澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-08-01

Cloud crossing Victoria and southern New South Wales is producing squally showers and storms. A weak trough extending through the Northern Territory in Queensland may cause rain over the tropics and a high in the west is keeping much of WA and the interior clear.

Taking a close look at the states. It will be cloudy with isolated¹ showers along the central coast and central districts of Queensland, morning fog patches above parts of the east coast and adjacent interior.

Scattered² showers over the southern inland and western slopes of New South Wales. Snow down to around 900 metres on the southern and central Tablelands with blizzards³ likely in the Alps.

In Victoria, expected rain, local thunder and hail over the south and mountain areas.

Patchy showers in the west of Tasmania, generally fine elsewhere. Expected scattered rain over the agricultural and far southern pastoral areas of South Australia with possible hail above the central and eastern parts.

Generally clear in WA with the odd shower in the southern Kimberley and Eucla coast. And in the Top End , it will be cloudy with a few brief showers across the north, fine elsewhere.

Look at the capitals for Monday. Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne cloudy, Perth fine, Darwin windy with a top of 33 grees.

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 blizzards   

暴风雪( blizzard的名词复数 )； 暴风雪似的一阵，大量（或大批）

参考例句：

• Even in the summertime we might be struck by blizzards. 甚至在夏天，我们也可能受到暴风雪的袭击。
• Blizzards battered Britain for the third day. 大风雪袭击英国已进入第三天。