WEATHER REPORT

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22370, 6 April 1938, Page 15

WEATHER REPORT

OFFICIAL FORECASTS (THE PRESS Special Service.] WELLINGTON, April 5. The weather forecast for Canterbury and Marlborough, issued at 5 p.m. by the Meteorological Office, Wellington, and dealing with the 24 hours following the time of issue, is as follows: Light to fresh winds, with southeast to north-east predominating. Weather cloudy, humid, and mild, with some scattered light rains and in places fog. Seas, slight to moderate. WEST COAST The forecast for the’ West Coast oft the South Island is:— Light to moderate north-easterly winds prevailing. Weather mainly fair to cloudy, and humid, but with scattered rains. Temperatures mild to warm. Seas, slight to moderate.

DOMINION The Dominion forecast is:—

Weather mainly cloudy to overcast and humid. Scattered rains still probable, and becoming more widespread, light to moderate in most cases, but with some heavy local falls. Temperatures mild to warm. Some morning fogs. Pressure is high from smith-eastern Australia across the south Tasman Sea to beyond New Zealand. A depression is, however, located over the north-west Tasman Sea near Norfolk Island, while a slight disturbance has been crossing the South Island.

Winds—North-easterlies prevailing over most of the North Island, but south-easterlies or southerlies about and south of Cook Strait, force light to moderate, but freshening somewhat, especially in the Cook Strait area. Seas (New Zealand waters)— Rather rough north of East Cape, elsewhere slight to moderate: but later rising in ihe Cook Strait area.

Eastern , Tasman Sea—Winds between south-east and north-east, moderate to strong in the northern and central portions, with rather rough to rough seas. Elsewhere, light to moderate, with moderate seas. CHRISTCHURCH WEATHER

SUN, , MOON, TIDES SUMMER TIME ; Sun—To-day: Rises, 6.50 a.m.; sets, 6.14 p.m. To-morrow: Rises, 6.52 a.m.; sets, 6.12 Pim,. • , Phases of Moon for April ■ New moon, April 1, 6.22 a.rpf First quarter, April 8, 2.40 a.m. Full moon, April 15, 5.51 a.m. Last quarter, April 23, 7.44 a.m. New moon, April 30, 4.58 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—To-day, 9 a.m. and 9.30 p.m.; to-morrov* 9.55 aon. and 10,22. pjxt ,

The weather in Christchurch yesterday was warm, with intervals of dullness. After an early morning's shower the weather improved, the > maximum temperature during the day, 71.9 degrees, being the highest recorded in the city for nearly a fortnight. At 1 o'clock this morning the sky was cloudy and ther e was no wind. The temperature was 57 degrees..The barometer was steady at 30.39 inches. Meteorological observations taken at the Magnetic Observatory, Christchurch on April 5: — 9 a.m. 5 p.m. Barometer .. ». 30.174 30.218 Rising Rising Thermometer — Dry bulb .. .. 62.0 62.6 Wet bulb .. .. 59.2 . 60.1 Max. prev. 24 hours 62.0 — Min. prev. 24 hours 55.1 — Max. in sun .. 94 — Min. on grass .. 48.8 — Max. during day .. — 71.9 Humidity per cent. ..84 85 Wind .. .. Calm. S.W., It. Cloud (0-10) .. .. 8 10 Rain i. .. 0.03m. 0.01m. 1938. 1937. RainfalL. to date, . ... 5.9?in. 6.66in. Observations taken up to 1 a.m. on April 6 at "The Press" Office:— 9 p.m. 1 a.m. Barometer 30.39 30.39 steady Thermometer 58 57 Rainfall for 24 hours ended 1 a.m. .02in Rainfall for April, 1938 .53in Rainfall for April, 1937 .36in Rainfall for April, 1936 .06in SUNSHINE (Magnetic Observatory records.) Yesterday morning ' .. 3 30 Yesterday afternoon 1 10 Total 4 40 1935. 1936. laoi. 1900. h. m.' h. m. h. m. h. m. Jan. .. 213 48 190 36 230 36 192 15 Feb. .. 156 6 132 48 199 18 149 50 March .. 151 56 144 51 91 31 *141 5 Totals 521 50 568 15 527 24 *485 45 •To April 5. IN OTHER PLACES Auckland —The weather was dull in the morning and after light showers in the early afternoon heavy rain set in. The wind was moderate from the north-north-east and the maximum temperature was 78 degrees. The barometer was steady, with a 5 p.m. reading of 30.20 inches. Wellington—Yesterday was cloudy and warm, with a light to moderate northerly breeze. In the late afternoon a light shower fell. The mmimum temperature on Monday night was 54.0 degrees and yes terday 71.1 degrees. At 3.30 p.m. the barometer registered 30.160 inches. Dunedin—The weather yesterday was fine, though the sky was overcast The temperature reached a maximum of 67 degrees. There was a slight breeze from the north-east and the barometer rose steadily throughout the day to 30.40 inches. OFFICIAL REPORTS Station. Wind. Weather. Bar. Ther. Norfolk Island, N.N.E., moderate, raining 29.80 75 Cape Maria van Diemen, N.N.E., gentle, fairly clear, slight swell 30.12 78 Auckland, N.E., gentle, raining 30.16 — East Cape, N., moderate, overcast, mod. swell 30.26 71 Gisborne, N.E., light, overcast, smooth sea 30.23 74 Chateau Tongariro, E. t light, fairly clear ... — — Cape Egmont, N., mod., blue sky, moderate swell 30.15 — Napier, N:N.W., ' light, fairly clear, smooth sea 30.19 73 Wanganui,' calm, calm sea 30.21 80 Farewell Spit, N., light, fairly clear, moderate swell 30.23 69 Stephen • Island, calm,. cloudy, smooth sea .. 30.21 68 Wellington, N.W., light, raining, slight swell .. 30.16 69 Cape Campbell, S., mod.. overcast, slight swell 30.15 62 Westport, W.N.W., light, fairly clear, moderate swell .. 30.16 70. Greymouth,"N., light, fairly c 1 e a r, considerable swell 30.20 71 Akaroa Lighthouse, S.W., light, overcast, slight swell 30.19 62 Nugget Point, ' W.S.W., ■ strong, cloudy, moderate swell 30.22 56 Bluff. S., gentle, overcast, slight swell 30.21 58 Puysegur Point, S., light, overcast, slight swell 30.27 58 Chatham Islands, N.W., fresh,, cloudy, moderate swell 30.18 69 Hobart, N., light, fairly clear 30.21 68