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00:00 ACST on Thursday 12 December 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 0600UTC Chart Issued at 5:24 pm EDT Thursday on 12 December 2019 Cloud over Western and South Australia is being driven by a trough above the surface in the middle levels of the atmosphere. Convection over the Top End, extending down into southeast Queensland lays on a surface heat trough spanning the north of the country. A cold front crossed Tasmania and southern parts of Victoria this morning, leaving speckled low cloud through the area in its wake. A high pressure ridge extending over the southern coastline of the continent is keeping things settled in the region, with areas of widespread low cloud trapped under the inversion through the Bight. Low cloud over the New South Wales coast originates from an onshore airstream. Ongoing areas of thick smoke affect eastern NSW and coastal parts of southern Queensland. Enhanced tropical convection over the Coral Sea is associated with a slow moving surface trough with an embeded low.