Australia Weather

Tropical Cyclone Mitchell has developed just offshore of the Kimberley coast, and is bringing a thick spiralling pattern of cloud and storms to the region. Further east, widespread thick convective cloud with plenty of thunderstorm activity covers much of the country's tropical north. A thick band of patchy mid to upper level cloud with embedded storm activity extends across much of the country's interior, passing over Western Australia's northern interior, down through much of South Australia and the southern half of the Northern Territory, and extending out over the majority of New South Wales. A low pressure trough which along the southern edge of this cloud band is enhancing this activity. Moist onshore flow being driven by a high pressure system over the Tasman Sea brings thick low cloud to parts of the New South Wales coast. Scattered patches of low to mid level cloud drifts over Tasmania due to a cold front passing to the south of the state. The rest of the country is mostly cloud free.