Australia Weather

A band of low to mid level cloud sweeps over eastern NSW before extending over the Tasman Sea. This cloud band is associated with a vigorous cold front that is moving up the NSW coast today. Behind this the widespread speckled cloud that extends over Tasmania and Victoria and is driven by the cold air in the wake of the cold front. Elsewhere a high pressure system centred in the Great Australian Bight is directing low level cloud along the southern coastal fringe of Western Australia and South Australia. Typical afternoon showers and thunderstorms can be seen across tropical northern parts of the continent arcing through central WA, parts of the NT and down to southeast QLD. The rest of the country is mostly cloud free.