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12:30 AWST on Thursday 17 April 2014 | Cloud/surface composite, Australia
Infrared image courtesy of the Japan Meteorological Agency. Blue Marble surface image courtesy of NASA.
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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
National Meteorological and Oceanographic Centre
Satellite Notes for the 0000UTC chart on 18 April 2014.
Issued at 11:00 am EST Friday on 18 April 2014
Thunderstorm activity can be seen over the Gulf of Carpentaria and about the Top End of the Northern Territory.
Some streaks of high cloud are seen over the southwest of Western Australia. A weak cold front with associated band of cloud is moving eastwards from southeast South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.
A deep low pressure system lies over the eastern Tasman Sea, bringing rain areas and scattered thunderstorms to New Zealand.
The remainder of Australia is mostly cloud free due to a ridge of high pressure.