MELBOURNE - Dec 1/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A trough of low pressure lies over the North East Pastoral district and a weak high is centred south of the Bight. Another trough over Western Australia will move across the far west of South Australia on Tuesday and then move slowly over remaining districts on Wednesday and Thursday. A new high pressure system will develop to the south of the Bight on Friday and Saturday. Forecast for the rest of MondayA slight chance of showers and thunderstorms north of about Coober Pedy and developing west of Nullarbor in the late afternoon and evening. Fine over the remainder. Mild about southern coasts, grading to hot in the north and far west. Moderate to fresh southwest to southeast winds, tending light and variable in the far northeast.Tuesday 2 DecemberThe slight chance of showers and thunderstorms developing to the north and west of about Broken Hill to Adelaide, more likely west of about Woomera. Warm to hot with moderate northeast to northwesterly winds, freshening in the west ahead of a southerly change reaching Eyre Peninsula during the evening.Wednesday 3 DecemberA slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, more likely east of Port Lincoln to Coober Pedy. Warm in the south, grading to hot over the remainder. Mainly moderate northeast to southeasterly winds, shifting southwest to southerly in the west.Thursday 4 DecemberSlight chance of showers and thunderstorms northeast of Coober Pedy to Leigh Creek to Renmark, contracting further northeastwards during the day. Slight chance of showers about southern and gulf coasts. Light to moderate southeasterly winds, fresh about southern and western coasts. Mild to warm about the coasts, hot inland.Friday 5 December The chance of showers developing northwest of Woomera, with the chance of thunderstorms northwest of Coober Pedy. Slight chance of showers about southern coasts and ranges south of Adelaide during the morning. Mild about southern coasts, warm to hot over the remainder. Moderate to fresh southwest to southeast winds. Cumulative rainfall totals through to midnight Friday are expected to be generally 2 to 10 mm, with isolated falls of 10 to 20 mm with thunderstorms. Saturday until MondayThe chance of showers extending to most districts on Saturday and then contracting to the northeast during the Sunday and clearing by Monday. Mild to warm in the south, hot inland. Light to moderate southeasterly winds, fresh about the coasts at times.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CDT Tuesday.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 17:30 on Monday 1 December 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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