IDD10120
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Northern Territory
Darwin Regional Forecasting Centre
Explanatory Notes
issued 10:15 am CST Tuesday 14 February 2012
6am Weather Chart
The monsoon trough remains to the far north. A heat trough, linked to a low
pressure system over the Kimberleys, extends over central NT and QLD and south
into NSW. A low pressure system in the Bight is extending a trough over SA. High
pressure systems located south of VIC and also Perth continues to maintain a
ridge over the southern parts of the Northern Territory.
9am Satellite Picture
Areas of low to mid level cloud over SA associated with a low pressure system
and trough. Also areas of mid level cloud in northern parts of WA and into
southwestern NT. The rest of the continent remains cloud free.
