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16:00 ACST on Friday 18 August 2017 | Visible, greyscale, 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 0000UTC Chart on 19 August 2017 Issued at 11:11 am EST Saturday on 19 August 2017 Cold airmass associated with a complex low pressure system near New Zealand is causing showers and thunderstorms in the Tasman Sea and is affecting coastal areas of southeast Australia. A cold front and a low pressure system over southwest WA is generating low to mid level cloud with shower and thunderstorm activity. Another cloud band covering south coast and southern inland of WA is associated with a upper level trough. The remainder of the country is mostly clear under the influence of a high pressure ridge.