Australia Weather

Broad areas of thick storm clouds lie over Northern Queensland, through the Northern Territory and into Western Australia, due to low pressure troughs and moisture through the region driving convection and thunderstorm activity. Patchier mid to upper level cloud is also visible extending away from these areas. Low to mid level cloud persists over much of eastern and southern Queensland due to a high pressure ridge driving onshore flow. A high pressure ridge across southwestern Western Australia is drawing low level cloud onshore of the southern coasts. A band of mid to upper level cloud is streaming over New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, associated with a cold front moving through. Western and Central parts of Western Australia are mostly cloud free.