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17:00 ACDT on Friday 16 November 2018 | 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 the 0600UTC Chart Issued at 6:30 pm EDT Friday on 16 November 2018 A high pressure ridge in the Tasman Sea is directing moist onshore winds over southeastern Australia resulting in some low level cloud over eastern NSW and parts of eastern Victoria. High cloud is moving over Tasmania ahead of a weak cold front passing to the south. A trough of low pressure off the northern NSW coast has produced an area of middle level cloud over the Tasman Sea. An inland trough extends from northwest to southeast Queensland with convective cloud developing over the interior of the state. Moist unstable air is being advected from the northern Indian Ocean over central WA by the sub-tropical jet stream. A broad area of low pressure is over western and northern Australia. This situation has supported the development of extensive areas of convective cloud and thunderstorms over northern, central and western Australia. A high pressure ridge extending over southern Australa is keeping southern SA, and inland parts of Victoria and NSW mostly clear.