MELBOURNE - Mar 16/12 - 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. A trough will move across the state on Tuesday to be reach the Northeast Pastoral district late evening. Forecast for the rest of FridayPatchy rain and isolated showers northeast of Leigh Creek contracting north. Possible isolated thunderstorms over the far northeast. Moderate to fresh southwest to southeast winds.Saturday 17 MarchThe chance of isolated 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 MarchThe Chance of patchy rain over the far northwest. It will be fine and warm to hot elsewhere apart from some possible morning fog in the southeast. 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.Tuesday 20 MarchPatchy rain extending east to reach about Renmark to Coober Pedy late evening. Generally hot to very hot with moderate to fresh northerly winds ahead of a milder southerly change extending from the west. Cumulative rainfall totals from Friday morning until midnight Tuesday are expected to be 1 to 5 mm with local falls of 5 to 10 mm possible in rain and thunderstorms.Wednesday until FridayPatchy rain will ease to showers during Wednesday and extend into the Northeast Pastoral before clearing most parts except coastal areas by evening. Possible isolated showers about the agricultural and West Coast areas during Thursday and Friday otherwise fine. Generally mild to warm with moderate south to southeast winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CDT Saturday.Product IDS10033 Weather & Warnings Australia New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Warnings Summary Forecasts Adelaide Forecast SA Forecast Area Map Observations Adelaide Observations All SA Observations Rainfall & River Conditions Tasmania Australian Capital Territory Northern Territory Antarctic Global 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 14:45 on Friday 16 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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