MELBOURNE - Jan 12/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A low pressure trough will persist across the far northeast of the State today, as a high pressure system becomes established south of the Bight. The high will move slowly eastwards to be over the Tasman Sea by Tuesday, ahead of a front approaching the western border late Wednesday. Forecast for the rest of SundayIsolated showers extending over the agricultural area during the day, then into the south of the Pastoral districts from late afternoon. Showers increasing to scattered over the southern agricultural area apart from the Lower South East for a period from mid morning to mid afternoon. Possible isolated afternoon thunderstorms in the far northeast. Areas of raised dust over the Northeast Pastoral district from mid afternoon, with fresh and gusty south to southeasterly winds. Cool to mild over the southern agricultural area, grading to hot to very hot in the far north. Moderate to fresh north to northwesterly winds in the far northeast, becoming southwest to southerly from mid afternoon. Moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds over the remainder.Monday 14 JanuaryFine apart from isolated light early morning showers over the Pastoral and Flinders districts south of about Coober Pedy to Marree. Mild about southern coasts grading to hot in the far north. Moderate to fresh southeasterly winds and afternoon sea breezes.Tuesday 15 JanuaryFine. Mostly sunny. Mild near southern coasts, otherwise generally hot. Light to moderate southeast to east winds and afternoon sea breezes.Wednesday 16 JanuaryFine. Mostly sunny. Hot grading to very hot in the far northwest. Light to moderate southeast to northeast winds. Cumulative rainfall totals from Sunday morning until midnight Wednesday are expected to be less than 2 mm over the agricultural area and far northeast, increasing to 2 to 5 mm over the southern agricultural area apart from the Lower South East.Thursday until SaturdayThe chance of isolated thunderstorms northeast of about Leigh Creek. Isolated showers extending from the west on Thursday, before contracting northeastwards on Friday, to be confined to the northeast on Saturday. Hot to very hot throughout on Thursday, ahead of a cooler, fresh and gusty southerly change in the far west early, extending eastwards to reach the northeast of the State late evening. Cool in the south grading to hot in the far northeast on Friday and Saturday with moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds.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 04:30 on Sunday 13 January 2013 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2013, 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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