MELBOURNE - Jul 20/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A low pressure system developing to the west of Tasmania will move northwards to be centred over the Lower South East district on Sunday morning, before moving eastwards. A high will ridge in over the Bight during Monday then move slowly eastwards to be centred near Adelaide later Tuesday. Forecast for the rest of SaturdayIsolated showers south of about Broken Hill to Coober Pedy, increasing to scattered showers over the agricultural area and West Coast district with small hail and possible isolated thunderstorms. Showers tending widespread about the southern coasts. Possible snow on the higher peaks of the Mount Lofty Ranges, Mid North and Flinders districts. Cold to very cold with fresh to strong southwesterly winds.Sunday 21 JulyIsolated showers south of about Renmark to Leigh Creek to Coober Pedy, increasing to scattered showers over the agricultural area with possible snow about the higher peaks of the ranges in the Mid-North and Flinders districts and at Mount Lofty Summit. Widespread showers and possible isolated thunderstorms about southern coasts and ranges. Isolated small hail south of about Roxby Downs and Leigh Creek. Cold to very cold with fresh and gusty west to southwesterly winds, strong near the coasts.Monday 22 JulyIsolated showers south of about Woomera to Yunta, increasing to scattered showers over the southern agricultural area. Early morning frost patches on and east of the Flinders Ranges and in the far northwest. Cold with moderating southwest to southerly winds.Tuesday 23 JulyIsolated showers over the agricultural area, contracting to southern coasts by the evening. Possible early morning fog patches. Cool with light winds.Wednesday 24 JulyFine apart from possible early morning fog patches. Cool with mainly light winds. Cumulative rainfall totals for the period from Saturday afternoon through to midnight Wednesday are expected to be 2 to 10 mm over the northern agricultural area, increasing to 10 to 20 mm over the southern agricultural area, and 20 to 45 mm over parts of the Mount Lofty Ranges, southern Kangaroo Island, southeast coast, west coast of Eyre Peninsula, and possibly parts of western York Peninsula and the ranges in the Mid North. Less than 5 mm is expected over areas further to the north.Thursday until SaturdayIsolated showers possible over the southern agricultural area. Generally mild with light winds becoming moderate northerly later in the period.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CST Sunday.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 12:45 on Saturday 20 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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