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20:30 UTC on Tuesday 11 August 2020 | 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 5:00 am EST Wednesday on 12 August 2020 A low pressure system over the Southern Ocean has a large area of influence wrapping a cloud band over the Great Australian Bight and South Australia with another widespread cloud band with patchy rain and showers sweeping over NSW, Victoria and Tasmania. Low cloud over western and southern coastal parts of WA continues as the low pressure system drives a general onshore flow over the region. The rest of the country remains relatively cloud-free, which just some onshore cloud spilling onto the Cape York Peninsula and remaining far north Queensland's east coast.