MELBOURNE - Mar 9/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high over the Tasman Sea will remain near stationary and a broad trough of low pressure will persist over South Australia, before dissipating during Sunday. A trough of low pressure will move into the far west of the State later on Tuesday, and then move eastwards on Wednesday, reaching the South East district in the evening. Forecast for the rest of SaturdayDry over the North East Pastoral east of Leigh Creek and in the far west. Isolated showers and possible thunderstorms over the remainder, mostly clearing during the evening. Warm to hot and humid with mainly light to moderate northeast to southeast winds.Sunday 10 MarchFine apart from early fog patches over western districts, Kangaroo Island and the Lower South East. Mostly sunny day. Warm to hot and humid with light to moderate southeast to northeast winds and afternoon sea breezes.Monday 11 MarchFine and mostly sunny. Hot grading to very hot in the west. Moderate northeast to northerly winds.Tuesday 12 MarchDry and mostly sunny. Hot to very hot with northerly winds, freshening in the west and south, ahead of a fresh and gusty southerly wind change in the far west in the evening.Wednesday 13 MarchFine apart from the chance of isolated showers in the far west during the evening. Hot to very hot with moderate northerly winds, ahead of a milder, fresh southerly wind change in the west, extending eastwards to reach eastern districts late Wednesday or Thursday. Cumulative rainfall totals until midnight on Saturday are expected to be 1 to 2 mm over the agricultural area, with isolated falls up to 5 mm near southern coasts. Thereafter, no rainfall is expected for the period from Sunday to midnight on Wednesday.Thursday until SaturdayFine. Mild about southern coasts grading to hot in the far northeast. Moderate south to southeasterly winds, fresh at times.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am 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 07:30 on Saturday 9 March 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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