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17:30 AWST on Thursday 6 March 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 0600UTC chart on 7 March 2014
Issued at 6:19 pm EDT Friday on 07 March 2014
Scattered monsoonal thunderstorm activity is evident about northern tropical areas and over the Coral Sea. Enhanced thunderstorm activity can be seen near a tropical low south of the tip of Papua New Guinea and also near another low north of the Gulf of Carpentaria.
An area of thunderstorm cloud is near Sydney.
An area of cloud over southern Victoria, Bass Strait and northern Tasmania is from an infeed of moisture in easterly winds supported by an upper level trough.
Low-level cloud over the Bight is trapped under a subsidence inversion driven by the high pressure system.
Scattered mid-level cloud is over central areas of the country.