MELBOURNE - Aug 30/16 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A high pressure system over the Tasman Sea will move slowly eastwards. A low pressure system centred south of the Bight extends a trough over South Australia. This trough will move eastwards today as the low weakens and moves southeastwards. A high pressure system will move across the north of the State on Wednesday then another low pressure system will develop near the western border on Thursday and then move northeastwards during the day. A high pressure system will move across from the west on Friday in the wake of the low. Forecast for the rest of TuesdayAreas of rain east of a line Oodnadatta to Renmark contracting to the far northeast by late evening. A medium chance of showers with possible thunderstorms to follow over the agricultural area, the Flinders district and the far south of the pastoral districts. Generally mild with mainly moderate northeast to northwesterly winds turning northwest to southwesterly from the west.Wednesday 31 AugustA slight chance of patchy rain over the far northeast, clearing during the morning. Possible isolated thunderstorms about the South East and Murraylands districts early morning. Isolated morning fog over the pastoral districts. A slight to medium chance of showers about the agricultural area, increasing to a high chance about the Lower South East, Kangaroo Island and the Mount Lofty Ranges. Generally mild with light winds in the north and moderate northwest to southwesterly winds in the south.Thursday 1 SeptemberAreas of rain and isolated thunderstorms developing over the West Coast and pastoral districts, with local heavy falls possible in the northeast of the North East Pastoral district. A medium chance of showers over the agricultural area and far south of the North East Pastoral district. Isolated early fog over the southern agricultural area. Cool to mild with moderate to fresh northeasterly winds turning southeast to southwesterly during the afternoon.Friday 2 September Areas of rain over the pastoral districts north of about Leigh Creek contracting east and clearing by evening. Slight to medium chance of showers over the agricultural area and Flinders district. Isolated early fog over the southern agricultural area. Generally cool with moderate to fresh south to southwesterly winds easing in the evening. Saturday 3 September Slight to medium chance of showers about the southern agricultural area, Eyre Peninsula and the West Coast district Isolated early fog about Eyre Peninsula. Cool to mild with moderate southwesterly winds easing in the evening. Rainfall totals until midnight Saturday are expected to be 2 to 10 mm about the agricultural area and the far west and far south of the pastoral districts, increasing to 10 to 20 mm over the remainder of the pastoral districts. Totals of 20 to 40 mm are expected over the north of the North East Pastoral district with local falls of 50 to 80 mm in the northeast. Local falls of 10 to 15 mm are likely about the Mount Lofty Ranges and Lower South East. Sunday until TuesdayA slight chance of showers about the southern agricultural area on Sunday, contracting to the Lower South East Coast on Monday then fine on Tuesday.The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CST Wednesday.Product IDS10033 Notice Board 31 additional forecast locations for SA Changes to state Weather and Warnings pages --> Science Week event: WOW - What's the weather? Rainfall Forecast Terminology Media Releases Marketing Meteorological Offices Ceduna weather Giles weather Mount Gambier weather Woomera weather Other Information Adelaide - Local Forecast Areas Fire Weather Forecast Areas About Weather Forecast Services About Warning Services 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 Industry Solutions Supplier Entry Point Facebook Google+ Youtube Blog Careers Sitemap Feedback Freedom of Information Indigenous Weather Knowledge Glossary This page was created at 18:15 on Tuesday 30 August 2016 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2016, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532) | Disclaimer | Privacy | Accessibility
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