THE WEATHER.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 267, 24 August 1936, Page 4

THE WEATHER.

FINE AND SUNNY AFTER FOG. A fairly heavy fog shrouded, Ashburton early this morning. It cleared after 9 o’clock, and the sun shone brightly from an almost cloudless sky with scarcely any- wind. The temperature was warm. Three degrees of frost were recorded at the Domain weather station this morning. After warm weather on Saturday, when the maximum temperature reached 66 degrees, there was a change at night, 14 points of rain falling. Conditions were dull yesterday, the maximum temperature reaching only 49.8 degrees. The inside minimum last night was 34.7 degrees, compared with 40.8 degrees on Saturday night. Barometric pressure at 9 o’clock this morning was 29.70 inches, a fall from 29.83 inches yesterday morning. TO-DAY’S FORECAST, (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Government Meteorologist, at noon to-day, issued the following statement regarding the weather:— General inference: Pressure is still very high to the east and rather high also to the north of New Zealand, but an extensive depression covers the western and southern portions of the Tasman Sea. The forecast for the east coast of the South Island from Blenheim to Oamaru is as follows:

Moderate northerly winds, later becoming strong in places. Weather fair and mild. Seas moderate.