MELBOURNE - Mar 2/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system south of the Bight will continue to move east over the next few days as a trough develops in the east ahead of another high moving over the Bight on Monday. A trough of low pressure in the far northeast and an upper level trough will maintain a band of rain and isolated thunderstorms over the northeast of the state easing later Saturday, then clearing during Monday. A mid level trough will develop over western coastal areas today before moving southwards during the weekend. Forecast for the rest of FridayAreas of rain northeast of about Leigh Creek to Oodnadatta with possible locally heavy falls. Isolated thunderstorms in the far northeast. Fine over the northwest with isolated showers over most of the remainder becoming scattered over the West Coast district. Isolated thunderstorms developing near the coast west of Fowlers Bay. Generally mild with moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds.Saturday 3 MarchAreas of rain over the Northeast Pastoral extending southwards over districts east of the Mount Lofty Ranges early morning. Possible locally heavy falls northeast of about Broken Hill to Oodnadatta. Isolated thunderstorms in the far northeast. Rain contracting eastwards in the evening. Isolated showers over the remainder, but fine over the Northwest Pastoral northwest of about Woomera. Isolated thunderstorms developing near southern and western coasts. Early fog patches over the eastern slopes of the Mount Lofty Ranges. Mild to warm with mainly moderate to fresh southeast to southwesterly winds, tending east to northeast over eastern districts.Sunday 4 MarchAreas of rain and possible isolated thunderstorms in the far northeast. Rain becoming patchy in the evening. Isolated showers over the agricultural area and western coasts. Early fog patches over the agricultural area, Flinders and Northeast Pastoral districts. Fine over the remainder. Mild to warm throughout with moderate to fresh southeast to southwesterly winds.Monday 5 MarchPatchy rain in the far northeast clearing by late afternoon. Isolated showers over the southern agricultural area. Fine over the remainder. Mild to warm with moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds.Tuesday 6 MarchFine apart from isolated showers near southern coasts. Mild to warm with moderate to fresh southeast to east winds. Cumulative rainfall totals from Friday afternoon to midnight Tuesday are expected to be 30 to 80 mm northeast of about Broken Hill to Leigh Creek to Oodnadatta. 10 to 20 mm is expected over districts east of the Mount Lofty Ranges, with 1 to 5 mm expected over the remainder..Wednesday until FridayFine and mild to warm. Mainly moderate southeast to northeast winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CDT Saturday.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 Environment Tropical Cyclones Tsunami Warning Centre Agriculture - Water and the Land Marine & Ocean UV & Sun Protection Rainfall & River Conditions Graphical Views Radar Maps Rainfall Forecasts Seasonal Outlooks Climate Variability & Change Climate Data Online Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts Water Storage Forecast Explorer™ NSW & ACT National Weather Services 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 07:45 on Friday 2 March 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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