MELBOURNE - Oct 3/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A low pressure trough over the Far West Coast will move east across the south of the State today, reaching the far northeast on Friday. A new high will form southwest of the Bight on Friday, and then move eastwards to be centred near Tasmania late Sunday. Forecast for the rest of ThursdayFine and mostly sunny day. Possible isolated showers developing about the Lower South East Coast in the evening. Warm to hot with moderate to fresh north to northwesterly winds ahead of a milder southwesterly change in the far west, extending across the agricultural area and south of the pastoral districts during the afternoon and evening.Friday 5 OctoberPossible isolated showers developing about the West Coast, Eyre Peninsula and southern agricultural area. Mild in the south grading to hot in the far north. Light to moderate southwest to southeast winds, tending northerly over the Pastoral and Flinders districts.Saturday 6 OctoberIsolated showers across the West Coast and agricultural area. Cool to mild in the south, grading to hot in the far north. Moderate northerly winds in the northeast at first, with moderate to fresh southwest to southeasterly winds elsewhere.Sunday 7 OctoberEarly fog patches over the agricultural area. Possible isolated early showers near the Lower South East coast. Cool to mild in the south and east, grading to hot in the far west. Light to moderate southwest to southeast winds, tending northerly from the west during the day, ahead of a fresh southwesterly change in the west late afternoon or evening. Cumulative rainfall totals from Wednesday afternoon until midnight Sunday are expected to be up to 1 mm over the northern agricultural area, increasing to 2 to 5 mm across the southern agricultural area.Monday until WednesdayIsolated showers over the southern agricultural area, extending over the agricultural area on Wednesday. Mainly moderate southwest to southeast winds, becoming fresh northwest to southwest on Wednesday. Cool in the south grading to warm in the far north.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm CST Thursday.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 02:45 on Thursday 4 October 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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