MELBOURNE - Aug 11/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high over southern Queensland is moving slowly eastwards. Cold fronts are expected to move over the southern half of the State on Monday and Wednesday. Forecast for the rest of SundayPatchy rain over the West Coast district, northern agricultural area and south Pastoral districts, contracting to east of about Tarcoola by late evening. Isolated showers developing over southern coasts, and over the remainder of the southern agricultural area in the evening. Possible thunder near southern coasts during the evening. Mild in the south grading to warm in the north with light to moderate northeast to northwesterly winds, freshening near southern and western coasts.Monday 12 AugustPatchy rain over northern agricultural areas and southern Pastoral districts east of about Woomera, contracting eastwards and clearing during the morning. Isolated showers over the agricultural area and West Coast district, contracting southeast and clearing during the morning. Scattered showers re-developing over the southern agricultural area in late afternoon and evening. Early morning fog patches west of about Ceduna. Possible thunderstorms over Kangaroo Island and the Lower South East district. Possible small hail about the Lower South East. Moderate to fresh northwest to southwesterly winds, strong at times near southern coasts. Cool in the south grading to mild to warm in the far north.Tuesday 13 AugustIsolated showers over the southern agricultural area, more likely about the coast and ranges. Cool to mild with light to moderate northeast to northwesterly winds, fresh near southern coasts.Wednesday 14 AugustIsolated showers over the southern agricultural area, scattered over Kangaroo Island, the Mount Lofty Ranges and the Lower South East. Cool to mild with moderate to fresh northwesterly winds, shifting west to southwesterly during the day. Winds fresh to strong near southern coasts.Thursday 15 AugustIsolated showers about Kangaroo Island, the southern Fleurieu Peninsula and the Lower South East, chiefly during the morning. Cool to mild with generally light to moderate northeast to northerly winds. Cumulative rainfall totals from Sunday afternoon to midnight Thursday are expected to be 2 to 10 mm over the agricultural area, West Coast, Flinders and south of the Pastoral districts, increasing to 10 to 30 mm over the Mount Lofty Ranges and the Lower South East.Friday until SundayIsolated showers developing near southern coasts on Friday extending to the West Coast and southern agricultural area on Saturday and into the southern pastoral districts on Sunday. Mild to warm on Friday, ahead of a cooler moderate to fresh west to southwesterly change on Saturday, strong at times near the coast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CST Monday.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 11:30 on Sunday 11 August 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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