MELBOURNE - Dec 6/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high over Victoria will move eastwards to be over the Tasman Sea on Friday. A front will move into the far west of the State late Friday evening, then extend eastwards over the State on Saturday. A new high is expected to develop south of the Bight on Sunday. Forecast for the rest of ThursdayFine apart from isolated showers and possible thunderstorms west of about Ceduna. Generally light winds, tending moderate northerly in the west.Friday 7 DecemberIsolated showers and possible thunderstorms west of ceduna extending over Eyre Peninsula by late evening. Generally hot with moderate northeast to northwesterly winds, turning fresh westerly in the west in the afternoon then easing ahead of a fresh southwesterly change in the far west late evening,Saturday 8 DecemberIsolated showers and thunderstorms, gradually extending eastwards during the day and clearing from the west and south to be confined to north of Woomera to Renmark late evening. Isolated evening showers about the Lower South East. Hot with moderate to fresh northerly winds, ahead of a milder, fresh to strong southwesterly change in the west extending eastwards during the day. Possible raised dust inland with the change.Sunday 9 DecemberFine apart from isolated morning showers near southern coasts and in the north contracting to the far northwest during the morning. Cool to mild in the south grading to hot in the far northeast. Moderate to fresh southwest to southeast winds.Monday 10 DecemberPossible isolated showers in the far northwest. Mainly moderate southeasterly winds. Mild to warm in the south grading to hot in the north. Cumulative rainfall totals from Thursday afternoon until midnight Monday are expected to be up to 2 mm, with possible falls of 5 to 15 mm with thunderstorms possible reaching 10 to 20 mm in the far northwestTuesday until ThursdayPossible isolated showers in the far west extending to reach central and southeastern districts by Thursday evening. Generally hot throughout with southeasterly winds turning northeasterly on Wednesday ahead of a southerly change in the west on Thursday.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CDT Friday.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 10:00 on Thursday 6 December 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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