SA and Adelaide weather: Cold July days to hang around for Adelaide with more rain on way
There’s no end in sight for SA’s chilly, damp weather over the next few days, with an unusual weather event above Antarctica set to bring more cold fronts and rainfall in coming weeks.
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A bitter week in South Australia will see temperatures remain in the low teens and showery, with heavier rain developing before the weekend.
The temperature is not tipped to get above 14C until Sunday for the city.
Overcast conditions with the chance of showers will hang around from Tuesday until Thursday, before amping up on Friday when up to 15mm of rain is tipped to lash Adelaide.
Adelaide recorded 17mm of rainfall for the seven days to Monday morning, with 2.8mm falling on Monday.
It will be even colder in Clare with a top temperature of just 10C predicted for the next two days and 12C tipped for Mount Gambier.
The freezing mornings of earlier this month should stay away with lows of 8C predicted for the same time.
The forecast is similar for much of the state, with tops in the low teens expected at regional centres, and the highest chance of rain on Friday.
The Bureau of Meteorology has marine wind warning in place for Tuesday and Wednesday with a strong wind warning for the Upper South East Coast and Lower South East Coast area extending to the South Central Coast on Wednesday.
It comes as meteorologist wan a “rare” weather event growing above Antarctica could bring more cold fronts and rainfall to Australia’s south in the coming weeks.
The sudden stratospheric warming event beginning to occur is caused by an “abrupt increase in air temperature high above the Earth’s polar regions” in the stratosphere layer, which is about 20-40km above the Earth’s surface.
The warming event could filter down through the atmosphere and ultimately allow chilly polar air to drift further away from Antarctica and closer to the mid-latitudes, according to a Weatherzone report.
If this process occurs, southern Australia could experience more cold fronts, stronger winds and low pressure systems, and increased rainfall and snow potential could occur in Australia’s southwest and southeast.
Other eastern regions of Australia could also experience reduced rainfall. The weather event could also disrupt weather patterns across Australia, including persistent high pressure in The Bight. Drought conditions in Western and South Australia could ease as a result.
Adelaide details for the next six days:
Wednesday, July 17: Partly cloudy. Possible shower. Fresh SW winds Min - 7. Max - 14.
Thursday, July 18: Mostly sunny. SW winds tending NW Min - 7. Max - 14.
Friday, July 19: Mostly cloudy. Late shower. Fresh N/NW winds Min - 8. Max - 14.
Saturday, July 20: Partly cloudy. Clearing shower. SW/NW winds Min - 8. Max - 14.
Sunday, July 21: Mostly cloudy. Possible shower. N/NW winds Min - 7. Max - 15.
Monday, July 22: Mostly cloudy. NE/NW winds Min - 8. Max - 16.
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