IDS11053 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology South Australia Updated North West Pastoral District Forecast Issued at 12:10 pm CDT on Thursday 17 October 2024 for the period until midnight CDT Monday 21 October 2024. Warning Information For latest warnings go to www.bom.gov.au, subscribe to RSS feeds, call 1300 659 210* or listen for warnings on relevant TV and radio broadcasts. Weather Situation A complex low pressure system over SA will move southeast to be over eastern Bass Strait by Friday afternoon. A high pressure system will move in from the west to a position south of the Bight Friday night and continue to move east over the weekend. Winds over SA will tend northerly early next week with the high centred over Tasmania on Monday. Forecast for the rest of Thursday 17 October Partly cloudy. High chance of showers south of Woomera, medium chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe, with large hail and possible heavy falls south of Woomera. Damaging winds possible. Winds west to northwesterly 40 to 60 km/h tending west to southwesterly 25 to 40 km/h during the afternoon and evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 34 to 43. Coober Pedy Possible storm. Very windy. Max 42 Marla Possible storm. Windy. Max 42 Oak Valley Possible shower. Very windy. Max 35 Pukatja/Ernabella Windy. Partly cloudy. Max 36 Roxby Downs Shower or two. Storm. Max 43 Tarcoola Possible storm. Very windy. Max 40 Woomera Shower or two. Possible storm. Max 42 Fire Danger: High Sun protection 9:40am to 4:50pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High] Forecast for Friday 18 October Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower south of Woomera in the morning. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Winds southwesterly 25 to 40 km/h turning southerly 25 to 35 km/h in the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching 26 to 31. Coober Pedy Cloud clearing. Min 18 Max 29 Marla Sunny. Min 18 Max 31 Oak Valley Partly cloudy. Min 14 Max 29 Pukatja/Ernabella Sunny. Min 17 Max 30 Roxby Downs Partly cloudy. Min 18 Max 28 Tarcoola Partly cloudy. Min 15 Max 27 Woomera Partly cloudy. Min 18 Max 27 Forecast for Saturday 19 October Sunny. Winds south to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h tending east to southeasterly during the morning then tending south to southeasterly during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 9 and 16 with daytime temperatures reaching 28 to 33. Coober Pedy Sunny. Min 14 Max 30 Marla Sunny. Min 16 Max 33 Oak Valley Sunny. Min 11 Max 31 Pukatja/Ernabella Sunny. Min 15 Max 31 Roxby Downs Sunny. Min 12 Max 29 Tarcoola Sunny. Min 9 Max 29 Woomera Sunny. Min 12 Max 27 Forecast for Sunday 20 October Sunny. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h tending east to northeasterly 25 to 35 km/h during the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 12 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching 32 to 39. Coober Pedy Sunny. Min 16 Max 33 Marla Sunny. Min 17 Max 35 Oak Valley Sunny. Min 16 Max 38 Pukatja/Ernabella Sunny. Min 17 Max 34 Roxby Downs Sunny. Min 13 Max 32 Tarcoola Sunny. Min 13 Max 33 Woomera Sunny. Min 14 Max 31 The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:25 pm CDT Thursday. * Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or public phones. Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2011, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532). Users of these web pages are deemed to have read and accepted the conditions described in the Copyright, Disclaimer, and Privacy statements (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml).