澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-12

 The weather satellite image shows cloud over West Australia, the Top End, Queensland and northern New South Wales along a broad tough generating showers and storms. 

 

High cloud over the south of the country is also bringing instability.

 

Taking a look at today's weather around the states. A fine for much of Queensland apart from isolated¹ showers and storms at the east coast, southern interior and gulf² country. 

 

New South Wales will see isolated showers and thunderstorms in the northeast with a chance of showers about the central and southern coasts. Fine and mostly sunny elsewhere. 

 

Victoria will be mostly fine except for some isolated showers near the coast and the eastern ranges. Tasmania will see light showers clearing, leading to a mostly sunny day. Isolated showers extending across South Australia from the west, isolated thunderstorms will reach central districts late tonight. 

 

Western Australia will see isolated showers and thunderstorms in the north, tending scattered³ over the Kimberley in the afternoon. There'll also be isolated showers and thunderstorms in the south.

 

And the Northern Territory will be mostly sunny in the eastern Alice Spring district, isolated showers and storms elsewhere. 

 

And checking Sunday's weather around the capitals. A shower or two for Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Showers clearing for Adelaide, some rain for Hobart, partly cloudy for Perth. Fine for Brisbane and a possible storm for Darwin.

1 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。

2 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

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。