MELBOURNE - Jan 15/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high over the Tasman Sea will be slow moving ahead of a cold front moving northeastwards across the west and far south of the State during Thursday and reaching Moomba late Friday. A high will move to south of the Bight on Saturday. Forecast for the rest of TuesdayFine and generally clear. A cool to mild evening, warm in the north. Light to moderate southeast to easterly winds and moderate to fresh afternoon coastal sea breezes.Wednesday 16 JanuaryFine apart from the chance of isolated afternoon showers and thunderstorms in the far northeast. Hot grading to very hot in the far north. Light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds and afternoon coastal sea breezes.Thursday 17 JanuaryThe chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms northeast of about Broken Hill to Oodnadatta. Isolated showers developing over western coasts. Hot to very hot with moderate to fresh northerly winds, ahead of a cooler fresh to strong south to southwesterly change extending across the west and far south.Friday 18 JanuaryIsolated showers extending throughout, tending scattered near the northern border, clearing in the south and west during the morning and contracting to northeast of Woomera by late evening. Isolated thunderstorms northeast of about Coober Pedy to Hawker. Very hot in the northeast with light to moderate northerly winds. Milder with moderate to fresh southerly winds over the remainder.Saturday 19 JanuaryIsolated showers and possible thunderstorms over the northern pastoral districts. Fine elsewhere. Mild to warm in the south, hot in the north. Moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds. Cumulative rainfall totals from Wednesday until midnight Saturday are expected to be less than 3 mm, with local falls of 5 to 10 mm with thunderstorms and possibly up to 20 mm near the northern border.Sunday until TuesdayIsolated showers and possible thunderstorms over the northern pastoral districts. Showers also possible west of Ceduna on Tuesday. Warm to hot.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CDT Wednesday.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 17:45 on Tuesday 15 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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