A upper trough is bringing a broad band of mid- to high-level cloud across the interior and east coast of the country. A trough moving up the east coast in generating low- to mid-level cloud with embedded storms about coastal parts of central and northern New South Wales. Across the north of the country a broad heat trough is creating low- to mid-level cloud with embedded thunderstorms visible through the Northern Territory and Queensland. A high-pressure system in the Bight is direction low cloud over Victoria and Tasmania. The rest of the country is mostly cloud free.