MELBOURNE - Mar 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 is centred over the Tasman Sea. A low pressure trough will reach the western border late Tuesday evening, then extend eastward over western coasts during Wednesday and reach the eastern border early Thursday. An associated low over the Bight early Wednesday will move southeastwards as a new high pressure system develops to the southwest of the Bight then moves east on Thursday and Friday. Forecast for the rest of TuesdayFine and warm to hot with high cloud increasing from the west. Moderate to fresh northeast to northwesterly winds, shifting cooler southerly in the far west this evening.Wednesday 14 MarchIsolated showers and possible thunderstorms developing over most parts of the State as a trough extends from the west. Showers becoming scattered on and east of the ranges south of about Hawker during the afternoon. Warm to hot with moderate to fresh northeast to northwest winds, ahead of a milder moderate to fresh southwest to southerly change reaching a line Adelaide to Oodnadatta around midnight.Thursday 15 MarchIsolated showers over the agricultural areas. Isolated showers and possible thunderstorms northeast of Coober Pedy to Renmark. Possible showers over the remainder. Mild to warm, grading to hot in the far northeast. Moderate to fresh northerly winds in the northeast, ahead of a moderate to fresh southerly change reaching the far northeast by evening.Friday 16 MarchIsolated showers over the aagriculturalareas. Isolated showers over the Flinders and the pastoral districts south and east of Coober Pedy, tending scattered at times. Possible thunderstorms northeast of Leigh Creek. Mild to warm with moderate to fresh southwest to southeast winds.Saturday 17 March Isolated showers about the southern coasts. Patchy rain developing northwest of Coober Pedy. Fine elsewhere. Mild to warm with moderate to fresh southwest to southeast winds. Cumulative rainfall totals from Tuesday morning until midnight Saturday are expected to be 2 to 10 mm over Eastern Eyre Peninsula, the agricultural area east of Spencer Gulf, the Flinders district and far south of the pastoral districts. Up to 2 mm elsewhere. Local falls of up to 20 mm are possible with thunderstorms. Sunday until TuesdayPatchy rain over the far northwest will extend south to be west of Coober Pedy to Nullarbor. It will be fine and warm to hot elsewhere, becoming hot to very hot in the west with freshening northerly winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am 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 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 13:15 on Tuesday 13 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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