MELBOURNE - Apr 22/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A cold front will move across southern coasts this afternoon and evening, with another passing to the south on Wednesday. A high will then move across the State to be over New South Wales late in the week. Forecast for the rest of MondayIsolated showers about the agricultural area and the far south of the Pastoral districts, increasing to scattered showers and possible thunderstorms for a brief period about southern coasts and ranges in the late afternoon and evening. Possible isolated thundery showers with the change. Cool to mild. Moderate northwest to southwest winds, becoming light and variable in the northwest later.Tuesday 23 AprilPossible isolated showers over the agricultural area, clearing by about midday. Patchy morning fog about northern agricultural areas and southern Pastoral districts. 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 developing over agricultural areas by midday, increasing to scattered showers about coastal parts during the afternoon and evening. Patchy morning fog about northern agricultural areas and southern Pastoral districts west of about Ceduna. Generally mild to warm with westerly winds in the south, tending southeast to northeasterly in the north.Thursday 25 AprilPossible isolated light showers clearing from southern coasts during the morning. Patchy morning fog. Otherwise a fine and mild to warm day. Light to moderate southeast to north east winds across Pastoral areas, and west to northwesterly winds in the south.Friday 26 AprilFine. Mild to warm. Mainly light winds becoming moderate northeast to northwesterly from the west. Cumulative rainfall totals from Monday afternoon through to midnight Friday are expected to be 2 to 10 mm about the southern agricultural area, increasing to 10 to 20 mm about southern coasts and ranges. Less than 2 mm elsewhere.Saturday until MondayFine across the State initially, then isolated showers developing over areas south and west of about Coober Pedy to Broken Hill on Sunday and Monday, possibly increasing to scattered showers about southern parts for a period on Sunday. Generally mild to warm, grading to warm to hot in the far north late in the period. Light to moderate northeast to northerly winds extending throughout, freshening in the south on Sunday ahead of a cooler southerly change late in the period.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CST 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 17:15 on Monday 22 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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