MELBOURNE - May 6/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high to the south extends a ridge of high pressure over the State. The high will move slowly eastwards reaching the Tasman Sea by Friday. A front will move over western parts of the State on Thursday then extend over central parts during Friday, reaching the southeast on Saturday. Forecast for the rest of TuesdayThe chance of isolated showers over the far south of the Lower South East, the Flinders, the south of the Northeast Pastoral and the north of the Mid North districts. Light to moderate south to southeasterly winds, tending northeasterly in the west.Wednesday 7 MayMorning fog patches about Eyre Peninsula and the southeast. The chance of isolated showers over the south of the Lower South East district until mid afternoon. The chance of isolated showers over Eyre Peninsula, the Flinders district and the south of the Northeast Pastoral district. Generally cool. Mild in the far north and west. Light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds.Thursday 8 MayPatchy rain developing west of about Tarcoola, increasing to areas of rain west of about Fowlers Bay. Cool to mild tending to warm in the far northwest with moderate northeast to northwesterly winds, fresh at times in the west.Friday 9 MayAreas of rain extending to west of about Keith to Oodnadatta early morning then contracting to the far north of the State and the agricultural areas but also clearing from the west. Possible patchy rain extending to the eastern border. Isolated showers following the rain about western coasts and the agricultural area. Cool to mild with moderate northerly winds ahead of a cooler southwesterly change extending over western districts during the day.Saturday 10 MayPatchy morning rain in the far northeast. Isolated showers over the agricultural areas, the West Coast district and the south of the Northeast Pastoral district contracting to coasts in the evening. Showers tending to scattered about the southern coasts and ranges during the morning. Possible morning thunderstorms over Kangaroo Island and the Lower South east district. Mild with moderate southwest to southeasterly winds extending throughout. Cumulative rainfall totals from Tuesday afternoon to midnight Saturday are expected to be 2 to 10 mm west of about Broken Hill to Oodnadatta increasing to 10 to 15 mm west of about Adelaide to Tarcoola, with possible falls up to 20 mm. Less than 2 mm is expected in the northeast.Sunday until TuesdayPossible isolated showers over the agricultural area on Sunday, more likely in the far south. Fine on Monday and Tuesday apart from isolated showers developing west of about Mt Gambier to Port Lincoln late Tuesday evening. Cool to mild, becoming mild to warm on Tuesday. Generally light winds becoming moderate northeast to northwesterly on Monday, fresh at times in the west ahead of a cooler southwesterly change in the west on Tuesday.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CST 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 11:00 on Tuesday 6 May 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); })();
---
STAT News Service
Only active subscribers can read all of this article.
If you are a subscriber, please log into the website.
If you are not a subscriber, click here to subscribe to this edition of the STAT website and to learn more about becoming a subscriber.