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05:00 ACST on Sunday 28 May 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 0600UTC Chart on 28 May 2017 Issued at 5:00 pm EST Sunday on 28 May 2017 The cloud band with embedded thunderstorms over the western Tasman Sea is due to a large passing cold front. Convective clouds, including thunderstorms, are evident over Victoria and Tasmania in the cold southwesterly flow behind the front. A high pressure system is directing a moist southerly onshore flow over the south coast of Australia, resulting in low level clouds. Middle level cloud with embedded thunderstorms over both the interior of Western Australia and southeast Queensland are due to the interaction between surface troughs and an upper-level jet stream. An upper-level trough is responsible for the middle level cloud sreaming across the Northern Territory and Kimberley. Moist onshore wind flow is causing areas of low cloud along parts of the east Queensland coast. The rest of the continent is mostly clear due a ridge of high pressure.