MELBOURNE - Apr 21/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A low pressure trough over western districts will move eastwards to reach the eastern border late Sunday evening. A cold front will move across southern coasts on Monday evening, with another front passing to the south on Wednesday. Forecast for the rest of SundayAreas of rain extending across the agricultural area and south of the pastoral districts, grading to isolated showers over the north of the pastoral districts. Rain contracting to eastern districts by evening then clearing later. Isolated showers to follow the rain about the agricultural area. Isolated thunderstorms across western districts during the morning and about Yorke Peninsula and Kangaroo Island during the afternoon. Isolated thunderstorms also across the pastoral districts, contracting to the far northwest by evening. Moderate to fresh northerly winds, strong near the coast ahead of a southwesterly change in the west, reaching eastern districts in the evening. Cool to mild in the south, grading to warm to hot in the north.Monday 22 AprilIsolated showers about the agricultural area and far south of the pastoral districts, increasing to scattered showers and possible thunderstorms about southern coasts and ranges in the afternoon and evening. Isolated showers also near the northern border. Moderate northwest to southwest winds, becoming light and variable in the northwest later. Cool to mild in the south, warm in the north.Tuesday 23 AprilIsolated showers across the agricultural area, with possible showers over the southern pastoral districts, mainly in the afternoon. Moderate westerly winds in the south, light and variable further north. Cool to mild in the south, warm in the north.Wednesday 24 AprilIsolated showers about southern coasts with possible showers extending over the southern agricultural area. Isolated showers in the northwest. Mild to warm with generally westerly winds in the south, tending southeast to northeasterly in the north. Cumulative rainfall totals from Sunday morning to midnight Wednesday are expected to be 5 to 15 mm over the northern agricultural area, reaching 15 to 20 mm about the southern agricultural area, with local falls of 20 to 30 mm. 2 to 10 mm is expected over the south of the pastoral districts and less than 2 mm further north.Thursday until SaturdayIsolated showers in the northwest extending across the north of the State then confined to the northeast on Saturday. Possible isolated showers about the Lower South East coast on Thursday. Mild to warm with mainly light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds in the north and northeast to northwesterly winds in the south.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm CST 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 04:30 on Sunday 21 April 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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