Australia Weather

Ex-Tropical Cyclone "Maila" is located east of Papua New Guinea, with some light streaks of upper level cloud across northern Queensland. A dryline trough extends through the northwest of Queensland down to the southeast of the state, with patchy low level cloud seen along this feature. A small-scale low pressure system is located just off the northeast coast of New South Wales, with patchy low level cloud brushing the coast, and thunderstorm activity moving offshore. A cold front east of Tasmania is driving 'speckled' low level cloud across the southeast of the country, with clouds becoming more dense across coastal parts of South Australia as they are driven by a high pressure system in the Bight. A heat low in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia is driving mid to upper level cloud with embedded thunderstorm activity in the region. This feature extends a trough into the Kimberley region, with remannt thunderstorm activity occurring along the coast. Central parts of the country are mainly cloud free.