers over the southern and eastern coastline due to onshore flow. The rest of the continent is mostly cloud free.