Australia -- South Australia Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Jul 19/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Weather Situation
A deep low south southwest of Tasmania will move slowly northwards during the weekend with a cold pool of air moving across South Australia. A high will ridge in over the Bight during Monday.
Forecast for the rest of FridayScattered showers over the agricultural area with isolated showers extending northwards to reach areas south of Coober Pedy to Broken Hill. Showers becoming heavier and more frequent over the southern agricultural area in the evening 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, tending to scattered showers over the agricultural area and Flinders districts with small hail and possible isolated thunderstorms. Showers tending widespread over Central districts and the South East coast. 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, strong near the coasts.Sunday 21 JulyIsolated showers south of about Renmark to Leigh Creek to Coober Pedy, tending to scattered showers with small hail over the agricultural area with possible snow about the higher peaks of the Mid-North and the Flinders districts. Showers and possible isolated thunderstorms about southern coasts. Cold to very cold with fresh southwest to southerly winds, strong near the coasts.Monday 22 JulyIsolated showers south of about Woomera to Renmark, tending to scattered showers over the southern agricultural area. Cold with moderating southwest to southeasterly winds.Tuesday 23 JulyIsolated showers over the southern agricultural area and western coasts, contracting southwards during the day. Cool with light winds. Cumulative rainfall totals for the period from Friday afternoon through to midnight Tuesday 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 30 to 50 mm are possible over the Mount Lofty Ranges, the south of the Flinders Ranges, the Mount Lofty Ranges and ocean coasts east of Elliston. southern coasts and the Mount Lofty Ranges. Less than 5 mm is expected over areas further to the north.Wednesday until FridayEarly frost on and east of the ranges, then fine on Wednesday. Isolated showers over the southern agricultural area on Thursday and Friday.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CST Saturday.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 12:15 on Friday 19 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);
})();

---

STAT News Service