Notes on the weather for SA

Current situation

A trough continues moving across southeast coastal parts of SA Thursday morning. A weak high pressure system centred over western NSW will slowly move east while maintaining a ridge over SA until the weekend. A strong cold front will begin to move into the Bight and track east over the state from Saturday into Sunday.

The coming week

06 Thursday

Patchy morning frost about central and eastern districts and possible fog about the west coast and Eyre Peninsula. Dry, apart from isolated light showers about the Southern Agricultural Area easing in the afternoon. Maximum temperatures near average. East to northeasterly winds, tending southwest to westerly winds in the southeast until the evening.

07 Friday

Patchy morning frost and fog on and east of the ranges. Dry in the northeast. Isolated showers developing in the far west during the morning, extending eastwards to reach the eastern districts during the evening. Maximum temperatures near to above average. Northeast to northwesterly winds, fresh at times over central SA during the day and coastal areas during the evening.

08 Saturday

Dry in the far northeast. Scattered showers across much of the state, tending to areas of rain from late afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm about western and central coastal parts. Maximum temperatures near average in the south, grading to above average in the north. North to northwesterly winds ahead of a fresh westerly change extending across the state from the late afternoon. Strong and gusty winds possible about the west coast in the evening.

09 Sunday

Areas of rain across the state, tending to showers from the west during the day. Possible small hail with showers about the far west coast. Slight chance of a thunderstorm about coastal districts. Possible raised dust in the far northeast. Maximum temperatures below average. Fresh west to southwesterly winds, but moderating north to northwesterly winds in the southeast until the afternoon. Strong and gusty winds possible inland and extending throughout coastal areas across the state during the day.

Cumulative rainfall totals to the end of Sunday: Less than 2 mm in the far north to northeast. Falls of 2 to 15 mm across the remainder of the northern pastoral districts, increasing 15 to 25 mm about the Agricultural Areas, West Coast district and the south of the pastoral districts and local falls of 25 to 40 mm are possible.