MELBOURNE - Feb 25/14 - 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 over the northeast of the State will remain there throughout the week. A weak cold front will move eastwards over waters south of the State this evening and across Tasmania on Wednesday. A high southwest of Western Australia will move eastwards to be centred south of the Bight on Thursday then slowly moving east to be near Tasmania on Saturday. Forecast for the rest of TuesdayIsolated showers and thunderstorms over the east of the North East Pastoral district. Possible isolated showers over the North West Pastoral district, north of Marla. Isolated late evening showers about far western and southern coasts. Light to moderate southwest to southeasterly winds, becoming moderate to locally fresh during the afternoon.Wednesday 26 FebruaryPossible isolated showers about southern coastal districts and the West Coast district, more likely over windward coasts and ranges. Isolated showers and thunderstorms over the northeast of the North East Pastoral district, increasing to scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms northeast of about Moomba, with the chance of locally heavy falls. Cool to mild about the coasts grading to warm to hot in the north with moderate to fresh southerly winds.Thursday 27 FebruaryIsolated showers and thunderstorms over the North East Pastoral district north of about Leigh Creek increasing to scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms northeast of about Moomba, with the chance of local heavy falls. Mild in the south grading to warm to hot in the north with moderate south to southeasterly winds, fresh near the coasts.Friday 28 FebruaryIsolated showers and thunderstorms over the North East Pastoral district north of about Leigh Creek increasing to scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms northeast of about Moomba. Generally warm with moderate to locally fresh southeasterly winds and afternoon coastal sea breezes.Saturday 1 MarchPossible showers and thunderstorms about the east of the North East Pastoral district. Generally warm with light to moderate southeasterly winds and moderate to fresh afternoon coastal sea breezes. Cumulative rainfall totals from Tuesday afternoon to midnight Saturday are expected to be generally less than 2 mm increasing to 2 to 10 mm northeast of about Oodnadatta to Broken Hill and 20 to 40 mm northeast of Moomba. Local falls of 40 to 60 mm are possible about the far northeast corner.Sunday until TuesdayPossible showers and thunderstorms over the eastern districts, more likely near the border south of Broken Hill and north of Keith. Possible isolated showers over southern and western coasts on Tuesday. Generally warm in the south grading to hot in the north with moderate southeasterly winds, fresh at times about the coast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CDT Wednesday.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 12:30 on Tuesday 25 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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