MELBOURNE - May 18/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A cold front will move across the south of the State on Saturday morning. A high pressure system will become established over the Bight by Saturday evening and will then move eastward to be centred over the Tasman Sea late Monday. Another cold front will move across the State mid to late next week. Forecast for the rest of SaturdayIsolated showers over the agricultural area, the west coast and the far south of the pastoral districts. Possible isolated thunderstorms about the South East during the morning. Early frost patches about the Flinders Ranges and eastwards. Areas of morning fog in the west and fog patches over the agricultural area. Cool to mild with light to moderate southwest to southeast winds.Sunday 20 MayPossible isolated early morning showers over the east coast of Eyre Peninsula and developing about southern coasts late in the day. Early frost patches about the Flinders Ranges and eastwards. Early fog patches in the south. Mild to warm with light winds.Monday 21 MayPossible isolated showers about southern coasts. Early frost patches about the Flinders Ranges and eastwards. Early fog patches in the south. Mild with light winds, tending moderate west to northwest about southern coasts.Tuesday 22 May Isolated showers about southern coasts. Early frost patches on the Flinders Ranges. Mild to warm with moderate to fresh northwest winds. Cumulative rainfall totals from Saturday until midnight Tuesday are expected to be 2 to 5 mm over the southern agricultural area and up to 2 mm over the northern agricultural area and west coast. Wednesday until FridayScattered showers and the chance of isolated thunderstorms gradually extending over the agricultural area and south of the pastoral districts from the west and south. Warm with fresh northwest winds, strengthening about southern coasts, ahead of a cold fresh to strong southwesterly change extending from the west and south.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm CST 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™ 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 21:45 on Friday 18 May 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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