MELBOURNE - Feb 26/15 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high south of the Bight will move eastwards and weaken as a trough of low pressure moves into the far west of the State late Friday. The trough will move over the remainder of the State during Saturday ahead of another high developing over the bight on Sunday. Forecast for the rest of ThursdayA slight chance of showers and possible thunder developing over the far west. Light to moderate southwest to southeasterly winds.Friday 27 FebruarySlight chance of showers and possible thunderstorms west of about Ceduna, with possible showers extending to the south of Eyre Peninsula, Kangaroo Island and the Lower South East. Fine elsewhere. Warm in the far south, hot to very hot elsewhere with light to moderate northerly winds and coastal sea breezes shifting west to southwesterly in the far west from late afternoon.Saturday 28 FebruaryAreas of cloud and the slight chance of thundery showers extending to districts southwest of Coober Pedy to Clare and the chance of showers extending to about Renmark to Leigh Creek. Hot to very hot in the north and east, ahead of a cooler, fresh southerly change in the west, extending throughout by late evening.Sunday 1 MarchAreas of cloud and the chance of early morning showers northwest of Coober Pedy. Slight chance of light showers about southern coasts during the morning. Slight chance of patchy late rain over the Nullarbor Plain region. Cool to mild in the south, warm to hot in the north. Moderate to fresh southeast to southwesterly winds.Monday 2 March Patchy rain extending over the West Coast district, south of the Northwest Pastoral, north of Eastern Eyre and over the Flinders and northern parts of the Md North, tending to areas of rain in the west. Cool to mild in the south, warm to hot in the north. Moderate to fresh southeast to southwesterly winds. Cumulative rainfall totals until midnight Monday are expected to be generally less than 2 mm, increasing to 2 to 5 mm about the west and over southern coasts. Isolated falls of 5 to 15 mm are possible with areas rain and thunderstorms in the far west. Tuesday until ThursdayPatchy rain over central parts of the State, more likely in the west, contracting to the Northwest Pastoral district during Tuesday then clearing on Wednesday. The chance of showers about southern coasts. Cool to mild in the south, warm to hot in the north. Moderate southeast to southwesterly winds, fresh at times about the coast.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CDT Friday.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 12:00 on Thursday 26 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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