MELBOURNE - Jul 18/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A deep low south of Kangaroo Island is moving slowly southeastwards and will reach the southern Tasman sea later Sunday or Monday. A high southwest of WA will also move slowly eastwards to be west of the Bight later Sunday, then move over the west of the State on Monday. Forecast for the rest of ThursdayIsolated showers over the agricultural area, West Coast and south of the Northwest Pastoral districts, increasing to scattered showers near southern and western coasts with the chance of isolated thunderstorms near the coastal fringes. Cool with fresh to strong and gusty northwest to southwesterly winds.Friday 19 JulyScattered showers developing over the agricultural area with isolated showers extending northwards to reach areas south of Coober Pedy to Broken Hill. Showers increasing to widespread in the evening over the southern agricultural area with possible small hail and thunder. Cool to cold. Fresh to strong and gusty southwest to southerly winds.Saturday 20 JulyIsolated showers south of about Broken Hill to Coober Pedy, increasing to scattered showers over the agricultural area and Flinders and West Coast districts. Showers increasing further to widespread over the southern agricultural area with small hail and possible thunder. Possible snow on the higher peaks of the Mount Lofty Ranges, Mid North and Flinders districts. Cold to very cold with fresh southwest to southerly winds.Sunday 21 JulyIsolated showers south of about Renmark to Leigh Creek to Coober Pedy, increasing to scattered showers over the southern agricultural area with small hail and possible thunder. Showers increasing further to widespread near southern coasts and the southern Mount Lofty Ranges, with possible thunder. Cold with fresh southwest to southerly winds.Monday 22 JulyIsolated showers south of about Woomera to Renmark, increasing to scattered showers over the southern agricultural area. Cold with moderating southwest to southeasterly winds. Cumulative rainfall totals for the period from Thursday afternoon through to midnight Monday are expected to be 5 to 10 mm over the northern agricultural area, increasing to 15 to 30 mm over the southern agricultural area, Mid North and southern Flinders and near western coasts. Falls of 50 to 80 mm are possible over southern coasts and the Mount Lofty Ranges. Less than 2 mm is expected over areas further to the north.Tuesday until ThursdayIsolated showers over the southern agricultural area and western coasts, contracting southwards during the day. Fine on Wednesday, then isolated showers extending over western and southern districts on Thursday. Cool to cold at first, becoming milder on Wednesday and Thursday. Light winds, turning moderate northerly from the west on Wednesday and Thursday.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CST Friday.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 MetEye™ 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 11:45 on Thursday 18 July 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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