MELBOURNE - Dec 26/14 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A ridge of high pressure south of the Bight will extend to the Lower South East coast on the weekend. A front will move across southern coasts early on Monday. Forecast for the rest of FridayThe chance of showers and thunderstorms in the far northeast, fine elsewhere. Moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds, tending fresh to strong about the northern Spencer Gulf coast in the afternoon and early evening.Saturday 27 DecemberThe chance of showers and thunderstorms over the far northeast, otherwise fine and mostly sunny. Mild in the south, grading to hot in the north. Moderate south to southeast winds and fresh afternoon coastal sea breezes.Sunday 28 DecemberFine and mostly sunny. Warm to hot in the south, hot in the north. Light to moderate northeast to southeasterly winds and afternoon coastal sea breezes.Monday 29 DecemberSlight chance of showers about the agricultural area, increasing to a medium chance over the southern agricultural area and a high chance over Kangaroo Island and the Lower South East. Showers contracting to the southeast districts during the afternoon and evening. The chance of thunderstorms over Kangaroo Island and the Lower South East during the morning and afternoon. Cool to mild about southern coasts grading to hot in the north with light to moderate southwest to northwest winds, becoming fresh southwest to southerly during the day.Tuesday 30 December Slight chance of showers about the southern coasts and ranges and the Lower South East, more likely over the Lower South East. Cool to mild about southern coasts grading to hot in the north. Moderate southwest to southeasterly winds, fresh at times about southern coasts in the morning. Cumulative rainfall totals to midnight Monday are expected to be less than 2 mm over the northern agricultural area increasing to 2 to 5 mm over the southern agricultural area with possible falls of up to 10 mm over the Lower South East and with thunderstorms northeast of Moomba. Wednesday until FridayFine apart from the chance of showers developing in the far west during Friday. Mild to warm in the south grading to hot in the north on Wednesday, then warming throughout during the period. Mainly moderate southeast to northeasterly winds.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 17:45 on Friday 26 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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