MELBOURNE - Feb 13/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system near Tasmania is moving slowly eastwards into the Tasman sea. A weak low pressure system will develop over the Bight on Tuesday and move slowly southeastwards with a trough extending northwards from the low. The trough and low will move to the east of the State by early Thursday, and a new high will develop well to the south of the Bight, where it will remain on Friday. Forecast for the rest of MondayFine and mostly clear. Mild to warm with light to moderate southeast to northeast winds, ahead of a moderate to fresh southwesterly change west of Nullarbor.Tuesday 14 FebruaryCloud increasing from the west with the chance of isolated showers in the far west, extending eastwards to reach Eyre Peninsula in the afternoon or evening. Possible thunder west of Streaky Bay. Warm near southern coasts, hot over the remainder. Light to moderate southeast to northeast winds, tending to fresh northerly over western districts, ahead of a moderate to fresh southwesterly change extending from the west to reach Eyre Peninsula late afternoon or evening.Wednesday 15 FebruaryIsolated showers and the chance of thunder south of about Tarcoola to Leigh Creek to Renmark. Mild near western coasts, generally warm to hot over the remainder. Light to moderate northeast to north winds, fresh over the agricultural area, ahead of a moderate to fresh west to southwest change extending from the west.Thursday 16 February Isolated showers over the southern agricultural area and near Spencer Gulf coasts, clearing in the afternoon. Mild near the coasts grading to hot in the north. Moderate to fresh southwest to southeast winds. Friday 17 February Fine apart from isolated light showers in the morning near the Lower South East Coast. Mild to warm over the agricultural area grading to hot to very hot in the north. Light to moderate southeast to northeast winds, becoming fresh southeast to south near the coast in the afternoon and evening. Cumulative rainfall totals from Monday afternoon until midnight Friday are expected to be less than 1 mm. Saturday until MondayFine over the weekend. The chance of isolated showers over the northern agricultural area and districts further north on Monday. Mild to warm over the agricultural area grading to hot to very hot in the north and west. Chiefly light to moderate southeast to northeast winds. Fresh afternoon coastal sea breezes.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CDT Tuesday.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 10:45 on Monday 13 February 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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