IDS11054 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology South Australia North East Pastoral District Forecast Issued at 9:25 am CDT on Sunday 21 December 2025 for the period until midnight CDT Wednesday 24 December 2025. Warning Information For latest warnings go to www.bom.gov.au, subscribe to RSS feeds, call 1300 659 210* or listen for warnings on relevant TV and radio broadcasts. Weather Situation A broad trough of low pressure lingers over the east and northern parts of the State. A low pressure system lies south of the bight and moves east to combine with the trough early Sunday. The combined low pressure system and trough then moves east to clear SA by late Sunday. A high pressure ridge then extends over the west and south of the State behind the low pressure system during Sunday. The high pressure ridge extends across the entire State by late Sunday and persists from Monday to Thursday. Forecast for the rest of Sunday 21 December Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers east of Leigh Creek, becoming less likely in the late afternoon and evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm from the late morning. Thunderstorms possibly severe with damaging winds, large hail and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding. Winds northwesterly 30 to 45 km/h shifting south to southwesterly in the middle of the day then becoming southerly 20 to 30 km/h in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 32 to 39. Leigh Creek Cloud clearing. Max 32 Marree Windy. Mostly sunny. Max 36 Moomba Shower or two. Storm. Max 39 Oodnadatta Wind easing. Mostly sunny. Max 37 Yunta Possible morning storm. Max 30 Fire Danger: High Sun protection 8:50am to 5:30pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme] Forecast for Monday 22 December Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower in the far northeast in the early morning. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm north of Oodnadatta in the morning and afternoon. Winds southerly 25 to 40 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 12 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching 28 to 36. Leigh Creek Sunny. Min 15 Max 31 Marree Sunny. Min 17 Max 33 Moomba Sunny. Min 21 Max 34 Oodnadatta Sunny. Min 18 Max 34 Yunta Sunny. Min 10 Max 28 Forecast for Tuesday 23 December Sunny morning. The chance of a thunderstorm in the far northeast in the afternoon. Winds south to southeasterly 25 to 40 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching 29 to 37. Leigh Creek Sunny. Min 17 Max 33 Marree Sunny. Min 18 Max 35 Moomba Sunny. Min 19 Max 36 Oodnadatta Sunny. Min 19 Max 36 Yunta Sunny. Min 11 Max 28 Forecast for Wednesday 24 December Sunny. Winds southeasterly 25 to 35 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 22 with daytime temperatures reaching 30 to 38. Leigh Creek Sunny. Min 18 Max 34 Marree Sunny. Min 20 Max 37 Moomba Sunny. Min 21 Max 36 Oodnadatta Sunny. Min 21 Max 37 Yunta Sunny. Min 11 Max 30 The next routine forecast will be issued at 3:55 pm CDT Sunday. * Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or public phones. Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2011, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532). Users of these web pages are deemed to have read and accepted the conditions described in the Copyright, Disclaimer, and Privacy statements (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml).