THE WEATHER.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 63, Issue 220, 28 June 1943, Page 2

THE WEATHER.

BEAUTIFULLY FINE TO-DAY. Beautifully fine conditions favoured Ashburton to-day, tho sun shining brightly from a- cloudless sky. A frost of 5.5 degrees urns recorded in tho morning. The sun shone periodically from a clouded sky yesterday. Three points of rain foil last night. At Metlivon there was a light sprinkling of snow. Chi Saturday the maximum and minimum temperatures were 51.7 and 36.6 degrees, and yesterday 45.2 and 31.2. ’The barometer stood at 29.11 inches yesterday, and 29.52 this m'orning. HEAVY SNOW IN OTAGO. (P.A.) DUNEDIN, June 27. After a mild winter so far in Dunedin, there was a sudden change in the week-end to conditions of unusual severity, and this morning the hills surrounding the r city carried a mantle of snow. Rain and sleet showers fell during the day, and there was a strong southwest wind. Heavy falls of snow, ranging up to as much .as 18 inches, are reported from Central Otago, where telegraphic communications and power supply were interrupted in several places. TO-DAY’S FORECAST. (P.A.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The forecast for the east coast of the South Island from Blenheim to Oamaru is as follows •. Moderate to fresh west to northwest- winds. Weather fair at first, but some showers developing In the ranges to-morrow. Temperatures cold, with sharp frosts to-night. Further outlook: Mainly fair in plains.