MELBOURNE - Nov 20/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A trough over the North East Pastoral district will move slowly northeastwards during Sunday. A high pressure ridge extends over the Bight and will remain there over the next few days with a high pressure system moving from the west across waters south of the state during Tuesday and Wednesday. Weak fronts will move over southern coasts on Sunday and Tuesday. Forecast for the rest of SundayPatchy rain and isolated thunderstorms over the pastoral and Flinders districts slowly contracting to the north of the pastoral districts by evening. Isolated showers about southern coastal districts contracting south and clearing during the afternoon. Cool to mild near southern coasts grading to hot in the far northeast. Moderate to fresh southwest to southeast winds.Monday 21 NovemberPatchy rain and possible thunderstorms over the pastoral districts north of about Coober Pedy to Leigh Creek. Fine over the remainder. Generally mild with mainly moderate southwest to southeast winds.Tuesday 22 NovemberPatchy rain and isolated thunderstorms in the Northeast Pastoral, contracting eastwards to the far northeast in the evening. Isolated showers developing over the southern agricultural area, contracting to southern coasts by evening. Generally mild with mainly moderate southwest to southeast winds.Wednesday 23 November Fine apart from isolated morning showers near southern coasts. Generally mild with mainly moderate south to southeasterly winds. Cumulative rainfall totals from Saturday afternoon until midnight Wednesday are expected to be less than 3 mm over the agricultural area and west coast, and 3 to 10 mm further north, with isolated falls of 10 to 25 mm with rain and thunderstorms, chiefly in the north. Thursday until SaturdaySunny. The chance of isolated showers over the Lower South East late Saturday. Becoming warmer with mainly light to moderate southeasterly winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm CDT Sunday.Product IDS10033 Weather & WarningsAustraliaNew South WalesVictoriaQueenslandWestern AustraliaSouth AustraliaWarnings SummaryForecastsAdelaide ForecastSA Forecast Area MapObservationsAdelaide ObservationsAll SA ObservationsRainfall & River ConditionsTasmaniaAustralian Capital TerritoryNorthern TerritoryAntarcticGlobal National Weather Services Tropical Cyclones Tsunami Warnings Agriculture Marine and Ocean UV Protection WARNINGS | WATER | CLIMATE Tropical Cyclones Tsunami Warnings UV & Sun Protection Rainfall & River Conditions Seasonal Outlooks Climate Variability & Change Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts Radar Maps Forecast Explorer™ NSW & ACT | VIC Rainfall Forecasts Climate Data Online Water Storage National Weather Services Marine & Ocean Water and the Land Aviation Weather Services Defence Services Registered User Services Commercial Weather Services Careers | Sitemap | Feedback Freedom of Information Indigenous Weather Knowledge Learn About Meteorology This page was created at 05:00 on Sunday 20 November 2011 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2011, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532) | Disclaimer | Privacy | Accessibility var hostname = window.location.hostname; var host = hostname.split("."); if (host[0] == "reg") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-20386085-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); else if (host[0] == "www") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-3816559-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); else if (host[0] == "wdev") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-21709175-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();
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