MELBOURNE - Oct 5/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high 1019 hPa south of Kangaroo Island will move steadily southeastwards today ahead of a strong cold front moving across South Australia on Monday, reaching Port Lincoln to Pukatja late morning, Robe to Oodnadatta late afternoon and Moomba late evening. Another high will develop over the far west on Tuesday and then move eastwards to be centred near Port Lincoln on Wednesday. Forecast for the rest of SundayThe chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms in far west, extending eastwards to reach Lower Eyre Peninsula and western Kangaroo Island in the evening. Warm, grading to hot in the west and north. Light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds, tending northerly and freshening in the west.Monday 6 OctoberIsolated showers south of about Leigh Creek. The chance of isolated thunderstorms south of Cook to Tarcoola to Lameroo, contracting east and clearing in the evening. Warm in the south, hot over the remainder with fresh to strong and squally northerly winds, reaching gale force about the ranges ahead of a milder, fresh to strong west to southwest change, reaching a line Port Lincoln to Pukatja late morning, Robe to Oodnadatta late afternoon and Moomba late evening. Areas of raised dust ahead of and near the change.Tuesday 7 OctoberPossible isolated showers over the southern agricultural area and Flinders Ranges, chiefly about southern coasts. Cool to mild in the south with moderating west to southwesterly winds. Mild to warm in the north with light to moderate southwest to southeasterly winds.Wednesday 8 OctoberThe chance of isolated showers over Kangaroo Island and the South East district. Cool to mild in the south, warm in the north. Light to moderate southwest to southeasterly winds, tending east to northeasterly in the west.Thursday 9 October Early fog patches over the southeast of the State, then fine from a slight chance of isolated showers about the Lower South East coast in the morning and evening. Mild in the south, warm in the north and hot in the far west. Light winds turning moderate southerly about the coasts. Cumulative rainfall totals until midnight Thursday are expected to be less than 2 mm south of about Leigh Creek, with falls of 2 to 10 mm over the Lower South East district. Friday until SundayPossible isolated showers over the southern agricultural area, contracting to southern coasts on Saturday then extending across ocean coasts on Sunday.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CDT Monday.Product IDS10033 Notice Board 31 additional forecast locations for SA Changes to state Weather and Warnings pages --> Rainfall Forecast Terminology 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 13:30 on Sunday 5 October 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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