Adelaide is set for a changeable run of weather over the next week, with a dry and mostly sunny Thursday giving way to Friday showers, a cooler weekend, and then a gradual warm-up into the middle of next week.
Today looks like the pick of the immediate forecast for Adelaide, with mostly sunny conditions and a top of 26 degrees in the city, nudging up to 28 at Elizabeth and sitting closer to 25 around Glenelg, Mount Barker and Noarlunga. Cloud is expected to build later in the day, but rain chances remain low. Winds will swing around from easterly and southeasterly to a brief west to southwesterly change around the middle of the day, before returning easterly in the evening.
Friday is shaping up as the unsettled day in the metro outlook. Adelaide can expect a partly cloudy start with a high chance of showers, most likely through the morning and early afternoon, before conditions ease later in the day. There is also the chance of a thunderstorm about the northern suburbs in the late morning and afternoon. Temperatures will stay mild, ranging from 16 to 25 degrees, while winds shift from east to southeasterly into a northwest to southwesterly change, then southerly by evening.
The cooler air settles in for the weekend. Saturday will be cloudy with just a slight chance of a shower, and a cooler maximum of 22 degrees after a morning low of 14. South to southwesterly winds will be noticeably fresher during the day before easing at night. Sunday remains on the cool side as well, with a top of 21 degrees and a medium chance of showers through the morning and afternoon. Light winds will strengthen from the south during the day, which will add an extra chill around coastal parts of the city.
Early next week stays fairly settled, though cloud lingers. Monday is forecast to remain cloudy with a cool start of 10 degrees and a top of 21, under southeasterly winds. By Tuesday, Adelaide begins to warm again, reaching 25 degrees under partly cloudy skies. Wednesday brings the clearest sign of a spring rebound, with mostly sunny conditions and a forecast top of 29 degrees after a low of 13.
Across regional South Australia, the bigger weather story sits away from the city. Showers and thunderstorms are expected about the west and north today, with thunderstorms in the west potentially becoming severe. On Friday, showers and thunderstorms spread across most districts, with the greatest storm chance in the north and west as a low pressure system and trough move through the state. Into the weekend, conditions ease for many areas as a ridge of high pressure moves in, although isolated showers are still expected about the southern agricultural area and western coasts, with some showers possibly extending into the northern agricultural areas and southern pastorals on Saturday. Sunday keeps southern districts cooler with isolated showers, while showers and thunderstorms are forecast to develop again in the northwest. Rainfall totals to the end of Sunday are generally expected to be light, though the southern agricultural area may see 5 to 10mm, increasing to 10 to 20mm west of about Ceduna, with isolated falls of 20 to 40mm possible with thunderstorms in the west.
For coastal residents and anyone heading out on the water, Adelaide’s metropolitan waters will become choppier into the weekend. Friday brings an 80 per cent chance of showers, with the chance of a thunderstorm north of Grange, before southerly winds strengthen on Saturday and Sunday. Seas are expected to build to 1 to 1.5 metres north of Grange on Saturday and north of Brighton on Sunday.
Adelaide 7-Day Summary Forecast
Thursday: Max 26°C – Becoming cloudy.
Friday: Min 16°C, Max 25°C – Showers easing.
Saturday: Min 14°C, Max 22°C – Cloudy.
Sunday: Min 12°C, Max 21°C – Possible shower.
Monday: Min 10°C, Max 21°C – Cloudy.
Tuesday: Min 10°C, Max 25°C – Partly cloudy.
Wednesday: Min 13°C, Max 29°C – Mostly sunny.
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