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05:30 AEST on Friday 31 March 2023 | Visible, greyscale, Australia East
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 1200UTC Chart Issued at 1:18 am EDT Saturday on 01 April 2023 Severe Tropical Cyclone "Herman" is located in the Indian Ocean, south of Christmas Island. A significant region of middle and high level cloud covers most of central and southern Western Australia propagating east through central Australia to the coast near the Queensland and New South Wales border. A low sits over the Geraldton district in Western Australia with a trough extending through the Gascoyne and Pilbara regions into central Northern Territory. There is convective activity associated with this trough. A trough extends from the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, through central Queensland and into the Coral Sea. There is thunderstorm activity associated with this trough. A trough is located through Victoria and up into southeastern New South Wales. A ridge in the Bight is driving moist onshore flow, which is producing areas of low cloud through Victoria, western Tasmania, coastal South Australia and southern Western Australia. The rest of the country is mostly cloud free.