Australian Synoptic Chart Summary

Tropical lows over far north WA & north Qld combine with a monsoonal flow to bring showers & storms across the northern tropics. A hot & unstable airmass over west & central WA, the NT & northern SA is driving scattered storms. Onshore winds bring a few showers to the east coast.

ISSUED THURSDAY 1:26PM UTC

A tropical low and a monsoon trough will bring scattered showers & storms to the northern tropics, with heavy rain over north Qld. Troughs will trigger showers and storms from northwest WA through the AUS interior into southern Qld and northern NSW. Dry in the south with a high.

ISSUED THURSDAY 1:26PM UTC

Deepening troughs will draw heat over inland parts of WA, SA, Qld, NSW and Vic while causing showers and thunderstorms, some intense, to scatter across the eastern seaboard. Scattered showers & storms, across the tropics, heavy in some areas, in moist, unstable monsoonal air.

ISSUED THURSDAY 1:26PM UTC

Showers and storms, some intense, will scatter across Tas, Vic, NSW and southern Qld in an active trough. Showers and storms will scatter across the tropics, heavy in Qld, in moist, unstable monsoonal air. Heat will intensify over inland WA as a trough broadens across the state.

ISSUED THURSDAY 1:26PM UTC

Showers and storms, some intense, will scatter across Vic, NSW and southern Qld in an active trough. Showers and storms will scatter across the tropics in moist, unstable monsoonal air, heavy in northeast Qld. Heat will spread across inland WA, the NT & SA in an expanding trough.

ISSUED THURSDAY 1:26PM UTC

Showers and the odd storm for eastern NSW and southeast Qld in a weakening trough. Showers and storms will scatter across the tropics in moist, unstable monsoonal air. Heat will spread across inland WA, the NT interior, SA, and into Vic, NSW and Qld as a heat trough expands.

ISSUED THURSDAY 1:26PM UTC

Heat, showers and storms for WA’s north and central west as a broad trough begins to form a low pressure centre in the northwest. The deepening trough may also cause heat to intensify in SA and western parts of Qld, NSW and Vic. Moist winds over eastern Qld and NSW bring showers.

ISSUED THURSDAY 1:26PM UTC