Australian Synoptic Chart Summary

Severe Tropical Cyclone Fina is bringing gales & heavy rain to the western Top End. Low pressure areas bring showers & storms to southern WA, parts of the interior, and near the east coast. Cool onshore winds around a high are directing showers across Tas and eastern Vic.

ISSUED SUNDAY 4:17AM UTC

Tropical Cyclone Fina will impact northeast WA & the Top End, bringing heavy rain & very gusty winds. Twin low pressure troughs will trigger storms over Qld, northeast NSW and also over SA, with heavier falls about the east coast. Cool southerly winds for southern WA and NSW.

ISSUED SUNDAY 4:17AM UTC

Tropical Cyclone Fina should weaken while moving west near the Kimberley, bringing rain & gusty winds there and to the western Top End. Troughs will merge over the eastern interior, bringing heat, storms & showers from the NT to Qld and NSW. Cool for Tas, Vic, southern SA and WA.

ISSUED SUNDAY 4:18AM UTC

Hot, humid & stormy over Qld, central & eastern NSW and the inland NT ahead of a trough & cold front. Cold & showery over southeast Aust following the front. Cool also for southern SA & WA in S'ly winds. Ex-Tropical Cyclone Fina will still bring some gusty storms to the Kimberley

ISSUED SUNDAY 4:18AM UTC

Hot and unstable air will concentrate over north and east Qld, bringing storms & showers, stretching into northeast NSW & the southern NT. Showers continuing across Tas & southern Vic in cold SW winds. Cool & showery also for southwest WA. Storms for the Kimberley near a low.

ISSUED SUNDAY 4:18AM UTC

A hot, stormy area of low pressure will stall over northeast Qld while another spreads over SA from the southern NT and northeast WA into western NSW. Remaining very cool for Tas, Vic and southern WA in southwesterly winds between fronts.

ISSUED SUNDAY 4:18AM UTC

The hot/cold divide will continue. A hot, humid, stormy low pressure area will persist over Qld, the NT, & northeast WA, reaching into parts of northern NSW. Meanwhile, remaining cool & showery for Tas, Vic, and parts of southern SA. Warmer E'ly winds developing in southwest WA.

ISSUED SUNDAY 4:18AM UTC