WEATHER REPORT

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22371, 7 April 1938, Page 17

WEATHER REPORT

1 OFFICIAL FORECASTS [THE PRESS Special Service,j WELLINGTON, April 6. 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 north-east to • northerly winds, turning during Thursday morning to south-west-erlies. Weather for the most part fair to cloudy, and mild; but some scattered and mainly light rains probable. Seas slight to moderate. WEST COAST The forecast for the West Coast of the South Island is:— Moderate to fresh north-east to northerly winds, turning later to south-easterlies. Weather cloudy, warm, and humid, with occasional rain. Some scattered heavy falls probable. Seas slight to moderate. DOMINION The Dominion forecast is:— Weather mainly cloudy to overcast, and humid, with scattered rains in most districts; but more especially northern and western! temperatures still mild to warm. An anti-cyclone is now centred east of New Zealand. A depression is still located over the North Tasman Sea, near Lord Howe Island, while a shallow westerly disturbance is approaching across the • south Tasman. Winds —North-east to northerly, light to moderate generally; but freshening about and south of Cook Strait. Seas (New Zealand waters)— Moderate to rather rough north of East Cape; elsewhere slight to moderate; but rising later in the Cook and Foveaux Strait areas. Eastern Tasman Sea—Light to moderate, but freshening north-east to northerly winds, turning to southerlies or south-easterlies later in the southern portion. Seas moderate mainly, but rough in parts of the central and northern portions. CHRISTCHURCH WfeATHER The weather in Christchurch yesterday was dull with intervals of sunshine. There was a fresh breeze from the north-east. The maximum temperature during the day was 62.2 degrees. At 1 o’clock this morning the sky was cloudy and a strong northeast breeze was blowing. The tem- . perature was 60 degrees. The barometer, falling, registered SO.lOin. Meteorological observations taken at the Magnetic Observatory, Christchurch, on April 6:— 9 a.m. 5 p.m. Barometer .. .. 30.337 30.199 Falling. Falling. Thermometer — Dry bulb .. . .. 60.5 61.1 , Wet bulb .. .. 57.6 57.7 Max. pj-ev. 24 hours 71.9 Min. prev. 24 hours 57.1 Max. in sun .. 127 109 Min. on grass .. 52.0 Max. during day .. Humidity per cent. .. 83 80 Wind .. .. N.N.E., E.N.E., fr. br. v. st. Cloud 1 (0-10) ~ ..9 5 Rain .. .. O.Olin nil 1938 1937. Rainfall to date .. 6.00 in. 6.66 in. Observations taken up to 1 a.m. on April 7 at “The Press” Office:— 9 p.m. 1 a.m. Barometer , ~ .. 30.11 30.10 Falling. Thermometer .. .. 60 60 Rainfall for 24 hours ' ended 1 am. . .. Nil Rainfall for April, 1938 ,53in Rainfall for April, 1937- .36in Rainfall for April, 1935 .06in V SUNSHINE (Magnetic Observatory records.) hj. * m. Yesterday morning .. 0 15 Yesterday afternoon ..4 5 Total .. ..4 20 1935. 1936. 1937. 1938. hj. m. hj. m. hj. m. hj. m. fan. .. 213 43 190 36 230 36 192 15 Feb. ~ 156 6 132 48 199 18 149 SO March .. 151 56 144 51 91 31 *145 25 Totals 521 50 568 15 527 24 *490 5 V "To April 8. ' IN OTHER PLACES .i i. ii Auckland—Fine but dull weather, with a moderate wind from the north, was experienced during the day. The maximum temperature was 78 degrees. The barometer was high and fairly steady, the 5 p.m. reading being 30.39 Inches. Wellington—After thick weather with drizzling rain, during Tuesday night, it began to clear about 8.30 a.m., and thereafter 4he day was cloudy, but fine and mild, with a light to moderate south-south-easterly breeze. The minimum temperature on Tuesday night was 56.5 degrees, and the maximum yesterday 71.8 degrees. At 3.30 p.m. the barometer read 30.236 Inches. Dunedin—The weather yesterday was fine and warm, though a fresh north-east breeze in the afternoon caused a sharp drop in temperatures. The sun shone throughout the morning, but the sky became overcast later, and the barometer fell from 30.38 inches to 30.18 inches. > OFFICIAL REPORTS Station. Wind. Weather. Bar. Ther. Norfolk Island, N.N.E., fresh, overcast, rough _ sea .. .. 29.89 74 Cape Maria van Diemen, N.E., gentle, overcast, smooth sea .. 30.16 74 Auckland. N.E., gentle, _ cloudy .. .. 30.24 75 East Cape, N.W., gentle, fairly clear, moderate swell .. .. 30.26 73 Gisborne, S.E., gentle, overcast, smooth sea .. 30.29 69 Chateau Tongariro, N.W., gentle, showery .. Cape Egmont, N., gentle, overcast, moderate „ swell .. .. 30.21 73 Napier, N.E., light, overcast, smooth sea .. 30.27 74 Wanganui, S., light, over- _ cast, slight swell .. 30.24 71 Farewell Spit, E.N.E.. moderate, overcast, moderate swell .. 30.28 66 Stephen Island, S.E., fresh, cloudy, slight swell 30,27 62 Wellington, calm, overcast, _ slight swell .. 30.24 66 Cape Campbell, S„ light, overcast, slight swell 30.24 64 Westport. W„ gentle, _ cloudy, slight swell .. 30.18 68 Greymouth, N.N.W., light, overcast,' moderate Al swell ... .. 30.22 70 Akaroa Lighthouse, W„ moderate, fairly clear, _ T moderate swell .. 30.19 62 Nugget Point, N.E., gentle, fairly clear, moderate swell .. 30.10 60 ■Bluff, calm, fairly clear, smooth sea .. 30.01 61 Puysegur Point, N.W., strong, cloudy, rough ?ea .. .. 30.05 63 Chatham ' Islands, E.S.E., strong, cloudy, modcrate swell .. 30.30 63 Sydney. S„ gentle, blue tj , sky .. .. 30.06 75 Hobart, N., gentle, blue s «y , .. 29.94 68

SUN, MOON, TIDES SUMMER TIME Sun—To-day: Rises, 6.52 a.m.; sets, 6.12 p.m. To-morrow; Rises, 6.53 a.m.; sets, 6.11 p.m. Phases of Moon for April New moon, April 1, 6.22 a.m.' 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, 9.55 a.m. and 10.22 p.m.; to-morrow, 10.50 a.m. and 11.16 p.m.