It is situated between the large continental land mass to the north and the large ocean mass and Antarctic to the south As a result of solar inflow variation with latitude, in continental terms the large land mass to the north typically is warm, and the water mass to the south is perpetually cool. The interior continental land mass is arid, the summer winds flow over the substantial land area and are also warm. The ocean infiltrates cool air changes across South Australia in the general west to east flow of weather patterns As a result the general weather patterns in South Australia are typified by cool winters with southwest winds and moisture, and hot summers with northerly winds, either dry and dusty, or tropical. The hypotheses used have been developed from basic meteorology and physics theory as described above.
Empirical evidence is available from human use of weather forces in other activities.
In Australia about 1000 sailplanes achieve 150,000 flying hours in convection weather conditions annually. Convection weather conditions typify the forces available in the climate and are applicable to building design. This is one of the substantial empirical data bases available to the formulation of climate responsive building design principles. Buildings designed to these climate responsive principles are in operation and are achieving the low energy comfort environments originally postulated. These forces are the components pieces of micro-climate.