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12:30 AEST on Friday 16 April 2021 | Cloud/surface composite, Australia
Infrared image courtesy of the Japan Meteorological Agency. Blue Marble surface image courtesy of NASA.
IDY28000 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Bureau National Operations Centre Satellite Notes for 1200UTC Chart Issued at 11:23 pm EST Friday on 16 April 2021 A thick band of middle to high level cloud stretches across southern Queensland and northern New South Wales due to an upper level trough. Widespread low level cloud can be seen over southern Victoria and Tasmania due to a moist westerly flow. A band of middle to high level cloud to the south of the continent is associated with a cold front approaching Tasmania. High level cloud is streaming over southwestern Western Australia. The remainder of the country is mainly cloud free apart from areas of cloud over the far Tropical North.