MELBOURNE - May 7/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high near Tasmania will move slowly eastwards to be centred over the Tasman Sea on Friday. A front will move over western parts of the State on Thursday then extend over central parts during Friday, reaching the southeast early on Saturday. A new high will develop over the State during Saturday. Forecast for the rest of ThursdayPatchy rain developing form the west to reach about Coober Pedy to Woomera to Kingscote late evening. Areas of rain developing west of about Ceduna during the morning and afternoon and reaching about Tarcoola to Port Lincoln late evening. Cool to mild, tending to warm in the far northwest. Moderate northeast to northwesterly winds, fresh to strong at times in the west.Friday 9 MayAreas of rain extending to west of about Renmark to Coober Pedy during the morning with patchy rain extending over the Northeast Pastoral district west of about Moomba. Rain then contracting to the far north of the State and the agricultural areas but also clearing from the west. Isolated showers following the rain about western coasts and the agricultural area. Possible late evening thunderstorms over the Lower Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas, and Kangaroo Island. Cool to mild with moderate to fresh northerly winds ahead of a cooler southwesterly change extending over western districts during the day. Winds fresh to strong at times in the south during the morning and early afternoon.Saturday 10 MayPatchy morning rain in the northeast. Isolated showers over the agricultural areas, the West Coast district and the south of the North East Pastoral district, contracting to coasts in the evening. Showers tending to scattered about the southern coasts, and possibly the ranges, during the morning and early afternoon. Possible morning thunderstorms over Lower Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas, Kangaroo Island and the Lower South East district. Mild with moderate southwest to southeasterly winds extending throughout.Sunday 11 MayPossible isolated showers over the agricultural area on Sunday, more likely in the far south. Cool to mild with light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds. Cumulative rainfall totals from Thursday morning to midnight Sunday are expected to be 5 to 15 mm southwest of about Woomera to Renmark with possible falls up to 20 mm in the west. Less than 2 mm is expected in the far northeast with 2 to 5 mm elsewhere.Monday until WednesdayFine apart from possible isolated showers south of about Port Lincoln to Mt Gambier during Tuesday afternoon and evening, then developing south of about Keith to Cummins during Wednesday. Generally mild to warm with moderate northeast to northwesterly winds ahead of a southwesterly change in the west during Tuesday, extending throughout during Wednesday.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm CST Thursday.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 23:45 on Wednesday 7 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); })();
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