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22:00 ACST on Wednesday 16 August 2017 | 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 1800UTC Chart on 16 August 2017 Issued at 5:00 am EST Thursday on 17 August 2017 A cold front located near New Zealand with an associated thick middle level cloud band that can be seen sweeping back over the Tasman Sea. In it's wake to the west the cold air is evident by the speckled cloud over southern parts of the Tasman Sea. A series of troughs and a widespread cold airmass extends across the Great Australian Bight covering adjacent southern parts of SA, across VIC and Tasmania. Extensive low level cloud and speckled cloud indicating active showers and thunderstorms stretches across the region. A cold front southwest of WA can be seen with a cloud band wrapping into a deep low pressure system associated with the system. The remainder of the country is mostly clear under the influence of a high pressure ridge.