Australia -- South Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jan 12/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

For tonight and Thursday:
WARNING SUMMARY:
A Severe Weather Warning is current.
A Strong Wind Warning is current for the South East Coast south of Port
MacDonnell.
Grape Growers in all districts are advised that forecast conditions are
conducive to an outbreak of Downy Mildew.
An Advice to Sheep Graziers is current for Thursday.
A Flood Watch is current for the North East Pastoral, Flinders, Murray and South
East districts on Thursday.
SA Department for Water has issued a Flood Watch for the River Murray. For
Enquiries go to www.waterforgood.sa.gov.au
SOUTH AUSTRALIA:
Isolated showers and thunderstorms over the Pastoral districts. Areas of rain
developing over the north of the Northeast Pastoral becoming heavy at times
northeast of about Marree during the evening. Rain areas with isolated
thunderstorms will extend southwards on Thursday to be east of a line from
Oodnadatta to Adelaide, with heavier falls closer to the eastern border.
Isolated showers and patchy rain possible east of a line from Coober Pedy to
Cleve to Kingscote. Isolated showers developing about western coasts south of
Ceduna. Mild to warm, hot in the far north in areas not affected by rain. Fresh
and gusty northerly winds developing in the northeast overnight and along the
eastern border on Thursday. Moderate to fresh south to southwest winds
elsewhere, extending to the northeast corner by midnight Thursday.

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STAT News Service