Australia -- South Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jun 20/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A 1028 hPa high pressure system centred south of Tasmania extends a ridge northwards. A trough of low pressure over the far west will move across much of the State on Friday before a low pressure system develops south of Eyre Peninsula moving north to northeastwards across Eyre Peninsula during Saturday.
Forecast for the rest of ThursdayIsolated showers west of a line Cape Jervis to Cowell increasing to scattered about western coasts. Possible thunder about the west coast of Eyre Peninsula. Cool with light moderate northeast to northwest winds, freshening about southern coasts, and shifting westerly in the far west.Friday 21 JuneIsolated showers extending across the State except the far north, increasing to scattered over the agricultural area, but easing over the southeast in the afternoon. Possible isolated thunderstorms over Eyre, Yorke and Fleurieu Peninsulas and Kangaroo Island. Early fog patches in the far north. Early frost over the Flinders and Gammon Ranges. Cool with moderate northerly winds, fresh at times, turning moderate to fresh westerly in the west, and becoming strong about western coasts.Saturday 22 JuneScattered 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 JuneIsolated showers about the Flinders and North East Pastoral districts south of about Marree. Early morning fog patches. Cool with light to moderate easterly winds, tending light and variable in the north.Monday 24 JuneFine apart from early morning fog patches. Cool with light to moderate northeasterly winds. Cumulative rainfall totals from Thursday afternoon until midnight Monday are expected to be less than 2 mm in the north and west, reaching 2 to 5 mm over the far southeast and the far southwest, and 5 to 15 mm over the remainder south of about Nullarbor to Roxby Downs, reaching 15 to 25 mm about the Flinders, Eyre Peninsula and parts of Yorke Peninsula and Kangaroo Island.Tuesday until ThursdayFine across the northeast, otherwise possible isolated showers over the far west Tuesday, extending to most areas on Wednesday, more likely in the south, and mostly clearing during Thursday.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CST Friday.Product IDS10033
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