MELBOURNE - May 23/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high is situated east of NSW. A cold front will weaken as it moves over southern parts of the State on Saturday. A stronger front will move over South Australia on Monday and Tuesday next week. Forecast for the rest of FridayIsolated showers over agricultural areas, mostly clearing to the coasts during the late afternoon and early evening. Mild overnight with light to moderate west to northwesterly winds turning north to northwesterly this evening.Saturday 24 MayMorning fog. Possible isolated afternoon showers over the Mount Lofty Ranges, Murraylands, Upper South East, Lower South East and Kangaroo Island districts. Mild to warm in the south, warm to hot in the north. Light to moderate northerly winds, shifting westerly in the west during the afternoon and evening.Sunday 25 MayIsolated morning drizzle about the Lower South East, Upper South East, Adelaide Metropolitan and Mount Lofty Ranges forecast districts. Patchy rain extending from the west during the afternoon, reaching a line from about Coober Pedy to Whyalla to Kingscote late evening. Mild to warm in the south, hot in the north with moderate northwest to northerly winds.Monday 26 MayPatchy rain extending east to reach about Leigh Creek to Lameroo by late evening, and clearing west of about Coober Pedy to Port Lincoln by midnight. Isolated showers persisting over agricultural areas and the West Coast district following the band of rain. Mild in the south, warm in the north. Moderate to fresh northerly winds, shifting light to moderate westerly in the west during the day.Tuesday 27 May Patchy rain east of about Coober Pedy to Port Lincoln clearing to the east of SA by about midday. Isolated showers extending over the agricultural areas and southern parts of the Pastoral districts during the morning, increasing to scattered showers about the southern agricultural area. Cool to mild in the south, grading to mild to warm in the north. Moderate west to southwesterly winds extending throughout, fresh at times about the coasts. Cumulative rainfall totals from Friday afternoon to midnight Tuesday are expected to be 2 to 10 mm, increasing to 10 to 30 mm over Eyre Peninsula, central and eastern districts southwest of about Keith to Whyalla. Less than 2 mm is expected in the far northeast. Wednesday until FridayIsolated showers over southern agricultural area and the West Coast district, possibly extending into the northern agricultural area at times. Remaining fine over the Pastoral districts. Cool to mild with moderate to fresh northwest to southwesterly winds becoming light to moderate southwest to southeasterly late next week.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CST 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 19:30 on Friday 23 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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