"THE PRESS" WEATHER REPORT.
Headings by self-recording- Instruments at "The Press" Office, Ohrirtchurca. up to 1 a.m. on August 29th, 1923.
THE WEATHER. Meteorological observations liken at the Magnetic Observatory. Christchurch, at 9.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on August 28th: 9.30 a.m. 5 p.m. Barometer .. •• 30.106 30.173 ThermometerDry bulb .. .. «.8 49 Wet bulb .. - 45.3 46.5 Max. prev. 24 hours .. 55.'2 Min. prev. 24 hours .. 31.5 Max. in sun .. ..104 106 Min. on grass .. .. 22.4 Max. during day .. -1.4 Humidity per cent. ..76 S3 Wind .. .. -.. N.E., N.E, light v. light. Cloud (0-10) .. ..1 2 Rain nil nil DOMINION REPORTS. V (Records ttken at 9 a.m. yesterday.) Station. Wind. liar. Ther. Napier W., br. 80M 49 £C Sm'th. C. Egmont. S.K., 1. 30.39 61 BG Mod. Wanganui N.E., 1. 20.25 46 ZP Sm'th. Wellington N., 1. 30.27 51 BC C. Campbell W., 1. 30.20 54 OG Mod. Farewell S. W., 1. 50.25 48 BG Sm'th. Grey mouth E., br. 30.28 44 BCM Mod. Bealey N.W., br. 30.22 39 0 Low Christchurc&a.W., 1. 30.19 47 B Akaroa. L.H. N.W., 1. 30.17 46 B Sm'th. Dunedin Calm 30.17 44 BCM Bluff W.N.W., 1b.U0.95 48 OZM Mod. Wind—O, calm; 1., light; br., breeze; f.b., fresh breeze; ru.g., moderate gale; g,, gale; w,, gale of exceptional severity.Weather—B, blue sky, be tho atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; I), drizzling rain; P., foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, ha-il; L, lightning; M, misty: O, overcast, the whole sky overcast with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued rain; S, snow; Z, hazy. Forecast. Present indieatkun are for variable breezes, but southerlies ruling northward of Kwhia and Fast Cape, and freshening westerlies to northexlieo elsewhere, the weather fair nnd milder, but haze and cloudiness increasing generally for a change probable shortly in the West Coast and southernmost districts, and the barometer filing toon in tho South.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17854, 29 August 1923, Page 13
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