澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-10-24

On the satellite image, there's cloud spreading across South Australia and New South Wales with some rain and possibly some storms. There's also cloud over southeastern Australia, producing the occasional light shower.

In Queensland, cloud over the northeast coast will bring the odd shower later, but it'll stay mainly dry for now.

Thick cloud is spreading across New South Wales, triggering¹ rain and thunderstorms, and a strong wind warning is in place between Port Stephens and Point Perpendicular².

In Victoria, cloud is clearing as a trough and front push east, allowing light rain to clear.

Cloud over western and southern Tasmania is increasing, delivering some light showers.

And in South Australia, a few light showers are forecast as low cloud is moving into the southeast.

It will stay dry across Western Australia, except for some light showers for the south coast.

And there's the chance of a thunderstorm in the Northern Territory.

Across the country, for tomorrow, sunny in Melbourne, Hobart and Adelaide, a few scattered³ showers in Sydney and Canberra, a storm in Darwin and Brisbane. It'll also be sunny in Perth.

1 triggering   

起动，触发，控制

参考例句：

• To set off an H-bomb, a special triggering device is required. 要爆炸氢弹，就需有一个特殊的引爆装置。
• This is triggering a second stage of new star formation. 由此触发了第二阶段新恒星的形成。

2 perpendicular   

adj.垂直的，直立的；n.垂直线，垂直的位置

参考例句：

• The two lines of bones are set perpendicular to one another.这两排骨头相互垂直。
• The wall is out of the perpendicular.这墙有些倾斜。

3 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。