the only thing I can tell you about down under is that we are getting weather we don't usually get....I have seen photos of storms heading our way and up north that look much more like they were taken in the USA. Cloud formations we do not get here.....I happen to like looking at the sky day and night and can usually tell what cloud will do what, but lately, no way as I said they look much more like the lot you get out your way....can't explain it though!