THE WEATHER.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 190, 25 May 1934, Page 4

THE WEATHER.

SQUALLY AND COLD TO-DAY

After a frost of 3.8 degrees this morning the sun shone,in a clear sky, but about 10 o'clock cold, squally conditions blew up from the south-west. Rain and sleet fell in showers for 'the remainder of the day, although the sun broke through in-between-times. The temperature was low, and the bleak conditions kept most shoppers indoors this afternoon. The barometric pressure at 9 a.m. to-day was 30.2 inches, compared with 29.10 inches yesterday morning. Maximum and minimum temperatures yesterday and last night were 63.8 degrees aiul 33.8 degrees respectively; One point of rain was recorded during the 24 hours up to 9 o'clock.

TO-DAYS FORECAST. (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, This Day. The Government _ at noon to-day, issued the following statement .regarding the weather: — General inference: An intense anticyclone covers the Tasman Sea and is advancing •jn to the Dominion, pressure being already very high in the south. The forecast fc the east coast of the South Island from . Blenheim to Oamaru. is as follows: — . Moderate to southerly winds, later increasing. Weather cold and changeable, with passing showers, but improving gradually. Sharp frosts inland. Seas i-ough.