Australia -- South Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jan 11/13 - 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 agricultural area will move northeastwards to reach the pastoral districts this evening. The trough will linger across the far northeast of the State during the weekend, as a high pressure system becomes established south of the Bight. The high will move east during the week to be over the Tasman Sea by Wednesday.
Forecast for the rest of FridayPartly cloudy in the south with isolated showers developing about southern parts towards midnight. Warm to hot with moderate northerly winds over Pastoral districts. Milder over agricultural areas with moderate southerly winds extending northwards.Saturday 12 JanuaryAreas of cloud in the south. Mostly sunny in the north. Possible isolated showers south of about Nullarbor to Adelaide to Keith. Mild to warm about the coasts and South East with moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds. Hot to very hot with light to moderate northerly winds in the far northeast.Sunday 13 JanuaryIsolated showers in a band from Lower Eyre Peninsula through to the Murraylands and Upper South East districts. Possible isolated showers over remaining agricultural areas and the west coast, all clearing by late evening. Mild to warm about southern agricultural areas, hot to very hot elsewhere. Moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds extending through to the northeast during the day, becoming gusty over the Pastoral districts in the afternoon resulting in areas of raised dust. Moderate to fresh northerly winds in the far northeast.Monday 14 JanuaryFine. Partly cloudy about the coast, mostly sunny well inland. Mild to warm, grading to hot over the Flinders and Pastoral districts. Moderate southeast to northeast winds and afternoon sea breezes.Tuesday 15 JanuaryFine. Partly cloudy in the south, mostly sunny in the north. Mild to warm, grading to hot over the Flinders and Pastoral districts. Moderate southeast to northeast winds and afternoon sea breezes. Cumulative rainfall totals from Friday afternoon until midnight Tuesday are expected to be generally less than 2 mm, although local falls of 2 to 5 mm are possible across the southern agricultural area.Wednesday until FridayFine at first apart from isolated onshore morning showers about the Lower South East coast on Wednesday. Becoming hot to very hot throughout as winds turn northeasterly ahead of a milder, fresh and gusty southwest to southerly change later in the week. Isolated showers following the change.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CDT Saturday.Product IDS10033
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