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06:30 AEST on Friday 20 July 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 1200UTC Chart Issued at 11:00 pm EST Friday on 20 July 2018 A broad cloud band with embedded thunderstorms extends over the Tasman Sea and is associated with a cold front. Cellular clouds with isolated thunderstorms can be seen in the cold air behind the front, mostly over Tasmania, Bass Strait and southern Victoria. Onshore winds are driving low cloud onto the coasts of South Australia, southwest Victoria and western Tasmania. High cloud is streaming across the central parts of Queensland, ahead of an upper level trough. High cloud is also drifting onto the Cape York Peninsula district in Queensland from thunderstorm activity further north. A cold front approaching southwestern parts of Western Australia with an associated middle level cloud band sweeping back across the Indian Ocean while high level cloud extends further east ahead of this system across southern parts of SA and across the Bight. The remainder of the continent is mainly cloud free under the influence of a high pressure ridge extending across central Australia.