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17:30 AWST on Friday 22 September 2017 | Visible, greyscale, 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 on 22 September 2017 Issued at 5:25 am EST Saturday on 23 September 2017 A strong cold front is progressing across the Bight with showers in its wake over southern coastal districts of Western Australia. Extensive middle level cloud is streaming ahead of the front with isolated embbeded thunderstorms visible near Kangaroo Island and western Bass Strait. Another frontal system is visible to the west of Tasmania connecting with a low complex further south. Thunderstorms have developed over western Tasmania ahead of this system. Patchy cloud persists ahead of the main front over the southeast Australia. The remainder of the country is mostly clear apart from a little cloud near the west coast of Western Australia.