MELBOURNE - Feb 12/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A large high pressure system well south of the Bight will move slowly east this week to be located over the Tasman Sea on the weekend. Forecast for the rest of WednesdayFine apart from isolated showers and thunderstorms over the Flinders and Pastoral districts east of about Tarcoola to Ernabella. Warm to hot. Light to moderate southeasterly winds and fresh afternoon sea breezes.Thursday 14 FebruaryIsolated showers and thunderstorms over eastern districts north of about Naracoorte. Warm to hot with moderate southeast to northeasterly winds.Friday 15 FebruaryIsolated showers and thunderstorms east of about Streaky Bay to Woomera to Marree. Warm to hot and becoming humid. Moderate northeast to southeasterly winds.Saturday 16 FebruaryIsolated showers and thunderstorms over the eastern half of the State. Mostly warm to hot and humid. Light to moderate northeast to southeasterly winds, Cumulative rainfall totals from Wednesday until midnight Saturday will be highly variable due to the unstable weather conditions forecast this week and are expected to range from up to 5 mm, increasing to 5 to 15 mm on and east of the ranges with thunderstorms producing higher falls of 10 to 30 mm. Most of this precipitation is expected on Thursday and Friday.Sunday until TuesdayIsolated showers and thunderstorms over the eastern half, clearing during Sunday. Generally hot with mainly moderate northerly winds, ahead of a milder, fresh southerly change in the west early Monday extending eastwards to reach the northeast of the State on Tuesday. The chance of isolated showers following the change.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm 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 19:30 on Tuesday 12 February 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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