Adelaide Test forecast: Showery first day, then fine

Dark clouds are looming over the Australian batting order at present, but after a potentially showery first day, the weather should clear up for the last four days of the second men's day-night cricket Test between Australia and India at the Adelaide Oval starting this Friday, December 6.

Friday is the only day where there’s the possibility of enough rain to interrupt the action, with play scheduled to take place between 2:30m and 9:30pm local time (3pm and 10pm AEDT).

In addition to potential showers, Friday will also be hot with a maximum of 35°C expected shortly before players take the field on day one.

From Saturday afternoon onwards, a high pressure system centred over the Great Australian Bight will be the dominant feature on weather charts, bringing dry, sunny conditions to Adelaide for days two to five of the Test.

The weekend will be considerably cooler than Friday with expected tops of 25°C on both Saturday and Sunday, before the new week ushers in a warming trend, with max temps of 28°C on Monday and 31°C on Tuesday.

Key cricket stats

• Australia has played 12 day-night Tests with the pink ball and has won 11 of them, with the only loss coming against the West Indies (by just 8 runs) at The Gabba in Brisbane in January this year.
• Australia has won all seven of the Adelaide pink ball Tests.

Key weather stats

• Adelaide's average December maximum is 26.9°C with a highest recorded December max of 45.3°C.
• Adelaide receives 26.2mm of rainfall on average in December. Only the first three months of the calendar year are drier on average.

Weatherzone's Adelaide forecast is here.