澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-08-30

 Taking a look at the satellite image: 

 

The cold front moving over the southwest parts of Western Australia is producing showers and gusty¹ winds. A moist southerly flow moving eastern parts of New South Wales is producing isolated² showers. Skies remain generally clear elsewhere under a high-pressure ridge³. 

 

Around the country: 

 

In Queensland generally sunny and mild, warm in the north; wide and isolated showers on the northern tropical coast. In New South Wales showers along the coast are easing, possible showers on the ridges⁴, and generally sunny west of the ridges. Generally sunny and mild in Victoria with some lightly winds. Possible drizzle⁵ about the northwest of Tasmania, sunny and mild elsewhere. In South Australia, sunny in the east; patchy clouds are building in the west. A few showers across the south of Western Australia, generally sunny and warm in the north. Sunny and dry throughout the Northern Territory, gusty south winds, south, southerly winds in the central areas, hot in the north. 

 

Looking ahead to the forecasts for the capitals: 

 

Partly cloudy in Brisbane and Sydney, some early frost and fog for Canberra, mostly sunny in Melbourne, becoming cloudy in Hobart, a possible late shower in Adelaide, rainy and easing in Perth, and a sunny Sunday for Darwin.

1 gusty   

adj.起大风的

参考例句：

• Weather forecasts predict more hot weather,gusty winds and lightning strikes.天气预报预测高温、大风和雷电天气将继续。
• Why was Candlestick Park so windy and gusty? 埃德尔斯蒂克公园里为什么会有那么多的强劲阵风？

2 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。

3 ridge   

n.山脊；鼻梁；分水岭

参考例句：

• We clambered up the hillside to the ridge above.我们沿着山坡费力地爬上了山脊。
• The infantry were advancing to attack the ridge.步兵部队正在向前挺进攻打山脊。

4 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。

5 drizzle   

v.下毛毛雨；n.毛毛雨，蒙蒙细雨

参考例句：

• The shower tailed off into a drizzle.阵雨越来越小，最后变成了毛毛雨。
• Yesterday the radio forecast drizzle,and today it is indeed raining.昨天预报有小雨，今天果然下起来了。