MELBOURNE - Jan 21/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high south of Tasmania will gradually move eastwards over the Tasman sea during the week. A weak trough of low pressure will extend into South Australia from the east during Sunday and remain near stationary over the following few days. A new high pressure system will develop to the west of the Bight on Monday and Tuesday. Forecast for the rest of SundayIsolated showers developing chiefly over the northern agricultural area, and Flinders and Pastoral districts. Isolated thunderstorms developing over eastern districts and the Flinders district from late morning, and also in the far northwest. Warm to hot, grading to very hot in the far north. Mainly moderate southeast to northeast winds.Monday 23 JanuaryIsolated showers and possible thunderstorms developing over central and eastern parts of the State, with possible showers over the north and west. Warm to hot, grading to very hot in the far north. Moderate to fresh east to northeast winds, turning southerly in the far west.Tuesday 24 JanuaryIsolated showers and possible thunderstorms developing over eastern and central districts and parts of Eyre Peninsula. Warm to hot on the coasts, hot to very hot inland. Light to moderate northeast to southeasterly winds, fresh about the coasts.Wednesday 25 JanuaryFine apart from possible showers and thunderstorms over northern parts of the West Coast and Northwest Pastoral. Warm on the coasts, hot inland. Light to moderate northeast to southeasterly winds, fresh about the coasts. Cumulative rainfall totals from Sunday morning until midnight Wednesday are expected to be 2 to 5 mm about eastern districts with local falls of 10 to 15 mm with thunderstorms. Generally less than 2 mm is expected elsewhere, with local falls to 5 mm with thunderstorms.Thursday until SaturdayFine apart from isolated showers and possible thunderstorms over the far northeast. Warm to hot with moderate to fresh southeast 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 | TAS 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 23:45 on Saturday 21 January 2012 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2012, 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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