Australia -- South Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Oct 26/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A ridge of high pressure well to the south of Kangaroo Island will move slowly east as a trough develops near the western border during Wednesday and Thursday. The trough will move across the State on Friday as a cooler southerly airstream develops about southern coasts. A new high pressure system is expected to develop to the west of the State during the weekend as a front passes to the south, the high will remain over the western Bight through to early next week.
Forecast for the rest of WednesdayFine and mostly sunny apart from isolated showers and thunderstorms developing west of Nullarbor to Coober Pedy. A mild to cool evening with southeast to northeasterly winds. Moderate to fresh afternoon sea breezes.Thursday 27 OctoberIsolated showers extending from the west to reach Leigh Creek to Renmark by evening. Isolated thunderstorms developing west of Coober Pedy to Port Lincoln, becoming scattered in the far west during the afternoon. Mild to warm in the south and east, warm to hot in the north and west. Moderate north to northeasterly winds, fresh in the west during the day.Friday 28 OctoberScattered showers and isolated thunderstorms extending across the majority of the State during the day, thundestorms increasing to scattered over the Northwest Pastoral, Eastern Eyre Peninsula and Flinders districts. Warm to hot with moderate northerly winds, shifting milder southerly from the west during the day. Showers easing to isolated about the southern agricultural area during the day.Saturday 29 October
Isolated showers about the southern agricultural area, contracting to southern coasts and ranges during the day. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the north. Cool to mild with moderate southerly winds.
Sunday 30 October
Isolated morning showers about the coasts and ranges, fine elsewhere. Showers contracting to the Lower South East coast during the evening. Cool to mild to warm with moderate southwest to southeasterly winds, fresh about southern coasts.
Cumulative rainfall totals from Wednesday afternoon until midnight Sunday are expected to be 5 to 15 mm southwest of Oodnadatta to Renmark, with local falls of 15 to 35 mm in the thunderstorms over the Northwest Pastoral and western parts of the West Coast district. Up to 5 mm is expected elsewhere.
Monday until WednesdayIsolated showers are expected to persist about the Lower South East coast. It will be fine elsewhere apart from isolated showers about the western border area on Tuesday. Temperatures will be mild with light to moderate southwest to southeast winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CDT Thursday.Product IDS10033
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