Australia Weather

Severe Tropical Cyclone Mitchell is offshore of the Pilbara coast in Western Australia, and is bringing a thick spiralling pattern of cloud and storms around the system's eye. The northern parts of the country are scattered with low to high level cloud due to isolated thunderstorms. The interior of the country also has extensive thunderstorm activity producing a thick mass of cloud as surface features are fed moisture from the tropics. Moist onshore flow being driven by a high pressure ridge over the Eastern seaboard is producing low to mid level cloud and showers over much of the Queensland coast. Extensive rain areas associated with patchy mid to upper level cloud extends from interior New South Wales through to central coastal districts. Mid to high level cloud drifts over Tasmania due to an upper level trough. The rest of the country is cloud free.