MELBOURNE - Mar 22/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A series of cold fronts embedded in a broad westerly flow will move across southern parts of the State today and Saturday. A weak high will become established over South Australia on Sunday before moving eastwards to be over the Tasman Sea by Monday night. Forecast for the rest of FridayPossible isolated showers north of Coober Pedy with possible early evening thunderstorms in the far northeast. Isolated showers about the southern agricultural area. Possible isolated light showers elsewhere south of about Streaky Bay to Port Augusta to Renmark until early evening. A cool to mild evening with moderate northwest to southwest winds in the south and moderate south to southeasterly winds in the north.Saturday 23 MarchIsolated showers over the southern agricultural area. Possible isolated afternoon showers northwest of Coober Pedy. Moderate to fresh northwest to southwest winds in the south, tending southeasterly over northern parts of the State. Warm to hot in the north, cool to mild in the south.Sunday 24 MarchIsolated showers northwest of Coober Pedy, possibly extending across the north during the day. Isolated showers about southern coasts with possible isolated showers over remaining parts of the southern agricultural area, all contracting to southern coasts during the day. Moderate southwest to southeast winds. Mild to warm, grading to hot in the north and west.Monday 25 MarchPossible isolated light morning showers about the southern coasts. Isolated showers developing over the Northwest Pastoral district. Mild to warm in the south grading to warm to hot in the north. Winds becoming light to moderate northeast to northerly throughout.Tuesday 26 March Isolated showers over the Northwest Pastoral district and West Coast district west of about Ceduna. Warm to hot with northeast to northwesterly winds. Cumulative rainfall totals from Friday afternoon until midnight Tuesday are expected to be up to 2 mm over southern agricultural areas, increasing to 2 to 5 mm about southern coasts and ranges and 5 to 10 mm over the Northwest Pastoral district. Wednesday until FridayPatchy rain and a cooler southerly wind change extending across the State during Wednesday and Thursday before contracting to the northeast on Friday, increasing to areas of rain over the agricultural area and southern Pastoral districts. Isolated showers about coastal parts following the rain with winds turning southeasterly late in the period.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CDT Saturday.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 14:00 on Friday 22 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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