MELBOURNE - Apr 27/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system over Bass Strait will move over the Tasman Sea and weaken on Monday. A front will move over western parts of the State on Monday then remaining parts on Tuesday. Another front will move over the south on Friday and Saturday. Forecast for the rest of SundayPossible isolated showers over the far west, reaching Kangaroo Island, Eyre and Yorke Peninsula this evening. A cool to mild with light to moderate northeast to northerly winds.Monday 28 AprilPossible isolated showers developing about western and southern coasts in the late afternoon or evening, increasing to patchy rain with possible thunder over the Northwest Pastoral, West Coast and Eyre Peninsula. Warm to hot. Moderate to fresh northerly winds, strong at times over western and central districts during the day, ahead of a moderate to fresh southwest to southerly change in the west during the late afternoon and evening.Tuesday 29 AprilA band of rain with possible thunder extending over most parts of the State during the morning, becoming patchy and contracting to the northeast during the afternoon. Isolated showers continuing about southern and western coastal districts, scattered during the late afternoon about southern coasts and ranges. Hot in the northeast with light to moderate northerly winds, ahead of a cooler fresh southwest to southerly change extending throughout, strong about southern coasts.Wednesday 30 AprilPatchy rain in the far north clearing early morning. Isolated showers about the southern agricultural area and west coast, clearing by evening. Cool to mild with light to moderate southwesterly winds.Thursday 1 MayPossible isolated showers developing about southern and western coasts, increasing to scattered showers with possible thunderstorms about southern coasts in the evening. Cool to mild throughout with light northwesterly winds, becoming moderate to fresh westerly during the day. Cumulative rainfall totals from Sunday to midnight Thursday are expected to be 10 to 20 mm southwest of a line Renmark to Woomera, increasing to 20 to 30 mm about southern agricultural area. Less than 2 mm in the far northeast and 2 to 10 mm over the remainder.Friday until SundayIsolated showers over the agricultural area and southern parts of the pastoral districts, showers increasing to scattered on Friday and Saturday over the southern agricultural area. Possible thunderstorms about southern coasts early Friday morning. Cool with fresh west to southwesterly winds, strong about southern coasts on Saturday.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CST Monday.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 18:45 on Sunday 27 April 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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