MELBOURNE - Aug 27/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high 1025 hPa over the New South Wales coast is moving eastwards. A cold front in the west will move east to reach a line Adelaide to Coober Pedy Tuesday evening, Broken Hill to Oodnadatta late Wednesday morning and the northeast corner of the State late Wednesday evening. Another front will move across the south of the State during Wednesday, followed by a high pressure system which will move across the Bight on Thursday to be centred near Adelaide on Friday. Forecast for the rest of TuesdayIsolated showers developing over the South East district, with the chance of isolated showers over the remainder of the southern agricultural area. Mild to warm, grading to hot in the far north with fresh to strong northerly winds ahead of a cooler moderate to fresh southwest change reaching a line Adelaide to Coober Pedy late evening.Wednesday 29 AugustIsolated showers over the agricultural area, West Coast district and south of the pastoral districts, increasing to scattered showers over the southern agricultural area. Cool in the south grading to warm in the far northeast. Moderate to fresh northwest to southwest winds, strong about southern coasts.Thursday 30 August Isolated showers over the agricultural area, scattered over the southern agricultural area at first, contracting to southern coasts in the evening. Cool to mild with moderate to fresh south to southwest winds, tending light to moderate south to southeast in the west. Friday 31 August Early frost and fog patches inland. Isolated showers over the southeast. Fine elsewhere. Cool to mild with light winds tending moderate southwest in the southeast and moderate southeast to northeast in the north. Cumulative rainfall totals from Tuesday morning until midnight Friday are forecast to be 10 to 20 mm over the Lower South East district and 5 to 10 mm over the Upper South East. 2 to 5 mm over the remainder of the southern agricultural area and up to 2 mm over the northern agricultural area and far south of the pastorals. Saturday until MondayFine and becoming warmer in a northerly airstream.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm CST Tuesday.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 20:00 on Monday 27 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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