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06:00 ACDT on Thursday 18 October 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 1200UTC Chart Issued at 12:01 am EDT Friday on 19 October 2018 A trough of low pressure system extends across eastern Queensland, through eastern NSW and connects to a weak low south of Tasmania. Associated cloud band and thunderstorm activity is visible within the vicinity of the trough, cold front and the low. A trough with associated cloud and thunderstorms extends from northern WA through to northern NT. An extensive area of cloud associated with a cold front is moving across southern WA. Meanwhile, a pre-frontal trough ahead of the cold front in southern WA is generating thundery showers. A broad area of low cloud lingers about the southeast SA and Victoria coast while high cloud is streaming onto SA . The remainder of Australia is mostly clear due to a high pressure ridge.