MELBOURNE - Feb 18/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system will develop south of the Bight on Tuesday before moving slowly east to centred southeast of Tasmania by Thursday then remaining near stationary until Saturday. Forecast for the rest of TuesdayPartly cloudy in the south with possible isolated early morning showers east of the Mt Lofty Ranges. Possible isolated showers and thunderstorms developing over the Flinders and Pastoral districts south and east of about Coober Pedy. Cool to mild near southern coasts, hot inland and very hot in the far north. Moderate to fresh northerly winds over the northeast with south to southeasterly winds elsewhere.Wednesday 20 FebruaryAreas of cloud and possible isolated showers and thunderstorms over the Flinders and Pastoral districts east of about Tarcoola to Coober Pedy and south of about Marree, mainly during the afternoon. Winds are expected to be light to moderate southeast to northeasterly, fresh about the coasts at times. Temperatures will range from mild about the coasts to hot inland and in the north.Thursday 21 FebruaryPossible isolated showers over the Flinders and Pastoral districts contracting eastwards during the day with isolated afternoon thunderstorms developing east of about Tarcoola. Possible isolated morning showers about southern coasts. Warm to hot near the coasts grading to very hot in the far north with light to moderate northerly winds in the east and southerly winds elsewhere.Friday 22 FebruaryPossible isolated showers and thunderstorms on and east of the ranges northeast of about Gawler to Mount Gambier. Warm to hot with light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds. Cumulative rainfall totals from Tuesday morning until midnight Friday are expected to be generally less than 2 mm, however isolated local falls of 5 to 15 mm are possible with thunderstorms on and east of the ranges.Saturday until MondayFine on Saturday apart from possible isolated showers developing in the far west later in the day, before moving southeastwards and weakening on Sunday. Possible isolated showers about southern coasts Monday morning, otherwise fine. Remaining hot in the northeast, but becoming mild to warm about southern and western parts later in the period as northeasterly winds turn southerly.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm CDT Tuesday.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 22:30 on Monday 18 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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