MELBOURNE - Aug 12/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A strong high 1040 hPa south of the Bight will move slowly eastwards to be centred south of Kangaroo Island later Thursday and then over the Tasman Sea later on Friday. An upper level cold pool of air and associated surface trough of low pressure will gradually develop over the Northeast Pastoral district this week. Forecast for the rest of TuesdayIsolated showers near the coasts, over the Flinders Ranges and about adjacent inland areas. Cool to cold with light to moderate south to southeasterly winds.Wednesday 13 AugustPatchy early frost inland with early fog patches over Eyre Peninsula and the far west coast. The chance of isolated showers near southern and western coasts, and also in an area bounded by Lameroo to Tarcoola to Moomba. A cool to cold day with moderate south to southeasterly winds, fresh at times.Thursday 14 AugustEarly frost patches over eastern inland districts and in the far northwest and early fog patches over the agricultural area. Early drizzle about eastern slopes of the ranges. Isolated showers over the pastoral districts east of Coober Pedy and the Flinders district, increasing to scattered showers and areas of rain between Moomba and Hawker. A cool to cold day with light to moderate southeasterly winds, fresh and gusty in the north.Friday 15 AugustAreas of early frost over eastern districts and in the far northwest. A medium chance of showers over areas east of about Coober Pedy to Lameroo, more likely east of Leigh Creek. A cool to cold day with light to moderate southeasterly winds, fresh and gusty in the north.Saturday 16 August A chance of showers about the west coast and east of Port Lincoln to Moomba, more likely about eastern inland parts. Cool to cold with light to moderate southwest to southeast winds, fresh about eastern inland parts. Cumulative rainfall totals from Tuesday afternoon to midnight Saturday are expected to be 2 to 5 mm about south central coasts and east of a line Lameroo to Woomera to Oodnadatta to Moomba increasing to 5 to 15 mm over the south of the Northeast Pastoral and east of the Flinders district, with local heavier falls of 15 to 30 mm. Less than 2 mm elsewhere. Sunday until TuesdayA chance of showers south of Ceduna to Leigh Creek, contracting to southern coasts on Tuesday.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am 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 11:00 on Tuesday 12 August 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] == "wdev") var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-21709175-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); else var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-3816559-1']); _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); })(); var _nol = { pvar: { cid: "abm", content: "0", server: "secure-au" } }; (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = '//secure-au.imrworldwide.com/v60a.js'; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); })();
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