WEATHER REPORT

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22305, 20 January 1938, Page 15

WEATHER REPORT

f" ♦ official FORECASTS [THE PRESS Special Service.] ■WELLINGTON. January 19. The w eather forecast for Canterand Marlborough, issued at 5 i |Ury by the Meteorological Office, Sling ton, and dealing with the 24 ! following the lime of issue, is ’ [s° follows: : light to moderate south-westerly , later becoming variable. j nNdher for the most part fair; Mt cloudv at times oh the coast, dlh possibly some morning fogs, ; Temperatures moderate to warm, geas slight to moderate. ' WEST COAST T]ie forecast for the West Coast of < j, e South Island is as follows; Light to moderate southerly , v inds, la ter becoming variable. Weather fine, with rising temperatures. Seas slight to moderate. DOMINION Xhe Dominion forecast is:— A few isolated showers at first ; in eastern and far southern dis- i tricts. but otherwise weather fair to fine, with rising temperatures. j A shallow depression is passing away eastwards, and an anti-cy- , clone of moderate Intensity is ap- < preaching across the Tasman Sea. A cyclonic disturbance is now located off the Queensland coast. J Winds —Light to moderate southerly 0 south-easterly, becoming variable, ,nd later tending to northerly in the authern and eastern portions of the ;outh Island. Seas (New Zealand waters)— Considerable but decreasing southerly jwell between Banks Peninsula and jast Cape, otherwise slight to moderite. Eastern Tasman sea—Moderate easterly winds, later freshening in the northern portion, light to moderate southerly winds, changing shortly to northerlies in the southern portion, seas slight to moderate. CHRISTCHURCH WEATHER From a south-west breeze in the morning, the wind changed to the north-east in the afternoon in Christchurch yesterday. The day was warm and overcast, the maximum temperature being 69.6 degrees. The evening was calm and clear. At I o’clock this morning the sky was cloudy, and there was no wind. The temperature was 57 1 degrees. The barometer was steady at w.lO inches. Meteorological observations taken at the Magnetic Observatory on January 19:9 a.m. 5 p.m. Barometer .. .. 30.125 30.054 Falling Falling slowly, slowly. Thermometer— Dry bulb .. .. 61.1 64.2 , Wet bulb .. .. 56.0 59.2 i Max. prev. 24 hours 76.2 ! Min. prev. 24 hours 53.1 : Max. in sun .. 126 133 Min. on grass .. 45.2 Max. during day .. - 69.6 Humidity, per cent. .. 70 73 ’f'M .. .. S.W. E.N.E. '•'l It. It. tad (0-10) .. ..8 ’9 Rain;all .. ~ nil nil 1938. 1937. Rainfall to date .. 1.03 in 1.52 in Observations taken up to 1 a.m. on January 20, at “The Press” Office:— 9p,m,1.a.m. Barometer .. ~ SOTO 30.10 Steady. Thermometer .. ... 59 57 Rainfall for 24 hours ended 1 a.m. .. nil Rainfall for January. 1938 .88in Rainfall for Jan., 1937 1.39 in Rainfall for Jan., 1936 .16in SUNSHINE (Magnetic Observatory records) hr. min. festerday morning .. 2 30 Yesterday afternoon ..4 20 Total .. .. 6 50 1935. 1936. 1937. 1938. hj. m. hj. m. hj. m. hj. m. Jan- .. 213 48 * 190 36 230 36 *ll9 40 Totals 213 48 190 36 230 36 *ll9 40 •To January 19. IN OTHER PLACES Auckland—Cloudy but fine weather, with a moderate to fresh south-south-west wind, was experienced during the day. The maximum temperature was 78 degrees. The barometer showed a falling tendency, and the reading at 5 Pm. was 30.04 inches. Wellington—Yesterday morning was dull and threatening. Light rain fell about, 11.30 a.m., but the sun came out m the afternoon. A light southerly wind prevailed. The minimum temperature on Tuesday night was 55.5 “agrees, and the maximum yesterday 63,5 degrees. At 3.30 p.m. the barometer read 30.06 inches. Dunedin—There was intermittent sunshine yesterday and a slight southwesterly breeze. The maximum temammture was 67 degrees, and the barometer fell from 30.20 inches to 30.10 inches. | OFFICIAL REPORTS Station. Wind. Weather. Bar. Ther. Nurfolk Island, N.E.. light. overcast, moderate „ swell . . 30.00 75 wape Maria van Diemen. S -W„ light, fairly . clear, calm sea . . 30.09 79 Auckland, S., moderate, n overedst .. 30.05 74 Wat Cape, S.. gentle, overp. cast, slight swell . . 30.00 69 wsborne, S.E., moderate, fairly clear, slight swell . . 30.02 70 Chateau , Tongariro. W„ r , h igh w pe Egmont, S., gentle, fairly clear. slight v swell 30.04 71 “Pier, E.N.E.. moderate, fairly clear, moderate . ) swell .. 29,93 71 ii' an ganui, s.. moderate, ffl blue sky, moderate V, Swell ~ . . 30.07 76 f arew«;ii Spit. N.N.W., “ght, blue sky, modcrate swell 30.13 66 &te Phen Island, S.E.. moderate, hazy, moderate W .swell . . 30.09 59 We hmgton, S.S.E.. light. „ blue sky, mod. swell 30.07 64 Campbell. S.E., gentle, overcast, slight w »well .. . . 30.06 63 “stport, S.W., moderate, fairly clear, slight • .. 30.08 65 Weymouth, S.W.. light, fairly clear, moderate swell .. 30.07 72 Aka f. 0 a . ■ use. W„ ' bght.' overcast, slight j,;, swell .. .. 30.07 62 '“figet Point, S.W., fresh, slight swell .. 30.05 67 W.S.W., fresh, overrough sea .. 30.06 62 Point, N.W., gentle, cloudy, slight CfJWell . 30.16 60 'mthain Islands, S.W.. , '!~°ng, overcast, rough Sy^' •• 29.68 64 fiobia* m' 1 S entle - Cloudy 29.97 77 , N - moderate, fairY clear . 29.86 85