Severe weather warning for damaging winds issued for Mount Lofty, KI and Lower SE
A severe weather warning for damaging winds is in place for a large chunk of the state, including Clare, Mount Lofty and the Lower South East, as gusts are tipped to reach over 90 km/h.
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Damaging winds are predicted to batter the eastern part of the state today, with gusts of more than 90 km/h expected.
The weather warning stretches from Clare in the Mid North down to Kangaroo Island.
It also encompasses the Mount Lofy Ranges, Murraylands, Upper South East, Lower South East and Riverland districts.
The warning was first issued just after 5pm yesterday for squally, local damaging winds developing during the day.
A Severe Weather Warning has been issued for Friday as southwesterly winds further increase across the southeast of the State. Locally damaging winds reaching 55-70 km/h with gusts in excess of 90 km/h are most likely with squally showers. Details at: https://t.co/ATpQqKWe0V pic.twitter.com/mjudUWyWdm
— Bureau of Meteorology, South Australia (@BOM_SA) April 30, 2020
The weather bureau renewed the warning this morning as damaging winds are expected to reach up to 70km/h, with peak gusts of over 90 km/h.
Affected towns include Mount Gambier, Murray Bridge, Kingscote, Naracoorte, Victor Harbor, Lameroo, Meningie, Bordertown and Burra.
A warning for sheep graziers is also in place for much of the state, due to cold conditions, showers and strong winds during today and Saturday.
And, a marine warning is in place for Adelaide metro waters.
Duty forecaster Jenny Horvat said the strong winds come from a complex pressure system coming from south of Tasmania.
“Showers are still around, maybe a bit more hit and miss, but there’s definitely still a chance of getting a shower or two around today,” she told ABC Radio Adelaide.
A total of 12.8mm of rain has fallen at Mounty Lofty since 9am yesterday, while Mount Barker received 11mm.
The Adelaide CBD saw 5mm since yesterday morning, which ended the wettest April month since 1998.
A top of 16C is forecast in the city today with up to 10mm of rain expected, while Saturday will be 18C with 2-8mm of rain.
ADELAIDE RECORDS WETTEST APRIL SINCE 1998
Adelaide has recorded its wettest April in 22 years, with more than 90m falling in the city this month.
The last time it was this wet in April was in 1998, when a total of 105.6mm fell. In 2000, a total of 88mm was recorded in the same month.
A total of 92.6mm has fallen this April, with more than half of that arriving in the space of just a week.
Ms Horvat said between April 23 and yesterday, about 60mm fell in the city, including 28.2mm on the ANZAC Day weekend.
More recently, nearly 24mm was recorded over the past three days.
Between 9am Wednesday and 9am yesterday, the city saw 12.8mm.
A further 21mm fell earlier in the month on April 3.
The figures are taken from the CBD’s West Tce guauge, which has been used as the official station for weather records since 2017.
The Kent Town Station was used to record extremes between 1977 and 2017.
It brings the total rainfall for this year to 153.6mm, which is above the January-April average of 107.8mm.
Thursday was also colder than recent years, with a top of just 15.1C. It was the coldest April day since 2008, when it was 14.6 on April 27.
Adelaide is in the middle of a cold snap this week, which has brought icy temperatures and local flooding.
State Emergency Service spokesman John Carr said they fielded 74 calls for help on Wednesday and at least 32 yesterday.
“On Wednesday night the area most impacted was Glenelg and along the western suburbs and (yesterday) was a bit more wide spread,” he said.
