MELBOURNE - Jan 19/15 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high 1022 hPa south of the Bight will continue to move eastwards to be near Tasmania by this afternoon. A trough of low pressure is forecast to move across the far west coast this evening then extend across the remainder of the State during Tuesday and early Wednesday. Another weak high will form over the Bight on Wednesday. Forecast for the rest of MondayFine a apart from the slight chance of a thundery shower over the West Coast this morning. Warm to hot in the south grading to very hot in the west. Light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds, becoming moderate to fresh northwest to southwesterly in the far west in the afternoon and evening.Tuesday 20 JanuaryChance of some patchy light rain about the eastern border districts south of about Loxton. The chance of showers developing over the West Coast district, Eyre Peninsula and central districts south of about Clare in the evening. Mild to warm in the south grading to very hot in the north. Moderate to fresh northerly winds ahead of a milder, fresh southerly change in the west extending to most parts of the State in the afternoon and evening.Wednesday 21 JanuaryThe chance of morning showers over the southern agricultural area, Eyre Peninsula and the south of the Flinders district, more likely about central coasts and Kangaroo Island. Mild to warn in the south grading to hot to very hot in the far north. Moderate to fresh southerly winds.Thursday 22 January The chance of showers developing south of about Keith to Adelaide to Ceduna during the afternoon. Mild to warm in the south grading to hot in the north. Light winds tending moderate northwest to southwesterly during the day. Cumulative rainfall totals until midnight Thursday are expected to be generally less than 2 mm with possible isolated falls of up to 5 mm about the Lower South East coast. Friday until SundayThe chance of morning showers over the agricultural area on Friday then redeveloping about southern coasts on Saturday afternoon and extending to western coasts on Sunday. Cool to mild in the south grading to hot in the north. Moderate southwest to southeasterly winds, fresh at times during the period.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm 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 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 05:15 on Monday 19 January 2015 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2015, 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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