Australia -- South Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Feb 14/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A high pressure system near Tasmania will move slowly east to be located over the Tasman Sea on the weekend. A trough of low pressure will move across western district during Monday and over remaining districts during Tuesday.
Forecast for the rest of ThursdayIsolated showers and thunderstorms east of about Woomera to Adelaide. Warm to hot with moderate southeast to northeasterly winds.Friday 15 FebruaryIsolated showers and thunderstorms east of about Streaky Bay to Oodnadatta, mainly during the afternoon. Generally hot and humid. Moderate northeast to southeasterly winds.Saturday 16 FebruaryThe chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms east of about Streaky Bay to Oodnadatta. Generally hot and humid. Moderate northeast to southeasterly winds.Sunday 17 FebruaryFine apart from the chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms over the Northeast Pastoral north of about Marree. Hot grading to very hot in the west with mainly moderate northerly winds.Monday 18 FebruaryHot to very hot with mainly moderate northerly winds, ahead of a milder, fresh southerly change in the far west early Monday extending eastwards to reach Eyre Peninsula in the evening. Possible isolated showers west of Ceduna following the change. Cumulative rainfall totals from Friday afternoon until midnight Monday will be highly variable due to the unstable weather conditions and are expected to be in the range 1 to 5 mm. Isolated falls of 10 to 30 mm are possible with thunderstorms over and to the east of the Mount Lofty Ranges and 5 to 10 mm with thunderstorms elsewhere. Most of this precipitation is expected on Thursday evening and Friday.Tuesday until ThursdayIsolated showers southwest of about Woomera to Renmark. Cool to mild near southern coasts on grading to warm to hot in the far north with moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds extending throughout by Wednesday morning.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CDT Friday.Product IDS10033
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