MELBOURNE - Mar 6/14 - 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 for the next few days. A high south of the Bight will move eastwards to be centred over the Tasman Sea on Saturday and Sunday. Forecast for the rest of ThursdayFine apart from possible isolated showers and thunderstorms over the Flinders and North East Pastoral districts, northeast of about Broken Hill to Hawker to Oodnadatta until late evening. Cool to mild in the south overnight, mild to warm about northern Pastoral districts. Moderate south to southeasterly winds, fresh at times about coastal areas at first this evening.Friday 7 MarchFine apart from possible isolated showers and thunderstorms developing over the Pastoral districts north of about Coober Pedy and Leigh Creek. Mild in the south grading to warm in the north. Moderate southeasterly winds, fresh at times.Saturday 8 MarchPossible isolated showers and thunderstorms mostly over the North East Pastoral district north of Yunta. Fine and warm to hot with light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds and afternoon sea breezes.Sunday 9 MarchFine apart from possible isolated showers and thunderstorms clearing from the northeast corner of the State during the evening. Hot with light to moderate northeast to northerly winds and afternoon coastal sea breezes ahead of a southerly change expected to move into the far west during the afternoon and evening.Monday 10 MarchFine apart from high cloud developing over the south possibly producing isolated showers over southern coasts later in the day. Warm to hot with moderate northerly winds ahead of a cooler, light to moderate southerly change moving over western and southern parts of the state. Cumulative rainfall totals from Thursday afternoon to midnight Monday are expected to be less than 1 mm in the south on Monday, and possibly 5 to 10 mm with shower and thunderstorm activity in the north.Tuesday until ThursdayHigh cloud extending over southern parts of the state, possibly producing isolated showers about the southern agricultural areas and western districts on Tuesday as a trough moves into the northeast of the State by the end of the day. Fine conditions are expected on Wednesday and Thursday with an approaching high bringing milder temperatures and moderate southwest to southeasterly winds.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CDT 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 17:00 on Thursday 6 March 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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