澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-03-20

 There's cloud across Queensland and northern New South Wales with a trough and a low causing heavy rain. There's cloud along the New South Wales coast caused by moist onshore winds fading a trough. That might trigger more showers. Monsoonal¹ cloud is also triggering showers in the north. 

 

Now looking around the states:

 

And in Queensland there will be cloud and thundery rain across southern and central parts of the state. Scattered² showers and thunderstorms about the tropics. 

 

To New South Wales, rain in the far northeast and heavy over parts of the central and south coast. Rain developing in the west. 

 

In Victoria, partly cloudy in the east with isolated³ showers developing. Patchy rain also in the west. That'll hit northwest as the day progresses. 

 

In Tasmania, mostly cloudy with isolated light showers along the north and east coast. Partly cloudy elsewhere. 

 

Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms in South Australia, easing to isolated showers in the west of the state. 

 

In WA, isolated showers and thunderstorms in the Pilbara and northern interior this afternoon. Some areas have drizzle⁴ in the southern districts. 

 

In the Northern Territory, isolated showers and storms more frequently over the Top End.

 

Now let's take a look at the forecast for the capitals. It will be fine in Perth. A possible light storm for Brisbane. Possible storms in Darwin, and wet across the rest of the capitals.

1 monsoonal   

季风的

参考例句：

• In the east, the water is mainly oceanic with relatively minor dilution from direct monsoonal rainfall and runoff from small streams. 东部水域主要为海水，而直接的季候雨及小溪溢流，把海水稍为冲淡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• China has a marked continental monsoonal climate characterized by great variety. 中国有明显的大陆性季风气候的特点是种类繁多。 来自互联网

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 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 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。