Australian Synoptic Chart Summary

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Hayley is causing rain and storms over northeast WA and the NT Top End. A low is generating flooding rain and storms in Qld's north. Troughs are bringing showers and storms between northwest WA and northwest SA and showers to eastern NSW and southeast Qld.

ISSUED THURSDAY 5:58AM 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 5:54AM 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 5:55AM 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 5:55AM 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 5:55AM 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 5:55AM 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 5:55AM UTC