Australian Satellite/Lightning
Australia Satellite Notes
Thick cloud over the northwest with a monsoon trough embedded lows are generating areas of heavy rain and storms. Cloud over QLD, eastern NSW and eastern VIC with a broad region of low pressure is also producing storms. Cloud over SA with another trough is bringing thunderstorms.
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Weather News
Broome swamped in wettest December on record
16:33 EDT
A tropical low pressure system has combined with Cyclone Yvette to dump more than 200 millimetres of rain on Broome.
Detailed Christmas Day forecast
12:21 EDT
Intense heat, thunderstorms, flooding rain and damaging winds are all on the cards for Christmas Day this year.
SA Government declares 'code red' for homeless during hot spell, shelters to stay open longer
12:08 EDT
South Australia's homeless services will be boosted over the Christmas period as a result of forecast extreme heat over the next few days.