Australia Weather

Much of Western Australia is covered by a thick sheet of mid to upper level cloud, the result of Tropical Cyclone "Narelle" dragging tropical moisture down across much of the state. This cloud is thickest with plenty of embedded storm activity near the cyclone, which has recently made landfall near the Gascoyne coast and continues to move east-southeastward over land. Wispier arms of cloud stretch eastward out of this system towards interior parts of South Australia and the Northern Territory, along with some low level cloud patches lingering in the Kimberley region to the north. Isolated tropical clouds and storm activity linger around the Top End and Cape York Peninsula. A trough brings a cool dry southerly change to coastal Queensland, along with a defined line of patchy low level cloud. A deep low pressure system offshore of New South Wales directs some patchy cloud across the east coast. A strengthening high pressure system slowly moves through the Bight, bringing patchy low level cloud to parts of Tasmania, Victoria and coastal South Australia. The remainder of the country is mostly cloud free.