Tristan Meyers, 03 Sep 2015, 5:31 AM UTC
A gusty day for SA
Yesterday, much of South Australia was being battered by a low pressure system, sending gusty showers onshore.
Severe weather warnings were issued every three hours yesterday for damaging winds, covering the West Coast, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, Flinders, Lower Eyre Peninsula, North West Pastoral and North East Pastoral.
In the afternoon, Woomera and Tarcoola saw gusts in excess of 70 km/h. The winds gradually eased throughout the evening as the low pressure system shifted northwest, away from SA and into NSW.
Consistent showers throughout the day saw places across the southeast of the state collect a widespread 10-15 mm. The highest total fell at Clare and Mount Lofty, with 18mm each. The usually dry Gluepot collected a modest 11 mm, which works out to be their largest September rainfall total in five years.
The rain and dense cloud means that Adelaide had a rather lackadaisical start to spring, with its coldest September day in five years.
Luckily, a calm day to day and a mostly sunny start to the weekend are ahead as ridge of high pressure builds across the southeast of the nation.
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