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00:00 ACST on Sunday 19 May 2013 | Cloud/surface composite, Australia

Images from Japan Meteorological Agency satellite MTSAT via Bureau of Meteorology.

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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
National Meteorological and Oceanographic Centre

Satellite Notes for the 0600UTC chart on 19 May 2013

Issued at 5:57 pm EST Sunday on 19 May 2013

Areas of mid level cloud over Western Australia, South Australia and northwest NSW is due to a an upper level trough and a jet stream. Cloud band associated with an approaching cold front is visible over waters southwest of WA. A trought and a cold front is extending through the Bight and into the Southern Ocean and is causing embedded thunderstorm activity.

Convective cloud and cold air remains over the Tasman Sea region due to a complex area of low pressure. Convective cloud is also visible near the Top End of NT and about the tropical north coast of WA.