MELBOURNE - Nov 21/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A small high pressure system over the State will move eastwards. A trough of low pressure reaching the far west coast in the evening will extend to a line Kingscote to Tarcoola late Saturday morning and Broken Hill to Coober Pedy late evening. Another trough will move over the west and far south of the State on Sunday and extend to the far northeast corner on Monday. Forecast for the rest of FridayA slight chance of showers about the southern coasts of the Lower South East and Kangaroo Island in the evening. A chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms in the far north, extending southwards over the North West Pastoral and west of the North East Pastoral. Mild to warm in the south grading to hot to very hot in the north. Light to moderate southwest to southeasterly winds turning northerly in the west, ahead of a fresh southerly change west of Nullarbor in the evening.Saturday 22 NovemberA slight chance of showers, except for over the West Coast district and south of the North West Pastoral west of Elliston. The chance of thundery showers over most of the remainder, increasing to showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon over the Flinders and Mid-North districts and adjacent parts to the east. Hot to very hot in the north, warm in the south. Moderate to fresh northerly winds in the north and east, ahead of a milder fresh southwest to southerly change extending to a line Broken Hill to Coober Pedy late evening.Sunday 23 NovemberA slight chance of thundery showers over the northern agricultural area, Pastoral and Flinders districts and over the agricultural area north and west of Adelaide. A medium chance of showers developing over southern coasts in the afternoon. Warm in the south grading to hot to very hot in the north. Light winds, tending moderate to fresh northerly in the north and a moderate to fresh southerly change in the west.Monday 24 NovemberA slight chance of showers throughout, medium about the southern coasts in the morning and in the far northeast. Possible thunder except over Kangaroo Island and the Lower South East. Cool to mild in the south, grading to very hot in the northeast. Moderate to fresh north to northwest winds in the northeast, ahead of a fresh southwest to southerly change extending to Moomba late evening.Tuesday 25 November A slight chance of showers about central and eastern coasts and in the far northeast with a chance of thunderstorms in the far northeast. Cool to mild in the south, grading to hot in the northeast. Moderate to fresh southwest to southeast winds. Cumulative rainfall totals through to midnight Tuesday are expected to be 1 to 5 mm, reaching 5 to 10 mm about the Lower South East coast. Possible falls of 5 to 20 mm with thunderstorms, mainly about the Mid-North and Flinders and adjacent inland parts on Saturday. Wednesday until FridayFine apart from a slight chance of showers in the far west on Friday.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CDT Saturday.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 Fire Weather Forecast Areas 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 12:30 on Friday 21 November 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 ? 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