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13:30 AEST on Thursday 24 May 2018 | 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 1200UTC Chart on 24 May 2018 Issued at 11:00 pm EST Thursday on 24 May 2018 A large and slow-moving high pressure system centred over SA continues to dominate the weather pattern over much of Australia. This high pressure system combined with a series of cold fronts that have passed over Tasmania has resulted in a cool south-westerly flow over south-eastern Australia with areas of low cloud mostly about the coast. High level cloud crossing northeast Australia is generated by a weak upper level trough and is advected eastwards the subtropical jet stream. A thick cloud band to the south-west of the continent is associated with a very strong cold front and is approaching southwest WA. Embedded thunderstorms and squalls are also observed within this cloud band. The remainder of the country is mostly cloud free due to a surface ridge of high pressure across the continent.