MELBOURNE - Feb 18/15 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high 1026 hPa near Tasmania will move over the Tasman Sea today. A trough of low pressure will develop over far western parts of the State on Friday then move east over the weekend. Forecast for the rest of ThursdayFine apart from the slight chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms over the North East Pastoral. Warm about southern coasts, hot over the remainder. Light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds and afternoon sea breezes. Winds tending moderate to fresh southerly in the far west during the afternoon.Friday 20 FebruaryDry. Hot with light to moderate southeast to northeasterly winds, fresh at times in the west. Moderate afternoon coastal sea breezes.Saturday 21 FebruarySlight chance of afternoon showers over the West Coast and western parts of Eyre Peninsula. Warm to hot about southern and western coasts, otherwise hot to very hot with moderate to fresh northerly winds ahead of a milder southerly change in the far west.Sunday 22 February Slight chance of showers developing over the agricultural area south of about Keith to Adelaide to Wudinna. Dry and hot to very hot ahead of a milder southerly change in the west extending over southern coasts in the afternoon and evening. Cumulative rainfall totals until midnight Sunday are expected to be up to 10 mm over the North East Pastoral associated with thunderstorms. Monday until WednesdayShowers clearing from the agricultural area on Monday. The slight chance of showers developing in the far northwest on Monday then clearing Tuesday morning. Dry over the remainder. Mild to warm in the south grading to hot to very hot inland, becoming cooler throughout during the period. Moderate northerly winds in the northeast with southerly winds elsewhere extending throughout on Monday.The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm CDT Thursday.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 Twitter Youtube Blog Google+ Careers Sitemap Feedback Freedom of Information Indigenous Weather Knowledge Glossary This page was created at 20:15 on Wednesday 18 February 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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