MELBOURNE - Jun 20/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A low 1010 hPa over western Bass Strait will move east today. An intense low will develop well south of the Bight on Sunday and move eastwards during Monday. An associated vigorous cold front will move over the west of the State on Sunday and the remainder on Monday. A series of cold fronts will then move over southern parts of the State through the middle of the week. Forecast for the rest of SaturdayPatchy morning fog over the agricultural area and south of the pastorals. Isolated showers over the southern agricultural area, tending scattered south of Keith until early afternoon and contracting to southern coasts in the evening. Possible isolated showers about the northern agricultural area and south of the Pastoral districts, clearing by evening. Cool, grading to mild in the far north. Light to moderate northwest to southwesterly winds, turning northerly in the west.Sunday 22 JuneAreas of patchy morning fog on and east of the ranges.Isolated showers near southern coasts clearing early. Isolated showers extending over west coast during the afternoon then the southern agricultural area in the evening, increasing to scattered showers with possible thunder about southern coasts late evening. Mild in the south grading to warm in the far northwest. Moderate to fresh northeast to northwesterly winds, shifting cooler west to southwesterly in the west in the afternoon or evening. Northerly winds becoming strong and gusty about the coasts and ranges during the evening.Monday 23 JuneScattered showers over the southern agricultural area and south of the Flinders, with isolated showers over the northern agricultural area and south of the pastoral districts. Possible isolated thunderstorms and small hail south of about Ceduna to Port Augusta to Renmark. Cool to cold with fresh to strong northwest to southwest winds, reaching gale force at times about southern coasts and ranges.Tuesday 24 June Isolated showers over the agricultural area and south of the pastoral districts, scattered at first about the southern agricultural area. Possible isolated thunder about the Lower South East at first. Cool to cold with fresh to strong southwesterly winds. Cumulative rainfall totals from Saturday morning to midnight Tuesday are expected to be 10 to 20 mm over the southern agricultural area, with local falls of 20 to 50 mm about southern coasts and ranges. 2 to 10 mm is expected over the northern agricultural area, Flinders and far south of the Pastorals and less than 2 mm elsewhere. Wednesday until FridayIsolated showers over the agricultural area and south of the pastoral districts, scattered at times about southern coasts. Cool to cold with moderate to fresh northwest to southwesterly winds, becoming fresh to strong later in the period.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm 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 21:15 on Friday 20 June 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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