Australia -- South Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jun 17/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A high pressure system centred well south of SA will move slowly southeastwards to be centred southeast of Tasmania on Thursday. This high will extend a ridge northwards over SA. A trough will reach the far west on Thursday morning and will move across SA during Thursday and Friday ahead of another high.
Forecast for the rest of TuesdayIsolated showers near southern coasts. Morning fog and early frost. Cold at first then a generally cool day with light to moderate southeast to southwesterly winds, tending northeasterly in the west.Wednesday 19 JuneIsolated showers near southern coasts. Morning fog and early frost about the agricultural area and south of the pastoral districts. Patchy rain developing in the far northwest. Generally cool with mainly light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds.Thursday 20 JunePatchy rain over parts of the pastoral and Flinders districts clearing. Isolated showers extending across southern and western coasts. Early fog and frost patches about central and eastern districts. Cool with moderate northeast to northwesterly winds shifting southwesterly in the west.Friday 21 June
Isolated showers extending across the agricultural area and south of the pastoral districts, increasing to scattered showers near southern coasts. Cool with moderate to fresh southwesterly winds extending throughout all but the far northeast.
Cumulative rainfall totals from Tuesday morning through until midnight Friday are expected to be generally less than 2 mm, increasing to 2 to 10 mm about parts of the southern agricultural area and in the far northwest and local falls of 5 to 15 mm near southern coasts.
Saturday until MondayIsolated showers about the agricultural area and south of the pastoral districts contracting to near southern coasts. Cool with moderate southwest to southeasterly winds easing and tending northeasterly in the west.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm CST Tuesday.Product IDS10033
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