Source: Bureau of Meteorology
For people in Adelaide Metropolitan, Mount Lofty Ranges, West
Coast, Lower Eyre Peninsula, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, Yorke
Peninsula, Flinders, Mid North, Kangaroo Island, Upper South East,
Lower South East and parts of Riverland, Murraylands, North West
Pastoral and North East Pastoral districts.
Issued at 5:20 pm Wednesday, 3 August 2022.
Damaging winds near southern coasts temporarily easing tonight,
then redeveloping across most districts on Thursday
Weather Situation: A broad, deep and complex low pressure system
lies over waters to the south of the continent. A front associated
with this system will move over southern coasts early this evening.
Another front on Thursday will result in a broadly strong to
damaging northwesterly airstream with squally showers and
thunderstorms.
Strong to damaging northwesterly winds averaging 50-65 km/h with
gusts of around 90 km/h are possible across Lower Eyre Peninsula
and Kangaroo Island early Wednesday evening. The risk of severe
winds will ease later this evening, but conditions will remain
gusty near some coastal areas tonight.
A re-intensification of the northwesterly winds is forecast from
late Thursday morning, with a broader area of the State forecast to
be impacted by potentially damaging winds, reflected by the warning
area above. Winds will average 50-70 km/h a times with gusts in
excess 90 km/h, peaking Thursday afternoon and early evening,
before contracting to elevated terrain later Thursday and early
Friday.
In addition squally showers and thunderstorms are forecast to
develop across much of the agricultural area during Thursday, with
local heavy falls are possible, particularly about the Mount Lofty
Ranges Thursday evening.
Locations which may be affected include Adelaide, Port Lincoln,
Whyalla, Mount Gambier, Ceduna, Port Augusta, Port Pirie, Clare,
Maitland, Murray Bridge, Kingscote and Naracoorte.
The State Emergency Service advises that people should:
* Move vehicles under cover or away from trees;
* Secure or put away loose items around your property.
* Stay indoors, away from windows, while conditions are
severe.

03/Aug/2022 05:55 PM