MELBOURNE - Jan 24/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A cold front over Bass Strait will continue moving eastwards today while an associated low pressure trough over the northeast of the State weakens. A large near stationary high southwest of Perth will maintain a ridge over the south of the state with a series of embedded weak fronts passing over southern waters during the long weekend. Forecast for the rest of FridayIsolated morning showers about southern coasts. Areas of raised dust over parts of the pastoral districts during the morning. Fine elsewhere. Very hot in the far northeast with light to moderate northeasterly winds. Cooler fresh to strong south to southwesterly winds over the remainder, easing to fresh southerly in the afternoon and extending throughout.Saturday 26 JanuaryPossible isolated light showers about southern and western coasts clearing in the afternoon. Cool in the south, grading to warm in the north, with moderate to fresh southerly winds.Sunday 27 JanuaryPossible isolated light showers re-developing about southern coasts and parts of the Gulf Waters coasts early morning before contracting south and clearing by evening. Cool to mild in the south, grading to warm in the north with moderate southerly winds, fresh at times.Monday 28 JanuaryIsolated showers over southern coasts and Kangaroo Island with possible showers extending over the remainder of the southern agricultural area and western coasts. Mild to warm with moderate to fresh southerly winds. Cumulative rainfall totals from Friday until midnight Monday are expected to be mostly less than 2 mm with local falls of 2 to 5 mm possible about southern coasts mainly on Monday.Tuesday until ThursdayFine apart from possible isolated showers about southern and western coasts extending over the agricultural area on Thursday. Mild to warm with mainly moderate southerly winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm 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 22:15 on Thursday 24 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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