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18:30 UTC on Saturday 8 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 8 March 2014
Issued at 5:08 am EDT Sunday on 09 March 2014
Scattered thunderstorm activity can be seen about northern tropical areas and over the Coral Sea. Particularly intense activity is associated with Tropical Cyclone "Gillian" and also with a developing tropical low in the Coral Sea northeast of Townsville.
Isolated thunderstorms are also occurring over central Australia, over the far southeast of New South Wales. A trough through inland parts of WA connects to a cold front moving into the Great Australian Bight. The trough is also triggering isolated thunderstorm activity through parts of the southeast of WA.