MELBOURNE - Dec 11/17 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of South Australia was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
Weather Situation A 1023 hPa high pressure system centred south of Kangaroo Island will move slowly eastwards, to be centred over the Tasman Sea on Tuesday. A trough of low pressure will reach the far west late Tuesday evening then move over the west and south during Wednesday and over the northeast on Thursday. Forecast for the rest of MondayFine and mostly clear. Light southeast to northeasterly winds and moderate to fresh afternoon sea breezes near the coast.Tuesday 12 DecemberFine apart from a slight chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms developing in the far southwest during the late afternoon and evening. Hot to very hot throughout, with light to moderate northeast to northerly winds, fresh at times in the far west.Wednesday 13 DecemberA slight to medium chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms developing west of about Ceduna to Ernabella/Pukatja in the afternoon, increasing to a moderate to high chance of showers west of about Nullarbor. A slight to medium chance of showers over remaining parts southwest of a line Tarcoola to Mt Gambier. Hot to very hot with freshening northerly winds ahead of a milder southwesterly change moving across the west and south during the afternoon and evening.Thursday 14 DecemberA slight to medium chance of showers south of about Keith to Adelaide to Ceduna, mostly during the morning. A slight to medium chance of showers developing north of a line near Renmark to Coober Pedy with possible isolated thunderstorms developing over the Flinders district, south of the North East Pastoral and in the far north during the afternoon. Hot to very hot in the far northeast with moderate northwesterly winds with milder, moderate southwest to southeasterly winds elsewhere.Friday 15 December A slight chance of afternoon showers and possible thunderstorms north of about Marree to Marla. Mild to warm about southern coasts grading to hot inland and very hot in the far northeast. Moderate southwest to southeasterly winds. Cumulative rainfall totals until midnight Friday will be generally less than 2 mm, increasing to 2 to 10 mm with thunderstorms. Saturday until Monday A slight chance of showers about the south of the Lower South East on Saturday and in the far north of the State on Sunday. A slight to medium chance of showers developing west of about Mt Gambier to Cleve to Ernabella/Pukatja on Sunday, extending over remaining parts on Monday and also clearing in the west. Moderate southwest to southeasterly winds turning northeasterly on Sunday and freshening in the west ahead of a southerly change extending over western parts Sunday afternoon and evening. The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:30 am CDT Tuesday.Product IDS10033 Notice Board 31 additional forecast locations for SA Changes to state Weather and Warnings pages --> BoM is upgrading its IT systems in South Australia on Tuesday 5 December 2017. This will occur between 17:00 and 21:00 (ACDT). Within this 4-hour window there will be an outage between 2.5 and 3.0 hours affecting observations from Automatic Weather Stations. All South Australian forecast and warning services will continue to be monitored and updated through back up arrangements. Adelaide's weather station returning to its original location Twitter Media releases Severe Weather Update videos AskBOM videos Marketing Local Infomation Ceduna Giles weather Mount Gambier weather Woomera Other Information Adelaide - Local Forecast Areas Fire Weather Forecast Areas About Weather Forecast Services Marine Weather Knowledge Centre Severe Weather Knowledge Centre 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 Twitter Youtube Blog Google+ Careers Sitemap Feedback Freedom of Information Indigenous Weather Knowledge Glossary This page was created at 07:15 on Monday 11 December 2017 (GMT) © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2017, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532) | Disclaimer | Privacy | Accessibility
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