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04:00 ACST on Wednesday 22 May 2013 | Cloud/surface composite, Australia

Cloud/surface composite, Australia satellite image of Australia at Tue May 21 18:30:00 2013

Images from Japan Meteorological Agency satellite MTSAT via Bureau of Meteorology.

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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
National Meteorological and Oceanographic Centre

Satellite Notes for the 1800UTC chart on 21 May 2013

Issued at 6:10 am EST Wednesday on 22 May 2013

A northwest cloud band with areas of rain, showers and embedded thunderstorms extends from the Kimberley, through the central and eastern interior of the continent, to a low pressure system near Adelaide. This has been generated by significant upper level and surface troughs. High level jet stream cloud is streaming off the main cloud band out over the Coral Sea.

Tasmania is mostly clear under the influence of weak ridge. A ridge is also resulting in clear skies over most of southern Western Australia.

Elsewhere, a deep low near New Zealand remains slow moving with widespread showers and thunderstorms.