Australia -- South Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Feb 2/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A high 1023 hPa south of Kangaroo Island will move steadily eastwards to be over the southern Tasman Sea later today. A trough of low pressure will extend across most of the State during the weekend.
Forecast for the rest of ThursdayIsolated early morning showers over Lower Eyre Peninsula and the west of Kangaroo Island. The chance of isolated afternoon showers and thunderstorms about the eastern border north of Renmark and south of about Leigh Creek. Mild to warm near southern coasts grading to hot in the north. Moderate south to southeast winds and fresh coastal sea breezes.Friday 3 FebruaryFine and mostly sunny. Mild to warm in the south, hot in the north. Light to moderate southeast winds and moderate to fresh coastal sea breezes.Saturday 4 FebruaryIsolated showers developing about the far west during the afternoon then extending to western and southern coastal districts during the evening. Warm to hot with moderate northeast to northwest winds ahead of a milder, fresh to strong south to southwesterly change reaching Yorke Peninsula late evening.Sunday 5 FebruaryIsolated showers extending to Coober Pedy to Renmark before contracting to coastal areas by evening, scattered at times south of Adelaide. Mild to warm grading to hot in the northeast. Moderate to fresh northerly winds in the east, ahead of a fresh south to southwesterly change extending throughout by early afternoon, strong about the coasts. Cumulative rainfall totals from Thursday morning until midnight Sunday are expected to be 5 to 10 mm about southern coasts and 2 to 5 mm over the remainder of the southern agricultural area and West Coast district. Up to 2 mm elsewhere.Monday until WednesdayIsolated showers about the west coast and southern agricultural area contracting to southern coasts by Wednesday. Fine elsewhere. Mild to warm throughout with moderate to fresh southwest to southeast winds, strong at first about the coasts, easing later in the period.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm CDT Thursday.Product IDS10033
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