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12:30 AEDT on Sunday 17 February 2019 | 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 1800UTC Chart Issued at 5:15 am EDT Monday on 18 February 2019 Tropical Cyclone "Oma" sits out over the Coral Sea, well away from the QLD coast. "Oma" is embedded within the Monsoon Trough and a large area of convection surrounds the system. A low pressure trough extending through QLD, across the NT and down through WA where patchy reminant cloud extends over northern parts of hte country after yesterdays dirunal isolated thunderstorms occured. A cold front has brought patchy, middle level cloud to the south east of the country. Low cloud over the southern Western Australian coastline is driven by onshore flow trapped under a large high pressure ridge. The remainder of Australia is relatively clear.