Scattered thick cloud with embedded thunderstorm activity covers much of the country's tropical north. A thick band of upper level cloud resulting from this tropical activity extends further south, covering much of central Queensland. A trough over the central coast of Queensland is streaming thick cloud and thunderstorm activity over the Mackay coast. Thick low level cloud to the west of a trough is present over far southwestern parts of Western Australia. An upper trough over Tasmania is driving a streaky band of mid to upper level cloud over northwestern Tasmania and southern Victoria. The rest of the country is mostly cloud free.