MELBOURNE - Jul 17/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A weakening cold front will clear eastern parts of the state this morning.A ridge of high pressure will persist over the north of the state producing a broad westerly flow in the south ahead of a weak trough on Friday. Forecast for the rest of WednesdayIsolated showers extending over the agricultural area and possibly the Flinders and southern pastoral districts before contracting to southern coastal areas in the evening. Showers tending to scattered about the southern agricultural area during the morning, contracting to the Lower South East and becoming isolated in the afternoon. The chance of local small hail south of about Clare until mid afternoon. Isolated thunderstorms possible about southern coasts and the southeast. Early morning frost patches in the north then cool to mild with generally light to moderate northwesterly winds in the east, shifting southwest to southerly throughout during the day.Thursday 19 JulyIsolated showers about southern and western coastal areas. Morning fog patches in the west. Morning frost patches inland then generally cool with light winds tending moderate west to northwesterly in the south.Friday 20 JulyIsolated showers over the southern agricultural area. Morning frost patches in the north then cool to mild with light variable winds in the north, tending light to moderate northwest to southwesterly winds in the south.Saturday 21 JulyPossible showers south of about Port Neill to Lameroo, contracting south and clearing during the evening. Cool with light winds.Accumulated rainfall amounts from Wednesday morning to midnight Saturday are expected to be up to 2 mm over the northern agricultural area, 2 to 5 mm over the southern agricultural area increasing to 5 to 10 mm about the South East and southern coasts and ranges, with isolated falls up to 15mm, and less than 1 mm over southern pastoral districts.Sunday until TuesdayFine and mostly sunny, then possible showers developing in the far west on Tuesday. Cool with generally light winds, becoming light to moderate northeast to northerly in the west extending throughout towards the end of the period. Winds shifting west to southwesterly in the far west of the state later on Tuesday.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm CST Wednesday.Product IDS10033 Notice Board Changes to state Weather and Warnings pages Media Releases Meteorological Offices Ceduna weather Giles weather Mount Gambier weather Woomera weather Other Information About Weather Forecast Services About Warning Services Book order form: History of Floods in SA (pdf) 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 00:00 on Wednesday 18 July 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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