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03:30 UTC on Thursday 29 January 2015 | Cloud/surface composite, Australia
Infrared image courtesy of the Japan Meteorological Agency. Blue Marble surface image courtesy of NASA.
IDY28000 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Bureau National Operations Centre Satellite Notes for the 1800UTC chart on 29 January 2015 Issued at 5:21 am EDT Friday on 30 January 2015 An inland trough extends across northern Australia and down through WA to the far southwest of the state. The trough is triggering scattered showers and thunderstorms, along with patchy middle level cloud over most parts of WA and the far northern parts of the Territory's Top End. Shower and thunderstorm activity over Queensland has eased with only localised cells occurring along the north coast. A thick cloud band extends through the Tasman Sea and is associated with a vigorous, deep low pressure system. The cloud band extends back over Tasmania, far eastern parts of Victoria and southeastern NSW. Isolated showers are expected within the cloud band. The rest of the country remains clear under the influence of a slow moving ridge of high pressure centred in the Indian Ocean south of the continent.