澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-11-07

A cloud band is pushing across South Australia with a front and trough bringing areas of rain and storms. Cloud over eastern Victoria and New South Wales in a series of troughs is triggering storms along the ranges and scattered¹ showers on the coast. Skies are clear elsewhere under high pressure ridges².

In Queensland, showers across the far northwest and along much of the east coast, fine over the west.

New South Wales: fine and mostly sunny across the northwest, mostly fine about the southern and central coasts, the chance of afternoon thunderstorms elsewhere.

In Victoria, isolated³ showers and possible storms extending from the west to all areas except east Gippsland.

Isolated showers developing above the north of Tasmania this morning. Those showers will increase to rain above the northwest and extend statewide in the afternoon.

In South Australia, isolated showers and thunderstorms clearing through the morning, but they'll redevelop later above Kangaroo Island and coastal⁴ parts of the southeast district.

In WA, isolated light showers near the western south coast. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the eastern interior clearing early. The Alice Springs District can expect a few showers and one or two storms mainly in the south.

It will be a fine and mostly sunny day further north apart from isolated showers near the coasts.

Looking ahead to Monday. Showers clearing in Melbourne. A mainly fine day for Hobart and Brisbane. Showers and thunderstorms for Canberra and Sydney.

1 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。

2 ridges   

n.脊( ridge的名词复数 )；山脊；脊状突起；大气层的)高压脊

参考例句：

• The path winds along mountain ridges. 峰回路转。
• Perhaps that was the deepest truth in Ridges's nature. 在里奇斯的思想上，这大概可以算是天经地义第一条了。

3 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

4 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。