MELBOURNE - Dec 23/14 - 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 will remain near stationary over the far northeast of the State. A ridge of high pressure will extend across the Bight until a front moves over south of the State on Thursday. A new ridge of high pressure will develop south of the Bight on Friday and extend to the Lower South East coast on the weekend. Forecast for the rest of WednesdayThe slight chance of showers and thunderstorms northeast of about Moomba. The slight chance of light morning showers about southern and far western coasts. Mild in the south, grading to hot in the far northeast with light to moderate southwest to southerly winds, fresh about the coasts in the afternoon.Thursday 25 DecemberThe slight chance of showers northeast of Moomba, with the chance of an early morning thunderstorm. The slight chance of showers about southern coasts from late morning, extending over the southern agricultural area during the afternoon and evening and becoming more likely near southern coasts. A slight chance of a thunderstorm about the Lower South East coast in the evening. Cool in the south, grading to hot in the far northeast. Moderate to fresh southwest to southerly winds.Friday 26 DecemberThe slight chance of light showers about southern and western coasts, mainly in the morning. The slight chance of showers and thunderstorms northeast of Moomba. Cool near southern coasts, grading to hot in the far northeast. Moderate to fresh south to southeast winds.Saturday 27 December Fine apart from a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms northeast of Moomba. Mild in the south, grading to hot in the north. Moderate south to southeast winds and fresh afternoon coastal sea breezes. Cumulative rainfall totals to midnight Saturday are expected to be less than 2 mm, reaching 2 to 5 mm about southern coasts and 2 to 10 mm northeast of Moomba. Sunday until TuesdayA slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the far northeast on Sunday. Possible light morning showers about southern coasts on Monday and Tuesday.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm CDT Wednesday.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 04:30 on Wednesday 24 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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