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Check the CBD skyline! A perfect example of a
#thunderstorm
anvil over
#Adelaide
producing localised rain in
#Barossa
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1:45 pm Easter Sunday 2020. Corner of King William Street and South Terrace, Adelaide. Looking east. Virtually deserted. Great effort, people of Adelaide.
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#Adelaide
is now the hottest capital in Australia, having just reached 46.6C at 3:35pm, beating the previous record in
#Melbourne
of 46.4
@BOM_Vic
More records: Whyalla 48.5 (prev. record 48.0), Leigh Creek 46.9 (prev. 46.3), and Port Augusta 49.1 (prev. 48.9)
#heatwave
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So, an interesting day for
#Adelaide
on Wednesday as far as temperature goes. The forecast is for 22 deg on the 2/2/22 and expecting this to occur at 2:22pm
#RichieBenaud
. Dry for the rest of the week but temps not quite as interesting Forecast at
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Temperature Alert! The temperature in Adelaide was 33.3°C at 3:33 pm. Just saying... 🤓
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Hey
#Adelaide
. Today's max temp of 28.6°C was exactly the same as yesterday's max temp of 28.6°C. What's more... they both occurred at exactly the same time - 2:01pm!
#GroundhogDay
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Interesting stat: In the 10 summers 1989-1999,
#Adelaide
(Kent Town) had 17 days of 40°C or more. In the last 10 summers,
#Adelaide
has had 60 days of 40°C or more, and this summer is not over yet! Temps expected to reach 40+°C again for the
#AustraliaDay
long weekend.
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A spectacular lightning strike over
#Adelaide
in the early hours captured by Chris Handler photography 📸
Along with lightning, there were reports of small hail with thunderstorms overnight. Elsewhere in SA, it's been a stormy 24hrs, with over 4500 lightning strikes recorded.
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Nice try
@BOM_Qld
and
@BOM_WA
but it looks like the December record will stay with us for now! 49.9°C at Nullarbor at 4:54pm, preliminary data puts this as the 4th highest temp on record (all months) in Australia. 🌡️🥵 Obs at:
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There was an unusual sight on the satellite imagery this morning over the waters of the Great Australian Bight. Those faint, light blue swirls off the coast of
#SouthAustralia
are thought to be a bloom of phytoplankton called Coccolithophorids.
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There once was rain in SA.
But for that we wait for another day,
The skies they refuse to leak,
Dry, dry, dry for another week!
Happy St Patrick's day from BOM SA.
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Dear South Australia,
Sunshine for you all, today.
With love from BOM_SA
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It's just cracked 40°C in
#Adelaide
, the hottest Xmas city in the world! 🎄 🌞 🎅
#HoHoHot
#ChristmasRoast
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Fantastic picture of a thunderstorm in the
#BarossaValley
this afternoon. Classic cumulonimbus anvil visible from
#Adelaide
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Some rain fell across SA overnight including 19 mm at Mobella in the NW of the State. A further 4.8 mm at Parndana on
#KangarooIsland
taking the total to 8 mm in the last 30 hours. In the
#Adelaide
metro 2-5 mm fell with around 2-4 mm over the
#CudleeCreek
fire ground.
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Not too much longer to wait
#SouthAustralia
, the cool change is coming. Due in to
#PortLincoln
about midday,
#Adelaide
about 4pm and
#Renmark
10pm. Due to the extreme temps it will take a few hours to really cool down following the change.
#staycoolstaysafe
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Let the record show Adelaide has already exceeded its February average rainfall with 27.2 mm sitting in the rain gauge. Adding this to January's rainfall of 26.2 mm, gives us 53.4 mm more than for the same time last year.
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A glorious shot of Lake Eyre, South Australia (courtesy of
@aircentralwest
Longreach, Queensland). Water flow into Kati Thanda
#LakeEyre
is easing. The lake surface is more than half covered with water. By late May and early June flows into the lake are expected to increase again
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Rain is on the way! Highest falls so far, 16mm at Eucla, 4.2mm at Nullarbor and 3.6mm at Parndana on
#KangarooIsland
#SAFires
. Rain expected in
#Adelaide
mid morning. Latest observations at
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Official maximum temperatures will be confirmed at 9 am tomorrow (Monday) but at this stage there could be some coldest January days on record including
#Adelaide
,
#Clare
#Woomera
and
#CooberPedy
. All thanks to a very slow moving cloud band across
#SouthAustralia
.
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RECORDS: Stenhouse Bay has easily surpassed its previous record of 44.0C (on 16 Jan & and 2 Feb 2014), and is now 45.6C. Adelaide Airport is also a record at 44.3C (previous record 44.1C 4th Jan 2013). Roseworthy is at 46.9 (prev record 46.7 on 28 Jan 2009).
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Today is the shortest day of the year, and tonight will be the longest night of the year - signifying the winter solstice. But the good news is our days will start to get longer again!
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Cool change has just reached Port Lincoln at 1:30 pm, where the temperature has dropped from around 40 °C down to 30 °C. The change is forecast to reach the Adelaide area late this afternoon, with temperatures slowly decreasing during the evening.
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Feeling hot ? Think of residents of Ceduna which just reached its all time temperature record of 48.4 °C at 2:50pm. Previous high temperature was 47.9 °C on 2nd January 1990.
#SAweather
.
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Finally, 1.8mm rainfall at
#Adelaide
West Terrace at 9am this morning! First since 19 Dec, a whopping 51 day wait, 4th longest on record after 1848, 1906, 1893. Also nil rainfall for 39 days since 1 Jan, joint 2nd longest with 1849, all time record longest in 1848 (61 days).
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#Catastrophic
Fire Danger Ratings now in place for 3 regions of SA for tomorrow (Mon), with
#Extreme
in a further 2 & the rest of the state at
#Severe
. Check for full list of current
#warnings
. More
@CFSAlerts
#fire
information at
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Spectacular
#Birdsville
Bakery images show town surrounded by water. It's just below major flood level at 8m after peaking Friday. How much will head downstream? It's now filling Goyder Lagoon, what's left heads to Kati Thanda-
#LakeEyre
late March
@BOM_Qld
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A map of lightning recorded across the state and 3 amazing photos 😱⚡. You can use MetEye to check when we may next get thunderstorms.
Photos courtesy of Emma Fleetwood - Glenelg South, Ben Heide - Flagstaff Hill and Samantha Lodge - Marino.
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November temperature records were shattered today in the north of
#SouthAustralia
. Maximum temperatures soared to 47.5 °C at Marree, 47.4 °C at Roxby Downs and Oodnadatta, 47.1 °C at Moomba, and 46.9°C at Woomera. Check other locations at
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Another amazing scene from the outback as Kati Thanda
#LakeEyre
slowly fills with water from Queensland. Flow into
#KatiThanda
- Lake Eyre is expected to increase in the next week or two as new water arrives. Pic Courtesy Matt Harnetty, Wright Air.
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Severe thunderstorm warning issued for the Adelaide area for damaging wind gusts over the next 1 to 2 hours. Check warning at
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One of the strongest cold fronts 💨☔ of the winter is forecast to sweep across southern
#SouthAustralia
tomorrow, reaching
#Adelaide
in the late afternoon and evening. Damaging wind gusts in excess of 90 km/h are expected. Large waves will also build about exposed coasts.
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Port Augusta has just reached 48.9°C - it's hottest day since records began in 1962. 🌡️😓 With more sunshine to come, keep hydrated 🚰 and an eye on the latest observations:
@SA_SES
@CFSAlerts
@SAHealth
@SAPoliceNews
#FeelingHot2019
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Happy Easter from BOM_SA. Note that even the Easter eggs are social distancing ;-)
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The cool change is moving across the west of
#SouthAustralia
. Temperatures dropped from 40.7°C to 32.4°C at
#Ceduna
and from 37.8°C to 27.6°C at
#PortLincoln
over half an hour. Estimated arrival times indicated in map below, including
#Adelaide
in the early afternoon.
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RT
@SAPoliceNews
: SAPOL Water Operation members captured a rare waterspout at Semaphore this morning about 11am...a rare weather phenomenon.
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What a difference a few days makes. Lake Torrens and Lake Gairdner which were dry now have some water in them as a result the rain band and thunderstorms last Friday.
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Perhaps Tarcoola should be renamed TarHOTTER - 48.2°C recorded at 3:38 pm (Feb record). Hottest town in Aust today!
#SAheatwave
#sweltering
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Satellite image shows raised dust sweeping off Eyre Peninsula.
@SAPoliceNews
is urging motorists drive to the conditions as dust storms are affecting the Riverland, Flinders Ranges and the outback with dust haze extending to
#Adelaide
. View satellite at
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As the rain band continues to gradually move east across SA, we've seen 20-35 mm over much of Eyre Peninsula so far today which is the most rainfall 2-3 years for many towns!
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Some much needed rainfall has been recorded up until 9am this morning. Most notably 21.6 mm at Ernabella and 14.4 mm at Nullarbor due to a developing cloud band. Also had 3.2 mm at Parndana and 1.6 mm at Kingscote on
#KangarooIsland
.
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It's the
#SummerSolstice
in the southern hemisphere tonight: At 2.59am CDT the sun will be directly over the Tropic of Capricorn—as far south as it gets. Today's the longest day of the year in Adelaide, with 14.5 h daylight. Find sunrise/sunset times at
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Why is it so cold in
#Adelaide
? This is where our air has come from!
#SAweather
#canyousmellpenguins
courtesy
@NOAA
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#Adelaide
has had no measurable rain since start of year. This is the longest wait since 1957 when there was 0.5 mm recorded on 8 Feb. Longest wait ever was back in 1848, when the first recorded rainfall happened on 2 Mar with 0.3 mm. Climate Data Online
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#Tarcoola
in the state's north has just reached 49.0°C - its hottest day since records began in 1903. 🌡️😓 With more heat to come, keep hydrated 🚰 and an eye on the latest observations: .
@SA_SES
@CFSAlerts
@SAHealth
@SAPoliceNews
#FeelingHot2019
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Tonight's textbook example of "Virga" - Rain or showers that evaporate before hitting the ground. An explanation of why the weather radar sometimes promises much, but delivers little.
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A good example of lenticularis cloud above the Mount Lofty Ranges this afternoon. Learn more about them here:
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⚠️A Severe Weather Warning has been issued for damaging winds and heavy rainfall this evening as a trough of low pressure moves across
#SouthAustralia
this evening. Latest warnings
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You spin me right round baby! Here's the culprit low pressure system, which has brought gusty winds and cold temperatures to
#SouthAustralia
, as well as flooding and storms to the eastern states. The low is now weakening with winds and showers now easing across the State.
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🍁A beautiful Autumn morning in
#Adelaide
with some high cloud. Unseasonably warm weather continuing today with a forecast maximum of 24°C. That's 5°C above average and in the highest 10th percentile of temperatures for May. Latest forecast
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Floods to our north & west, extreme heat & bushfires to the east, snow to the south. Stay safe everyone.
#MyCountry
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Rare quad-rainbow photographed in the SE as front nears S coasts. Look S now, you might see them!
#AdelaideWeather
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A great example of the newest cloud type:
#Asperitas
moving across
#Adelaide
ahead of a cold front.
@CloudAppSoc
First cloud formation added 2017 to
#InternationalCloudAtlas
since 1951! Watch the front move across
#SouthAustralia
in the satellite images:
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Rain currently falling over Adelaide and the Mount Lofty Ranges is expected to intensify this evening. Most locations in the metro have already recorded rainfall, with several mm so far across the hills. 8-22mm for
#Adelaide
overnight. Latest rainfall obs:
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Port Lincoln, Snowtown and Parafield are the latest record-breakers: currently 47.0 at Port Lincoln (previous record 46.1), 47.3 at Snowtown (previous record 46.0). Parafield is now 46.6 (previously 46.4). Latest observations
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Check out the moonbow (also known as a lunar rainbow) spotted on our webcam at Mount Gambier Airport early this morning (around 3 am). Formed the same way as a regular rainbow, but with the light coming from the moon instead of from the sun. Learn more at
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With no rainfall forecast for
#Adelaide
until 9 am Tuesday it will be the DRIEST start to the year ON RECORD, with only 17.8 mm so far this year. Previous driest was in 1888 with 19.2 mm. Average January to end of April is 108.3 mm. Wet weather to start Tuesday night in Adelaide.
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As
@CFSAlerts
firefighters work to control blazes across
#SouthAustralia
, watch this short animation to understand what they're up against - how a wind change can impact a fire. To learn more about fire weather
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⚠️ A Severe Weather Warning for damaging winds has been issued for
#SouthAustralia
for Thursday. Damaging N/NW winds, averaging 50-65 km/h with peak gusts up to 90-100 km/h, are forecast to develop over the warning area during Thursday morning.
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Hot to Very Hot throughout today with forecast temps up to 49C in the Northwest. Interesting Satellite image this morning; low cloud associated with the cool change visible over the Bight, whilst extensive areas of high level smoke from WA bushfires visible in the west.
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#Shelfcloud
from a high based thunderstorm over
#Adelaide
CBD. For more cloud info, watch
#AskBOM
video
#nofilter
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After months of warm and dry weather it might be time to get out the jumpers. A vigorous cold front crossing the state on Sunday will see the onset of showers and strong winds in Adelaide during the afternoon and evening. Falls of 2 to 5 mm with up to 10 mm in the hills likely.
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FLOOD WARNING UPDATE:
#Flood
peak moving across
#SouthAustralia
border, some waters reaching the Goyder Lagoon. Diamantina River at
#Birdsville
was 8.7m at 2.30pm. GIF shows water moving downstream from Qld into SA. Latest details on the
#floodwarning
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Summer Solstice. Today and tomorrow (22nd of Dec) have equal longest daylight of the year; 14 hrs 30 min of daylight in Adelaide. From Sunday the sun slowly becomes lower in the sky and daylight becomes shorter as it heads back northward. Mild today, beach weather on the way.
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Impressive satellite image of the deep low & front. Fortunately winds have eased over SA & the warning is cancelled.
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Some spectacular cumulus cloud developing over the Mount Lofty Ranges
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The change is coming
#Adelaide
! Light southerly winds have moved through Edithburgh and will cross the Metro area in the next few hours. Temps may drop slightly with the change, but we'll have to wait until later tonight for temperatures to finally drop below 30C.
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No chance for a hurricane (
@HurricanesBBL
) tonight at
@TheAdelaideOval
, perfect cricket weather! Forecasting a hot win for the
@StrikersBBL
. Hot stuff
#Adelaide
(forecast this week).
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Today we remember those Australians and New Zealanders who served in war and made the ultimate sacrifice. We might be in isolation but we stand together as a community showing the spirit of Anzac remains. Lest we forget
#Anzacspirit
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Becoming very hot across most of South Australia on Wednesday with many locations forecast to reach over 40°C. 🌡️ Check your latest forecast at
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A burst of winter arriving a few days early. Speckled cloud on the satellite loop shows a cold airmass which will move north, bringing gusty showers and possible small hail to parts of SA tomorrow.
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Looking to watch something other than Netflix? ... Not quite clear skies throughout
#SouthAustralia
but you should be to catch a glimpse of the pink moon tonight 🌙 ... photo thanks to
@SandyHorne61
#ClareValley
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Fog becoming more expansive over Adelaide, now impacting the CBD. Check out how our view changes in just 20 mins.
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A exceptionally humid airmass moving into SA will trigger large areas of potentially severe thunderstorms in the north this afternoon and over most areas Friday. Heavy rainfall leading to localised flash flooding and damaging winds are the greatest risks.
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Severe Weather Warnings are current around central and southern South Australia for damaging wind and heavy rainfall.
Rain will continue across the Eyre Peninsula today and into the new week.
Details: at
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An extreme heatwave is expected to extend over SA this week, with very hot conditions expected to persist for much of the State until a cool change moves through the west on Friday and most other parts Saturday.
Latest heatwave forecast for Australia:
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It's day 2 of 7 consecutive days of max temp >35° ending Sunday when a cool change arrives. This will be the longest stretch of days warmer than 35° this summer. Video shows max temps this week & heat building from west of
#SouthAustralia
. All forecasts
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20 locations around South Australia observed their highest March maximum temperature on record yesterday, and further records may be broken today as severe heatwave conditions continue. Forecast 41 °C in Adelaide today, currently 34 °C at 10 am.
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With 1.6mm falling in Adelaide (West Tce) overnight our year-to-date rainfall is now 16.2mm which is less than a quarter of the average for this time of year! Comparing this to other years, here's hoping for a wet May like 1851 which ended up being the wettest year on record.
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Spectacular sight with stratus cloud spilling over the
#MtLoftyRanges
this morning, due to moist SE'ly winds lifting over the hills.
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Shallow change visible on the Doppler Radar (blue line heading NE) has just gone through Noarlunga with an initial drop in temperature. The change will track northwards across
#Adelaide
but the more significant drop in temp will come in the next hour or two.
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#SAheatwave
just keeps on giving! We have had 3 days in a row of 40+°C here in
#Adelaide
, with 1914 the last time this occurred in Feb.
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A wet end to the week expected for
#SouthAustralia
. Four day rainfall totals: localised falls of 60–100 mm are possible with thunderstorms in the pastoral districts, and areas of 30–60 mm. More generally for SA: 10-30 mm expected, apart from the SE where 2-10 mm is forecast.
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