Australia -- South Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Mar 15/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A high 1021 hPa south of Western Australia is moving eastwards and will be centred south of the Bight late this evening, near Tasmania on Sunday and over the Tasman Sea on Monday. Middle level moisture from the north of Western Australia extends across the north and east of South Australia.
Forecast for the rest of FridayAreas of rain and scattered thunderstorms over the Pastoral districts southeast of Coober Pedy and the Flinders district, contracting east and easing to isolated showers late afternoon. Isolated showers and thunderstorms over the remainder of the Pastorals northeast of about Tarcoola, contracting to the far northeast. Isolated morning showers over the agricultural area east of Cleve, tending to rain northeast of Clare at first. Mild to warm with moderate to fresh southwest to southeast winds extending throughout.Saturday 17 MarchIsolated morning showers about the Lower South East coast. Patchy rain and possible thunderstorms in the northeast contracting to the far northeast during the day. Patchy rain developing in the far northwest during the evening. Fine elsewhere apart from isolated early fog patches in the southeast. Mild to warm with moderate to fresh southwest to southeast winds.Sunday 18 MarchPatchy rain over the far northwest will clear during the morning. Possible patchy rain developing about the western border. It will be fine and warm to hot elsewhere, becoming hot to very hot in the west with freshening northerly winds.Monday 19 MarchPatchy rain in the far west otherwise fine. Hot to very hot with moderate to fresh east to northeasterly winds. Cumulative rainfall totals from Friday morning until midnight Monday are expected to be generally less than 2 mm grading to 2 to 5 mm over the Pastoral and Flinders districts with local falls of 5 to 20 mm in rain and thunderstorms.Tuesday until ThursdayPatchy rain extending over most parts of the state during the period and becoming confined to the Northeast Pastoral by Thursday. Isolated showers about the southern agricultural area following the rain. Generally hot to very hot at first with moderate to fresh northerly winds ahead of a milder southerly change extending from the west.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm CDT Friday.Product IDS10033
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