MELBOURNE - Jan 19/13 - 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 linger over the far northeast of the State for the next few days. A high pressure system south of the Bight will weaken ahead of another high moving south of the Bight on Tuesday, which will move further eastwards to be southeast of Tasmania later Wednesday. Forecast for the rest of SundayIsolated showers and possible thunderstorms northeast of about Leigh Creek to Coober Pedy. Fine elsewhere. Mild near southern coasts, grading to hot in the north. Moderate to fresh southeasterly winds and coastal sea breezes.Monday 21 JanuaryIsolated showers and possible thunderstorms northeast of about Leigh Creek to Coober Pedy. Fine elsewhere. Mild to warm near southern coasts grading to hot in the north. Light to moderate southeasterly winds, tending moderate to fresh southerly during the afternoon and evening.Tuesday 22 JanuaryIsolated showers over the far northwest corner, with isolated showers and possible thunder over the far northeast of the State. Partly cloudy in the south with possible isolated showers about southern coasts. Mild about southern coasts grading to hot in the north. Moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds.Wednesday 23 JanuaryIsolated showers in the far northeast, clearing by evening. Fine elsewhere. Mild to warm near southern coasts grading to hot in the north. Light to moderate southeast to east winds. Cumulative rainfall totals from Sunday morning until midnight Wednesday are expected to be less than 1 mm about southern coasts, and 2 to 5 mm over the Pastoral districts north of about Coober Pedy to Leigh Creek.Thursday until SaturdayIsolated showers developing in the west, extending over areas south of about Woomera to Broken Hill early on Friday, then contracting northeastwards during the day and clearing later. The chance of isolated showers in the far north on Saturday. Hot to very hot on Thursday ahead of a milder change extending from the west, then mild in the south on Friday and Saturday grading to hot in the north. Moderate northerly winds, then moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds following the change and persisting.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 19:45 on Saturday 19 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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