IDS11054 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology South Australia Updated North East 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. Patchy raised dust west of Leigh Creek in the late morning and afternoon. High chance of showers, most likely in the evening. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe, with large hail and possible heavy falls east of Leigh Creek. Damaging winds possible. Winds northerly 40 to 55 km/h turning northwesterly 35 to 55 km/h in the early afternoon then decreasing to 25 to 40 km/h in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures around 40. Leigh Creek Showers. Possible storm. Max 40 Marree Possible storm. Very windy. Max 42 Moomba Showers. Storm developing. Max 41 Oodnadatta Shower or two. Storm. Max 43 Yunta Showers. Storm. Max 37 Fire Danger: Extreme Sun protection 9:40am to 4:10pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High] Forecast for Friday 18 October Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower east of Leigh Creek in the early morning. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm east of Leigh Creek in the morning. Winds west to northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h tending west to southwesterly 25 to 40 km/h early in the morning then tending south to southwesterly in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 18 and 24 with daytime temperatures reaching 26 to 35. Leigh Creek Partly cloudy. Min 19 Max 27 Marree Sunny. Min 20 Max 30 Moomba Early shower or two. Min 23 Max 34 Oodnadatta Sunny. Min 22 Max 31 Yunta Partly cloudy. Min 17 Max 24 Forecast for Saturday 19 October Sunny. Winds southerly 20 to 30 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 9 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching 26 to 32. Leigh Creek Sunny. Min 11 Max 28 Marree Sunny. Min 14 Max 31 Moomba Sunny. Min 18 Max 29 Oodnadatta Sunny. Min 18 Max 31 Yunta Sunny. Min 7 Max 26 Forecast for Sunday 20 October Sunny. Winds south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending east to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 10 and 17 with daytime temperatures reaching 28 to 34. Leigh Creek Sunny. Min 15 Max 31 Marree Sunny. Min 15 Max 33 Moomba Sunny. Min 16 Max 32 Oodnadatta Sunny. Min 17 Max 34 Yunta Mostly sunny. Min 8 Max 28 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).