MELBOURNE - Jun 25/14 - 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 front will continue to move over the south of the State this morning. A ridge of high pressure will persist over the far north of South Australia. A vigorous cold front is expected to move across south South Australia late Friday and early Saturday, followed by a high pressure system developing west of the Bight on the weekend. Forecast for the rest of ThursdayIsolated showers over most of the southern agricultural area, scattered south of about Port Lincoln to Lameroo at first this morning. Showers contracting southwards during the afternoon and clearing by evening. Cool grading to mild in the north and west. Light winds in the north. Moderate to fresh northwest to westerly winds in the south, possibly strong at times about southern coasts.Friday 27 JuneFine at first. Isolated showers extending over the agricultural area from the west from late morning, reaching northeastern parts of the agricultural area late evening. Showers also increasing to scattered with isolated thunderstorms over the southern agricultural area, and increasing further to widespread showers near southern coasts and ranges, locally heavy. Possible small hail near western coasts late evening. Possible isolated showers also developing in the south of the Pastoral districts late afternoon or evening. Cool to mild with strengthening northwesterly winds, shifting colder, fresh to strong and gusty west to southwesterly in the west and south during the afternoon or evening.Saturday 28 JuneScattered showers over the agricultural area, but more isolated in the Riverland and Murraylands districts. Widespread showers near southern coasts and ranges till evening, locally heavy. Isolated showers over the remainder to the south of about Marree. Isolated thunderstorms and possible small hail over the agricultural area, gradually contracting eastwards and clearing in the evening. Cool to cold. Fresh to strong and gusty west to southwesterly winds.Sunday 29 June Scattered showers over the southern agricultural area, with isolated showers over the northern agricultural area and south of the Pastoral districts. Possible small hail in the Lower South East district. Cool to cold with fresh southwest to southerly winds. Cumulative rainfall totals from Thursday morning to midnight Sunday are expected to be 2 to 10 mm over the northern agricultural area, with less than 2 mm further north. 10 to 20 mm is expected over the southern agricultural area, increasing to 20 to 40 mm on the ranges and near southern coasts, with local falls of 40 to 60 mm in the Mount Lofty Ranges and near the South East coast, mostly occurring from later on Friday. Monday until WednesdayIsolated showers over the agricultural area, scattered over the southern agricultural area Monday morning. Isolated showers contracting southwards on Tuesday and Wednesday, to be confined to southern coasts and the Lower South East on Wednesday. Generally cool with light to moderate southwest to southeasterly winds, gradually turning southeast to northeasterly from the west during Tuesday and 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 25 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 ? 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