MELBOURNE - Aug 12/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high 1034 hPa south of Kangaroo Island is moving slowly eastwards and will be centred over the eastern states on Monday. A cold front will move over the west of the State on Monday then extend into the far northeast late Tuesday evening. A series of fronts will move over the south of the State from Wednesday through to Friday. Forecast for the rest of SundayA fine and cool evening with some high cloud extending from the west. Light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds, tending moderate to fresh northerly in the far west.Monday 13 AugustFine until isolated showers develop over western districts during the afternoon then about the central and southeastern parts during the evening. Showers increasing to scattered over Lower Eyre Peninsula and Kangaroo Island late evening. Early frost patches inland. Mild to warm with moderate to fresh northerly winds, strong about western and southern coasts, ahead of a cooler, fresh southwesterly change extending from the west during the afternoon and evening.Tuesday 14 AugustIsolated showers extending over the agricultural area and far south of the pastoral districts, tending scattered south of Adelaide in the morning. Cool to mild with moderate to fresh westerly winds.Wednesday 15 AugustIsolated showers over the agricultural area, tending scattered south of Adelaide until evening. Cool to mild with moderate to fresh northwest to southwest winds.Thursday 16 AugustScattered showers over most of the agricultural area, with isolated showers extending to about Leigh Creek. Cool with moderate to fresh southwest winds extending throughout. Cumulative rainfall totals from Sunday until midnight Thursday are expected to be 2 to 10 mm over the southern agricultural area, reaching 10 to 25 mm about southern coasts and ranges. Up to 2 mm further north.Friday until SundayScattered showers over the southern agricultural area on Friday morning, isolated showers south of Leigh Creek. Showers becoming isolated and contracting south of Adelaide by late Saturday then clearing by Sunday. Cool to mild with moderate to fresh southwest winds, tending southerly and easing later in the periodThe next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CST Monday.Product IDS10033 Notice Board 31 additional forecast locations for SA 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 Space Weather Services Registered User Services Commercial Weather Services Careers Sitemap Feedback Freedom of Information Indigenous Weather Knowledge Glossary This page was created at 12:30 on Sunday 12 August 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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