CLOUDY, WITH KEEN BREEZE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 65, Issue 268, 23 August 1945, Page 4

CLOUDY, WITH KEEN BREEZE

THE WEATHER

Mild conditions at Ashburton to-day were marred by a keen north-westerly breeze. The sky was lightly clouded. The maximum and minimum temperatures yesterday were 59.8 and 44.9 degrees, compared with 51.2 and 30.3 yesterday. The barometer to-day registered 29.99 inches, against 30.12 yesterday. CLOUDY TO OVERCA6T. (P.A.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Government Meteorologist, at noon to-day, issued the following statement regarding the weather: General situation: An intense anticyclone is situated south-east of the Dominion, and there is a shallow depression south-west of the South Island. The forecast for .the east coast of the South Island from Blenheim to Oamaru to 5 p.m. to-morrow is as follows: — Moderate to fresh winds, northwesterlies inland, * north-easterlies about the coast; weather, cloudy to overcast with occasional rain in the ranges; milder temperatures. Further outlook: Little change. ■ t -—«— SUN AND MOON. v Sun rose to-day, 7.15 a.m.; sets, 5.55 p.m. Sun rises to-morrow, 7.14 a.m.; sets, 5.56 p.m. Full Moon, August 23, 11.33 p.m. Last Quarter, September 28, 10.54 p.m. New Moon, September 7, 1.13 a.m. First Quarter, September 15, 5.0 S a.m.