MELBOURNE - Jun 19/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high 1031 hPa southwest of Tasmania extends a ridge northwards over SA. A trough of low pressure will reach the far west late Thursday then move across the State on Friday. A low pressure system is expected to develop southwest of Kangaroo Island on Friday, then move northwards and weaken during Saturday to be near Woomera in the evening. Forecast for the rest of WednesdayPatchy rain inland west of Coober Pedy and possible isolated afternoon thunderstorms in the far west of the Northwest Pastoral district. Cool to mild light east to northeasterly winds.Thursday 20 JunePatchy rain north of Roxby Downs, clearing during the morning. Isolated showers developing about western coasts during the afternoon, extending to a line Cape Jervis to Cowell and becoming scattered about western coasts late evening. Early fog patches. Early frost patches in the east. Cool with light moderate northeast to northwest winds, freshening about southern coasts, shifting southwesterly in the far west.Friday 21 JuneIsolated showers extending across the State except the far north, tending scattered over the agricultural area. Possible isolated thunderstorms over Eyre, Yorke and Fleurieu Peninsulas and Kangaroo Island. Early fog patches in the far north. Early frosts over the Flinders and south of the Northeast Pastoral. Cool to mild with moderate northerly winds, fresh at times, turning moderate to fresh west to southwesterly about western and central parts, strong about western coasts.Saturday 22 June Scattered showers over the south of the pastoral districts and western and central parts of the agricultural area. Isolated showers elsewhere south of about Coober Pedy. Possible isolated thunderstorms over Eyre Peninsula, the south of the Northwest Pastoral, Yorke Peninsula and Kangaroo Island. Cool to cold with light to moderate easterly winds in the southeast, tending westerly in the northeast. Moderate to fresh southeast to southwest winds in the southwest, tending westerly in the northwest. Sunday 23 June Isolated showers over the pastoral districts southeast of about Coober Pedy and over the northeast of the agricultural area. Cool with light to moderate easterly winds, tending light and variable in the north. Cumulative rainfall totals from Wednesday afternoon until midnight Sunday are expected to be less than 2 mm north of Marree and 2 to 5 mm over eastern districts and the far west, 5 to 15 mm elsewhere reaching 15 to 25 mm about south central coasts and the west coast of Eyre Peninsula. Monday until WednesdayFine Monday. Possible isolated showers over the far west Tuesday and the Northwest Pastoral on Wednesday, with isolated showers across the agricultural area on Wednesday.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CST Thursday.Product IDS10033 Notice Board 31 additional forecast locations for SA Changes to state Weather and Warnings pages Media Releases Marketing 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 09:30 on Wednesday 19 June 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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