WEATHER REPORT

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22465, 28 July 1938, Page 17

WEATHER REPORT

I ♦ OFFICIAL FORECASTS [THE PRESS Special Service.] WELLINGTON. July 27. 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 lime of issue, is as follows: Lisht to fresh east to north-east winds prevailing, but later tending to southerly and increasing. Weather dull and misty, with Intermittent rain. Some snow on the ranges. Temperatures cold. Seas moderate to rather rough. WEST COAST The forecast for the West Coast of the South Island is:— Light to fresh east to north-east winds, later tending more southerly. Weather cloudy to overcast, with intermittent rain. Some snow on the ranges. Improving later. Seas slight to moderate. DOMINION The Dominion forecast is:— ' . Weather cloudy to overcast, and In places misty or foggy. Fairly general rain probable, with some 'heavy falls In the central provinces. Snow on the ranges. Temperatures becoming colder. An extensive and rather deep depression is centred west of the Auckland peninsula. An anti-cy-clone of alight intensity covers eastern Australia. • Winds —South-east to north-cast prevailing, light to moderate mainly, but » strong in some exposed positions; later winds backing to west and south-west in the far north, and elsewhere turning to south-east or southerly and freshening. Seas (New Zealand waters)— Light to moderate south of Farewell Spit; elsewhere mainly rather rough to rough. ' Eastern Tasman Sea—Moderate to strong south-east to southerly winds and rough seas. CHRISTCHURCH WEATHER Rain, which began on Tuesday night, fell steadily in Christchurch all day yesterday. The weather was still wet last night, although the rain was not so heavy as during the day. A light south-westerly wind blew in the afternoon. The maximum temperature during, the day was 44.6 degrees. At 1 o’clock this morning rain . was falling and a light north-east breeze was blowing. The temperature was 4a degrees. The barometer was steady at 29.69 in. Meteorological observations taken at , fhe Magnetic Observatory, Christchurch, on July 27: 9 a.m. 3 p.m. Barometer .. .. 29.740 29.624 Falling Falling slowly, slowly. Thermometer— Dry bulb ~ .. 40.0 43.9 . Wet bulb .. .. 39.7 43.8 Max. prev. 24 hours 48.3 Min. prev. 24 hours 35.6 Max. in sun .. 74 48 Min. on grass .. 32.7 Max. during day .. Humidity per cent. ~ 97 99 Wind .. .. calm. S.W. v. It. Cloud (0-10) .. ..10 10 Rain .. .. 0.22 in 0.40 in 1938. 1937. Rainfall to date .. 21.54 in 14.67 in Observations taken up’ to I a.m. on July 28, at "The Press” Office:—. 9 p.m; 1 a.m. Barometer ... .. 29.69 29.60 Steady Thermometer .. 44 43 Rainfall for 24 hours ended at 1 a.m. .. l.lOin Rainfall for July. 1938 3.93 in Rainfall for July, 1937 .. 1.33 in Rainfall for July, 1936 .. 2.161 n SUNSHINE (Magnetic Observatory Records.) hj. m Yesterday morning .. 0 0 Yesterday afternoon .. 0 0 Total .. .. *0 0 1935. 1936. 1937. 1938. Jan. .. 213 48 190 36 230 36 192 15 Feb. .. 156 6 132 43 199 18 173 36 Mar. .. 163 0 192 54 121 0 135 50 April .. 132 24 125 54 157 12 75 35 May .. 121 36 150 36 135 6 183 6 June .. 72 6 122 12 92 54 111 12 July .. 118 12 126 54 153 36 *lO4 20 Total 977 52 1051 54 1095 42 *968 29 ♦To July 27. IN OTHER PLACES Auckland—Unsettled weather, with sunshine in the morning and rain in tne early afternoon, was experienced aunng the day. The wind was moderate generally, between north and. east, me maximum temperature was 59 defJ 65 ; The barometer continued to lau, the reading at 5 p.m. being 29.39 in. Wellington—The weather was dull and misty, with intermittent light rain, ana a light easterly breeze. The maximum temperature was 49.6 degrees. At 2&498 in k ar °meter reading was j.^aedin—The weather yesterday was “Jni but mild, with practically no wind. , perature reached a maximum or 49 degrees, and the barometer fell sharply to 29.77 in. OFFICIAL REPORTS

Chatham Islands, S.. fresh, overcast, moderate swell Sydney, S.W., light, cloudy Hobart, N., gentle, blue sky 29.80 48 29.89 61 29.88 54 SUN, MOON, TIDES Sun—To-day: Rises, 7.18 a.m.; sets, 4.54 p.m. To-morrow: Rises, 7.17 a.m.; sets, 4.55 p.m. Phases of Moon for July First quarter, July 5, 1.17 a.m. Full moon, July 13, 2.35 a.m. Last quarter, July 20, 11.49 p.m. New moon, July 27, 3.24 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—To-day, 4 a.m. and 4.31 p.m.; to-morrow, 5.2 a.m. and 5.34 p.m.

-Ration. Wind. Weather. Bar. Ther. Norfolk Island, W., light, fairly clear. very rough sea 29.59 65 La Maria Van Diemen, N-E., high, overcast. , rough sec Auckland, N.E., light, 29.32 61 ‘ raining *ast Cape. W.N.W., mod.. 29.40 60 fairly clear, moderate _ swell Gisborne, N.N.W.', gentle, 29.44 61 fairly clear, slight swell Chateau Tongariro. E., 29.40 61 strong overcast . Cape Egmont. S., light. cloudy, smooth sea .. 29.38 57 Napier. S.W*., mod., overcast, heavy sea Wanganui. S.S.E., light. 29.37 56 cloudy, smooth sea ., 29.44 54 farewell Spit, S.E.. fresh, overcast, rough sea Stephen Island. S.S.E., 29.47 49 fresh, overcast, mod. u swe11 v Wellington, S„ gentle. 29.49 49 " _ overcast, slight swell 29.50 48 Cape Campbell, S„ gentle. fining, rough swell Westport, E„ light, fairly 29.52 50 clear, n;od. swell 29.43 56 Weymouth. E., mod., over- ■ cast, mod, swell «*aroa Lighthouse, N.E„ 29.44 54 strong, raining, mod. swell 29.64 48 Nugget Point, N„ light, overcast, slight swell 29.63 45 Sluff, 6., light, fairly clear, smooth sea. .. 29.66 45 Puysegur Point, S.E., fresh, fairly clear. ■aoderate swell 29.65 46