澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-10-25

Hello, Kathryn Stolarchuk with the National Weather.

Southerly winds are maintaining cold, showery and windy conditions over the southeast. While a patchy band of cloud stretching from the eastern interior through to the western trough is bringing some showers and storms. Conditions are clearer towards the north.

Around the states now, in Queensland, there will be some isolated¹ showers along the north tropical coast and some thundery rain over the southern interior. It should be a hot day in the south.

New South Wales can be expected a few thundery showers above the northeast, becoming more scattered² on the southern coast. In the west, it should be fine.

It will be an overcast³ day in Victoria with cloud mainly over Gippsland and a few isolated showers south of the Divide.

Further south, there will some rain for Tasmania mostly above the west and south, while the cold frosty patch in the north.

South Australia will see some isolated thunder storms above the Pastoral and Flinders districts. They should contract north during the day and clear by late tonight.

There will be widespread rain for WA with some morning coastal⁴ drizzle⁵ above the Eucla and thundery showers above the Southern Goldfields.

And it should be a mostly fine day in the top end apart from a few thundery showers in the south.

Looking ahead to Monday now, thundery showers for Brisbane and Perth, a little rain for Sydney, and it will be overcast in Melbourne with the top of 19 degrees.

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 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。

3 overcast   

adj.阴天的，阴暗的，愁闷的；v.遮盖，（使）变暗，包边缝；n.覆盖，阴天

参考例句：

• The overcast and rainy weather found out his arthritis.阴雨天使他的关节炎发作了。
• The sky is overcast with dark clouds.乌云满天。

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。

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。