MELBOURNE - Dec 6/11 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high centred over the Tasman Sea will strengthen today. A trough of low pressure and associated low will develop near the western border Thursday morning and is expected to move to just south of Ceduna Friday morning and then weaken. The trough will move eastwards to be near a line near Woomera to Kingscote late Friday evening. Forecast for the rest of WednesdayFine apart from isolated afternoon and evening showers in the west and possible thunder in the far northwest. Hot with light to moderate northeast winds and fresh afternoon coastal sea breezes, extending across the Nullarbor Plain in the evening.Thursday 8 DecemberScattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the west, with isolated showers extending across central parts during the day and eastern parts in the evening. Hot and mostly cloudy with fresh northeast to northerly winds turning milder west to southwesterly in the far west.Friday 9 DecemberFine in the far northeast. Isolated showers and possible thunderstorms. Hot with moderate to fresh northeast to northerly winds, turning milder southerly in the west.Saturday 10 December Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorm about the agricultural area east of the ranges. Isolated showers elsewhere. Warm to hot in the east at first with moderate northerly winds. A cooler moderate to fresh southwest to southerly change over the remainder, gradually extending throughout. Cumulative rainfall totals from Wednesday morning until midnight Saturday are expected to be 2 to 10 mm with local falls of 10 to 20 mm with thunderstorms. Sunday until TuesdayIsolated showers in a cool southerly airstream will contract to southern coasts and clear. Isolated showers may develop late in the period in the far west.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm CDT Wednesday.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 01:15 on Wednesday 7 December 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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