MELBOURNE - Mar 28/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A weak high pressure system south of the Bight will move eastwards, reaching the Tasman Sea on Saturday. A trough of low pressure will move over western parts of the State on Monday. Forecast for the rest of FridayIsolated afternoon showers on and east of the ranges, south of about Leigh Creek. Fine over the remainder. Mainly light winds.Saturday 29 MarchMorning fog patches over the agricultural area and West Coast district. Possible isolated early morning mid level showers and thunderstorms over the Mid North, Flinders districts and Mt Lofty Ranges. Isolated showers and possible thunderstorms developing on and east of the Ranges south of about Broken Hill in the afternoon. Fine and partly cloudy elsewhere. Mild to warm in the south, grading to hot in the north. Light to moderate north to northwest winds.Sunday 30 MarchDry and warm to hot with moderate to fresh northerly winds.Monday 31 MarchAreas of mid level cloud with possible isolated showers and thunderstorms in the west, gradually extending eastwards during the day then mostly clearing in the evening. Warm to hot grading to very hot in the northeast with moderate to fresh northerly winds in the north and east ahead of a milder southerly change in the west.Tuesday 1 AprilAreas of mid level cloud with possible isolated showers and thunder in the west extending eastwards to reach Coober Pedy to Renmark by late evening. Warm to hot ahead of a milder southerly change in the west extending east to reach Mt Gambier to Woomera in the evening. Cumulative rainfall totals from Friday afternoon to midnight Tuesday are expected to be less than 2 mm, with isolated falls of 2 to 15 mm with thunderstorms.Wednesday until FridayIsolated showers extending over the state during Wednesday and early Thursday before contracting to the far northeast and southern coasts by late Thursday, then clearing during Friday. Mild to warm in the south, grading to hot in the north with moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds extending throughout on Wednesday then becoming moderate easterly on Friday.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CDT Saturday.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 15:45 on Friday 28 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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