i would safely say without a doubt winter's stranglehold on South Australia is slowly coming to an end as were starting to see really weak troughs come through the state but barely have any penantration or rain in them

I guess we will have to start to get used to Easterly dips
What am i saying, i miss them so much! My favourite type of Storm system. Yes, winter seems to be fading away now, maybe the occasional strong front until September but after that we will start to see summer!

Did the 3 flashes get to pick your wife up, lol??!! (reread your post SD!)

I think this morning's BOM forecast was for isolated showers about the hills & southern suburbs slowly spreading to other areas (or something similar). Well, I must have been in an isolated spot at around 530pm because when I came back from shopping at Modbury Triangle, my car was wet...

No I wasn't that lucky lol.... Joking my love

Just had a shower, with big drops, just wet the ground and now ALL GONE. Nothing measurable.

Ok,,, absolutely pelting down,,,,, .. there goes 1/2 mm, ticked over

I think there was a a few tinkles of hail in that.... I did expect a flash bang then, but noooo,,,,,so i've ended up with a reading of 1/2 mm but i'm thinking it's about .8 with a bit of a guess after 5 minutes of surprising rain, heavy at times.

Those cells a few hours back were really just pumping it for about 2 frames then would just fade away, wouldn't be surprised about the hail WG.

The fog this morning is the most impressive I have seen in our vicinity in the 8 years we have been here. Still hanging around quite thick at times. Will be interesting to see how long before it starts to break up.

Coming down the expressway towards Darlington. Note: Taken on bus ;-)

Front coming up now from the SW, rainfall predictions:
Southern suburbs: 2-4mm
Northern Suburbs:0-1mm
Mt Lofty ranges: 2-3mm
Mallee: 0-2mm

This front seemed to be quite lightning active before, its all died down now though.

*Sw KI has picked up 9mm.

Wow...that band just got ripped up! Be lucky to get 1mm anywhere near Adelaide now

Quote RS "i would safely say without a doubt winter's stranglehold on South Australia is slowly coming to an end as were starting to see really weak troughs come through the state but barely have any penantration or rain in them"
Quote RT "Yes, winter seems to be fading away now, maybe the occasional strong front until September but after that we will start to see summer!"
Here's my perspective. In my experience, for our southern ag districts true winter weather whether wet or dry continues at least till the end of August although there may be a few springy days in late August. Then we have a mixture of typical winter days and springy days in September and October (hence "winspring"), and in November the weather is what I call late spring - some springy days, some summery days, and probably some cold wet days.
We currently happen to be in a pattern where the deep southern ocean lows and fronts are further south than we would like but that doesn't mean winter is fading away. It's one of the kinds of weather that together make up our winter weather. In a couple of weeks time there could be gales, coldies and hail
Happy Birthday Markus

Agreed US the southern annular mode has been in a very warm state in the last fortnight http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/daily_ao_index/aao/aao_index.html and so the westerly wind belt containing the fronts is much further south but that could turn around at any time and bring winter back for everyone.

Thats one nice lightning active front deep down in the bight at the moment! Pity its so far south!

Many Happy Returns Markus, Percy_04 and Ang

John.

Very good cell development near KI, shame they aren't lightning active.

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia Regional Office

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
for DAMAGING WIND
For people in the
Kangaroo Island and parts of the
Lower South East districts.

Issued at 8:29 pm Saturday, 4 August 2012.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds in the warning area
over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Robe and
Millicent.


The State Emergency Service advises that people should:
* Secure or put away loose items around your property.
* Move cars under cover or away from trees.
* Keep clear of fallen power lines.
* Stay indoors, away from windows, while storms are nearby.

Storm warning out for Ki and Southeast, looks good.

Just had a quick 2min shower here lol

BIG boom of thunder here with this heavy cell of rain.