MELBOURNE - Feb 3/14 - 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 situated over central and eastern Australia. A strong high pressure system south of WA will move eastwards to be centred south of the Bight tonight, then over the southern Tasman Sea on Thursday. Forecast for the rest of MondayWindy over southern parts of the State, particularly over the Mount Lofty Ranges where winds may reach gale force this evening and overnight. Patchy rain and possible thunderstorms over areas to the north of about Woomera, increasing to areas of rain in the far north. Possible isolated showers and thunderstorms about eastern Murraylands district. Warm overnight in the north with moderate southeast to northeasterly winds, generally mild in the south with fresh to strong and gusty south to southeasterly winds over agricultural areas and southern parts of the Pastoral districts. Areas of raised dust are possible over the northern agricultural area and the south of the Pastoral districts until mid-evening.Tuesday 4 FebruaryWinds gradually easing. Patchy rain and possible thunderstorms northwest of about Coober Pedy and Oodnadatta, gradually contracting westwards and clearing by midnight. Mild to warm in the south grading to warm to hot in the north. Fresh to strong and gusty southeasterly winds easing later.Wednesday 5 FebruaryPossible isolated showers and thunderstorms over and to the east of the Flinders Ranges, mainly during the afternoon. Warm to hot in the south grading to hot to very hot in the north. Mainly moderate east to northeast winds and afternoon coastal sea breezes.Thursday 6 FebruaryPossible isolated showers and thunderstorms to the east of the Flinders Ranges, mainly during the afternoon. Warm to hot in the south grading to hot to very hot in the north. Light to moderate east to northeast winds and afternoon coastal sea breezes.Friday 7 FebruaryFine. Warm in the south, grading to hot to very hot in the north. Light to moderate northeasterly winds and light inshore afternoon sea breezes. Cumulative rainfall totals until midnight Friday are expected to be 2 to 10 mm with the patchy rain in the north, increasing to 10 to 30 mm in areas of rain and thunderstorms through to Tuesday night. Showers and thunderstorms on and east of the Flinders Ranges later in the week are expected to produced falls of less then 2 mm.Saturday until MondayDry and hot to very hot with northerly winds ahead of a milder, moderate southerly change expected to move across the State during the weekend. Possible isolated showers may develop about southern coastal areas and the west coast following the change, but quickly clearing on Sunday. Possible isolated showers developing about the northern border late in the period associated with a trough of low pressure moving in from Queensland.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CDT Tuesday.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 13:45 on Monday 3 February 2014 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2014, 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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