WEATHER REPORT

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22355, 19 March 1938, Page 18

WEATHER REPORT

OFFICIAL FORECASTS

[THE PRESS Special Service.]

WELLINGTON, March 18. The weather forecast for Canterbury and Marlborough, at 5 P-m by the Meteorological Office, Wellington, and dealing with the 24 hours foll?w----ing the time of issue, is as follows.

Winds light to moderate and variable, with southerlies in places at first, but north-easterlies or neither lies again setting m Saturday. Weather for the most part fair to cloudy, but _ with occasional showers or drizzlim, rain in many places. Temperatures still mild. Seas rather rough at times north of Kaikoura; elsewhere slight to moderate.

WEST COAST The forecast for the West Coast of the South Island is.-

Winds variable, with light to moderate northerlies predominating and later again freshening somewhat. Weather cloudy to overcast, with rain at times. Temperatures mild. Seas moderate.

DOMINION The Dominion forecast is:—

Weather changeable and with rain at times in most districts; scattered and for the most part light in eastern districts, but heavier and more general in western districts from Taranaki southwards. Temperatures still mild. The recent anti-cyclone is moving away eastward, and a very slight low pressure disturbance is now crossing the Dominion. Pressure remains rather low, however, over the Tasman.

Winds—Variable at first over the South Island, with southerlies m places, but northerlies to north-wester-lies generally predominating and later again freshening. ~ . , Seas (New Zealand waters)— Mainly slight to moderate, but rather rough to rough about Cook and Foveaux Straits at times. , Eas'orn Tasman Sea —Moderate to strong northerly winds prevailing, with moderate to rather rough seas.

CHRISTCHURCH WEATHER

After a short but fairly heavy fall of rain early yesterday morning, the day in Christchurch was fine. The weather was mild, the sky being • cloudy, with only a light wind and warm temperatures. The maximum temperature was 72.1 degrees.

At 1 o’clock this morning it was raining and a light south-westerly wind was blowing. The temperature was 60 degrees, and the barometer, at 30.22 inches, was rising steadily.

Meteorological observations taken at the Magnetic Observatory, Christchurch on March 18: 9 a.m. 5 p.m. Barometer . • .. 30.062 30.033 Almost Falling steady, slowly. Thermometer — Dry buVb .. ..60.4 72,1 Wet bulb .. .. 59.9 66.1 Max. prev. 24 hours 68.1 Min. prev. 24 hours 57.9 Max. in sun .. 115 121 Min. on ?rass .. 51.0 Max. during day .. Humidity per cent. .. 97 71 Wind . - • ■ E. E. v. It. v. It. Cloud (0-10) ~ •' ..10 6 Rain •• 0.13 in nil 1938. 1937. Rainfall to date ... 4.91 in 4.92 in Observations taken up to I a.m. on March 19, at “The Press” Office:— 9 p.m. 1 a.m. Barometer .. ~ 30.19 30.22 Rising steadily Thermometer .. .. 61 60 Rainfall for 24 hours ended 1 a.m. .. .12in Rainfall for March, 1938 ,56m Rainfall for March, 1937 .76in Rainfall for March. 1936 5.68 in SUNSHINE (Magnetic Observatory records.) H. M. Yesterday morning .. 1 30 Yesterday afternoon .. 2 25 Total .. • - 3 55 1935. 1936. 1937. 1938. hj. m. hj. m. hj. m. hj. m. Jan. .. 213 43 190 36 230 36 192 15 Feb. .. 156 6 132 48 199 18 149 50 March .. 151 56 144 51 97 31 *9l 5

Totals 521 50 468 15 527 25 *483 10 ♦To March 18.

IN OTHER PLACES

Auckland—The weather was fine but overcast, with a moderate to fresh northerly wind. The maximum tentperature was 77 degrees. The barometer was high and fairly steady, the 5 p.m. reading being 30.30 in.

Wellington—lt was overcast and raining in the morning, with a strong north-westerly wind, reaching gale force. In the afternoon there was a general improvement, with the sun shining at brief intervals. The minimum temperature on Thursday was 63.0 degrees, and the maximum yesterday 64.6. At .3.30 p.m. the barometer registered '30.174 inches. Dunedin —The weather yesterday was fine and warm, with a slight breeze from the south-east. The maximum temperature was 72 degrees. Late in the afternoon a heavy bank of fog appeared on the hills and quickly spread over the whole of the city. The barometer, after falling in the morning, rose sharply later and read 30.20 inches early last evening.*

OFFICIAL REPORTS

Station. Wind. Weather. Bar.Ther. Norfolk Island, E.N.E., gentle, fairly clear, slight swell • ■ • 30.09 78 Cape Maria van Diemen, N.E., light, fairly clear, smooth sea .. •. 30.22 79 Auckland, N., gentle, overcast -.-- 30.27 74 East Cape, N.W., moderate, hazy, moderate sea .. • • 30.31 72 Gisborne. N., light, overcast .. .. 30.29 74 Chateau Tongariro, 9hrs, moderate, fairly clear Cape Egmont, N., fresh, fairly clear, moderate sea .. •. 30.22 74 Napier, \T.N.W., light, fairly clear, smooth sea .. ... 30.21 79 Wanganui, N.W., light, overcast, smooth sea .. 30.24 73 Farewell Spit, N.W., moderate, raining, rough sea .. .. 30.20 66 Stephen Island, N.W., strong, raining, rough sea .. - - 30.20 64 Wellington, N.W., gentle, showery, moderate sea 30.17 65 Cape Campbell, N.W., gentle, overcast, slight swell .. 30.11 65 Westport, E., gentle, cloudy, rough sea .. 30.15 62 Greymouth, N.W., considerable swell, river moderate fresh .. 30.14 63 Akaroa Lighthouse, N.E., gentle, cloudy, slight swell .. -. 30.04 63 Nugget Point, E., light, overcast, slight swell 30.07 59 Bluff, S.E., light, hazy, slight swell .. 30.08 60

Puysegur Point, S.E., gentle, hazy, slight swell - - 30.10 61 Chatham Islands, WJM.W-, ( high, raining, rough I sea .. 30.09 61 f Sydney, E.S.E., light, fairly clear .. 29-86 78 Hobart, E.S.E., gentle. fairly clear .. 30.00 ® SUN, MOON, TIDES

SUMMER TIME Sun—To-day: Rises. 6.29 am.; sets. 6.48 P-m. To-morrow: Rises, 6JO am.; sets, 8-“ p.m. Phases of Moon for March New moon, March 2, 5.10 pm. First quarter, March 9. 8.5 pm. Full moon, March 16. 4.45 pm. Last quarter, March 24. 0.38 pm. High tide at Lyttelton—To-day, 8.41 a.m. and 7.14 p.m.; to-morrow, 7-38 a.m. and 8.10 p.m.