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06:30 AEST on Wednesday 12 March 2014 | Cloud/surface composite, Australia
Infrared image courtesy of the Japan Meteorological Agency. Blue Marble surface image courtesy of NASA.
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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
National Meteorological and Oceanographic Centre
Satellite Notes for the 1800UTC chart on 11 March 2014
Issued at 6:23 am EDT Wednesday on 12 March 2014
Isolated thunderstorm activity can be seen about the northern tropical parts of the country associated with an active monsoon trough. More frequent thunderstorm activity is associated with Ex-Tropical Cyclone "Gillian" over Cape York Peninsula and also with Ex-Tropical Cyclone "Hadi" over the Coral Sea. Further convective cloud with isolated thunderstorms is located over western WA associated with a broad area of low pressure.
A cloud band stretches from over southern SA and southern New South Wales, as well as eastern Victoria and is associated with a surface trough. A cold front can be seen over the Tasman Sea and cloud streaming over Tasmania is ahead of a warm front over the Southern Ocean.