MELBOURNE - Sep 5/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A trough of low pressure is over the northeast of the state. A high will develop over the Bight on Thursday and Friday, and then move eastwards during the weekend, reaching the Tasman sea by Monday. A low pressure system will develop south of the Bight on Sunday and Monday. Forecast for the rest of ThursdayIsolated showers over the agricultural area, West Coast district, increasing to scattered at times in the far southwest. Warm to hot in the far north with chiefly light northeast to northerly winds. Cool to mild further south with light to moderate southwest to southeasterly winds.Friday 6 SeptemberIsolated showers over the West Coast district, far southwest of the Northwest Pastoral and the agricultural area, tending scattered at times during the day. Cool in the south grading to hot in the far north. Generally light winds, tending moderate northwesterly near southern coasts. Light to moderate westerly winds in the southeast, tending northerly in the far north and southerly elsewhere.Saturday 7 SeptemberIsolated showers over Kangaroo Island and the South East district, clearing late afternoon. Isolated showers developing about western coasts. Mild in the south with light to moderate southerly winds, grading to hot in the north with light to moderate northerly winds.Sunday 8 SeptemberIsolated showers near southern coasts. Isolated showers and possible thunderstorms in the far west. Mild to warm in the south, grading to hot in the north. Freshening northerly winds, shifting west to southwesterly in the west during the day.Monday 9 SeptemberIsolated showers over the West Coast and agricultural area, increasing to scattered about the southern agricultural area. Possible isolated showers in the North West Pastoral district. Moderate to fresh northerly winds, shifting west to southwesterly in the west, and extending throughout during the day. Cumulative rainfall totals from Thursday afternoon to midnight Monday are expected to be 10 to 15 mm about the ranges and the South East, 2 to 10 mm over the agricultural area and West Coast and less than 2 mm over the pastorals.Tuesday until ThursdayPossible isolated showers in the Pastoral districts, contracting to the far northeast by Thursday. Isolated showers over the agricultural area. Cool to mild in the south, grading to warm to hot in the north. Generally moderate southwest to northwesterly winds.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 Business Entry Point Facebook Google+ Youtube Blog Careers Sitemap Feedback Freedom of Information Indigenous Weather Knowledge Glossary This page was created at 11:45 on Thursday 5 September 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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