MELBOURNE - Jun 24/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A deep low is centred well south of the Bight and is moving slowly eastwards. An associated cold front will pass over the far south of the state this evening. A ridge of high pressure will persist over the north of the State this week with another vigorous front expected late Friday and early Saturday. Forecast for the rest of WednesdayPossible morning fog patches over the Northwest Pastoral district. Isolated showers over the agricultural area, becoming scattered about southern coasts and ranges, and the remainder of the Lower South East district during the afternoon and evening. Possible isolated evening thunderstorms about the Lower South East coast. Cool with light to moderate northwest to southwesterly winds, fresh in the south and strong at times about southern coasts.Thursday 26 JuneScattered showers over southern agricultural areas south of about Adelaide to Lameroo, easing to isolated showers during the day. Isolated showers over the remainder of the southern agricultural area, possibly reaching into the northern agricultural area at times. Generally cool. Variable light winds in the north with moderate to fresh northwest to southwesterly winds in the south, possibly strong at times about southern coasts.Friday 27 JuneIsolated showers extending over the agricultural area and south of the pastoral districts, increasing to scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms about the southern agricultural area and far west coast. Cool to mild with strengthening northwesterly winds, shifting colder west to southwesterly in the west.Saturday 28 June Scattered showers, isolated thunderstorms and possible small hail over the agricultural area, gradually easing. Isolated showers over the south of the Pastoral districts. Cool to cold. Fresh to strong and gusty west to southwest winds, moderating during the day. Cumulative rainfall totals from Wednesday morning to midnight Saturday are expected to be less than 5 mm over the northern agricultural area and south of the Pastoral districts, increasing to 5 to 15 mm over the southern agricultural area and south of the Flinders district increasing to 15 to 30 mm about southern coasts and the ranges. Isolated local falls of 30 to 50 mm are possible about the Mount Lofty Ranges and Lower South East coast, mostly occurring later Friday and early Saturday. Sunday until TuesdayScattered showers over the agricultural area easing to isolated showers. Isolated showers over southern Pastoral districts gradually contracting to the south and clearing early next week. Remaining generally cool with fresh to strong southwesterly winds moderating and becoming light and variable by the end of the period.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm 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 23:15 on Tuesday 24 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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