MELBOURNE - Oct 13/12 - 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 western Victoria will move over the Tasman Sea this evening. A low pressure trough will move across the west of the State on today, then move slowly northeastwards to reach a line Marree to Oodnadatta late Tuesday evening. A cold front will move across southern coasts Tuesday afternoon. Forecast for the rest of SundayEarly fog and light frost patches in the Lower South East, then a mostly sunny day. Possible isolated thundery showers in the far west during the afternoon and evening. Mild to warm tending hot in the north and west. Moderate northerly winds, fresh in the west, shifting southerly in the far west.Monday 15 OctoberEarly fog patches about the west coast, otherwise fine. Mild to warm, grading to hot in the north. Moderate to fresh northerly winds, shifting milder southerly across western and southern parts.Tuesday 16 OctoberIsolated light showers from mid level cloud over the agricultural areas and the southern pastorals contracting east and clearing by evening. Isolated showers developing across southern coastal districts, increasing to scattered over the Lower South East in the afternoon and evening. Hot in the northeast with moderate to fresh north to northwest winds, turning milder southwest to southerly over the remainder, strong at times about southern coasts.Wednesday 17 OctoberIsolated morning showers over the Lower South East. Cool to mild grading to hot in the north with moderate southeast to easterly winds tending southwesterly in the southeast. Cumulative rainfall totals from Sunday morning until midnight Wednesday are expected to be 2 to 5 mm over the Lower South East and up to 2 mm elsewhere.Thursday until SaturdayPossible isolated showers developing about southern coasts late Saturday afternoon, otherwise fine. Mild to warm grading to hot in the north with moderate to fresh north to northeasterly winds freshening in the west and turning northwesterly on Thursday ahead of a southerly change extending inland during the period.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm CDT Sunday.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 19:30 on Saturday 13 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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