WEATHER REPORT

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21986, 9 January 1937, Page 11

WEATHER REPORT

joFFICIAb FORECASTS .. trj I ■■ •;, \■■; ■■ 'i: ftBEPBES* Special Service.) The Dominion OD and Marlbor:fbfecast for a g n p m., and dealing with rv , * -a-r-te but freshening ( changing to south- - ■:»crlherlyv^n ai Saturday morning. ; erHes durmg » first , but cloud- : Weather fine A. prob able dur.efing Temperatures beSeas slight to modbat later rising. is the Dominion forc- : SCasfcHrl r ‘ . t fa ir at first m most ~ Weather ou( R n g- over, how- , / districts, so© 1 d s^ut hcm portions - oL nw unsettled conrain di week-end. Dominion becoming temporTempcrahjres yclone of - ?ril L-nsnsitv still extends across NeWZealand, but a fresh DO a U rather dcep depression is adand ratneiv Xasman Sea. ’ S^therlr 0 ?! first over the Auckotherwise westerly ?“SLSSSr prevailing; light. to generally, but freshening gale force at 3114 south of Cook Strait. . . Winds—A southerly change setting , morning over the m.iffiernWf of the South Island,and most of the Dominion e next 24 to 36 hours. (New Zealand waters)— Slight I but rising south of Cape and in the Cook Strait and ! inveahx Strait areas. . Eastern Tasman—Light variable winds at first in thf 'northern portion; otherwise freshening northerlies prevailng, backSfffiWterli- and later to southerTie/Seas,'slight to moderate, taut bexough in central and southern i pwtjooK-,; :/ = 1 ' ; i|R&TCHyRCH WEATHER '•mtetday- - morning . was dull in 'Christ church with a light south-west In te afternoon, which was wanner, the wind ohangedto the east ■ Sthe sky cleared. 'Die evening 1 fine/ The maximum temperature i during the day was 61.3 degrees, k At 1 q’cloefc this morning the 1 weather was . cloudy, with an east- ! i erly breeze. The temperature was l 56 degrees. The barometer, falling, i : registered 29.74 inches. ! Meteorological observations taken at 1 the- Christchurch Magnetic Observai torv on January 8: — [■ w - 9.30 am. 3 p.m. [ ' Barometer ..- 1 . • 29.817 29.745 - "• ./,r, Almost •; , ' Steady. Falling. a* k'•■■/Wet bulb’ .. .. 52.1 53.4 !’ f Mag. prev.‘24 hours 69.5 I ' Min, .ptev. 24 hours 48.6 1 ;.V Max.'in sun , .. 137 128 ’ Min, oh grass'. 45.9 1 -7 Max., ‘during day .. i - Humidity .per cent. .. 62 -63 Ayind; r . .. ... S.W. N.E. ■-light.mod. ■ .leioud (0-10) .. .. 6 5 •.fcsEain ■ .. 0.19 in nil ■ ,Vti -vr ’ ; 1937. 1936. to date j •• 0.94 in O.llin taken up to ,1 am. on ‘tfshuaitf ; 9, At'"The Press” ;.c.7ppo;,, .''Barometer .. .. 29.80 : '29.74 '"'t'' "'-’Falling. \v‘ .. ’57 16 : 24 ’Bours "ended ' 1 61.3 ; tat, r : 24 hours,- ended •• •• 48.6 - Eaiiifaß' . for; -24 hours J - 'i' ; -., ended 1 am,. “ ; V.. .12in ; Rainfall ior January, 1937 .96in .JJainiaU.fpr January, 1936 .13in for January, 1935 .33in j; Sunshine recorded on ‘‘The Press" fJSpofder.yesterday—Before noon, 5 1 minutes; after noon, 5 hours 1 -fiunutes. Total, 11 hours 20 minWigs. ;? • Total for year to date, 39 ! -hours -30 minutes. Total for corresi;ponding period, last year, 39 hours. ' 1 r S?r* or corresponding period, 1935, 142, hours 50 minutes. ws J - ■■ • *4- , .. k "IN OTHER PLACES VAuckland—The weather yesterday Was 'liiie. and sunny. There was a cool south-westerly breeze. The barometer steady at 30.00 inches. , ,1; TOhibgtpn—rThe weather was fine, - ■ . cloudy at times, yesterday, c ’ hght.. southerly wind blew in the £EjPrmng and a moderate north-west- • * * 6 afternoon. The minimum '• >n I o P a f ature on Thursday night was ‘ cs? j 63, 7116 maximum yesterday ■ was 65.9 degrees. ' '' br^7^ e fi^~' I ?i ere was a moderate <■ anri fhJ* 0m north-east yesterday, " ’ maximfim 11 * 1 shol,e intermittently. The Thfw was 64 degrees. . rising ° ve^ight ’ "I ’ OP WIAL REPORTS

:t . SUN « moon, tides •„ ~ r T ‘ mo y * ™ ses > 4.59 a.m.; sets, 8.43 V 1 ■ ~;pSTQ W: ses > 5 a.m,; sets, 8.43 kgk, t IfiHnß 4 ’

Phases Tor Month of January Last quarter—January 5, 2.22 a.m. • New moon—January 13, 4.47 a.m. First quarter—January 20, 8.2 a.m. Full moon—January 27, 5.15 a.m. High tide., at Lyttelton—To-day, 1.41 a.m., 1.55 p.m.; to-morrow, 2.23 a.m., 2.36 p.m.

! Station. Wind Weather . Norfolk ‘ Island E.S.E., Bar. Ther. ■' light, clear Diemen, ■ . light, fairly ■ ■ smo °th sea .. ' SS SS - W - . Hgbt. ,tL.. ci0 W. cons, swell .. ';***' ; Cape, N.E., light - ; 5 Sf 1 * clear > smooth ' 9«bome. N.E.V light , smooth sea g . {?“ Tongariro, N.W., moderate, clear ? 1 ’5® W., light, 29.93 29.96 29.95 76 72 69 29.89 29.85 72 67 — 61 ss.y # jsr««. • s*i 29.93 29.86 29.90 63 69 67 ■ Island .' ’ W.S.W ’ ■.rffife®. N.N.W., nod'. ; riS^srr ,,Md “- 4 T! Campbell, N.E., light Westport- w ar v S r othsea ' clear Lght - fa *ly l p odera te swell, swell l r ’ moder^ 29.82 29.85 29.80 29.77 29.88 29.88 63 60 62 62 62 65 n f-Chatham-isjan^ 8 TTr Sea • • ~ 1 clri(|L W„ gale, af> ver y > rough 29.73 29.66 29.60 29.54 57 56 58 58 gira^.^ovi. 29.50 63 W., light, cloudy 29.68 29.65 72 62 '* \ JTT' '•