MELBOURNE - Nov 24/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high is developing south of the Bight and will move slowly eastwards to be located over the Tasman Sea on Tuesday. A broad area of low pressure will persist over northern parts of South Australia until Wednesday producing a series of troughs that will move across the State at various times during this period. Forecast for the rest of SaturdayFine apart from isolated thundery showers in the far northwest. Warm with light to moderate northerly winds turning moderate to fresh south to southeasterly overnight.Sunday 25 NovemberAreas of high cloud with possible isolated showers extending eastwards over areas west of about Woomera to Adelaide, with possible thunder north of Eyre Peninsula. Warm to hot in the south, very hot in the north. Moderate southeast to northeast winds, turning moderate to fresh northerly in the northwest. A fresh and gusty southerly change will develop about coastal districts during the afternoon then extend inland during the evening.Monday 26 NovemberCloudy with possible isolated thundery showers extending over the State, except the far northeast, before clearing from the West Coast and adjacent areas during the afternoon and evening. Mild to warm about coastal districts, remaining hot to very hot in the north. Moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds extending throughout.Tuesday 27 NovemberPossible thundery showers northeast of about Coober Pedy to Adelaide, clearing to the north and northeast during the day. Warm to hot with light to moderate northeast to southeast winds, fresh about the coasts.Wednesday 28 November Isolated showers and thunderstorms developing about the western border before extending eastwards over parts of the West Coast and Northwest Pastoral districts, possibly reaching areas west of about Leigh Creek and Spencer Gulf by late evening. Hot to very hot with mainly light winds. Cumulative rainfall totals from Saturday afternoon until midnight Wednesday are expected to be highly variable, possibly up to 5 mm. Isolated falls of 5 to 10 mm with thunderstorms. Thursday until SaturdayHot to very hot with showers and thunderstorms extending throughout the State before contracting to the eastern parts of South Australia by the weekend. Light to moderate northerly winds shifting cooler, moderate to fresh southwest to southerly later in the period.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am 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 16:15 on Saturday 24 November 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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