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Australia Satellite Notes

Speckled cloud is being driven across VIC, TAS and SA in the strong winds behind a cold front, causing showers, storms and snow above 800 metres. A blanket of cloud is stretching across WA, NT and QLD as tropical moisture is caught in strong upper winds, leading to rain.

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Canberrans wake to snow falling as cold front reaches ACT

20:19 EST

Canberrans woke to snow falling on Wednesday with a dusting in suburbs across the capital.

Tasmania weather: Thousands still without power, damaging winds tipped to continue

20:15 EST

Tasmanians are being warned the strong, icy winds blasting their way across the state are not about to ease off.

Heavy rainfall brightens farming prospects in drought-stricken NSW

19:58 EST

Farmers in north-western New South Wales are hoping recent heavy rainfall will mean a turnaround in their fortunes.