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18:30 AWST on Thursday 28 January 2021 | 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 0600UTC Chart Issued at 6:44 pm EDT Thursday on 28 January 2021 The dominant feature in the tropical north of the country is an active monsoon trough, which is causing convective cloud and thunderstorms and has several embedded lows. The low in the Gulf of Carpentaria is persistent, as is a low in the northern Kimberley region, both with areas of deep convective cloud and lightning. A surface trough extends from interior NT through Qld, central NSW and to VIC producing thunderstorms. A cold front and low is developing just over the SA coast in the Bight which is associated with the widespread rainfall across southeastern NSW, ACT and northeastern Vic. This is connected to tropical moisture being drawn across interior Australia which can be seen as mid-high level cloud. A large mid to high level cloud band in the Tasman Sea is still connected to the coast of NSW. Moist onshore flow is bringing low level cloud to much of the southern mainland coastline. The remainder of the continent is mostly cloud free.