WEATHER REPORT

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22590, 21 December 1938, Page 19

WEATHER REPORT

OFFICIAL FORECASTS

[THE PRESS Special Service.]

WELLINGTON, December 20. 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:

Strong but decreasing southerly to south-westerly winds. Weather cold and showery, with possibly hail in places, but improving. Seas moderate to rather rough.

WEST COAST The forecast for the West Coast of the South Island is:—

Moderate to strong south-west-erly winds. Weather cool and changeable, with scattered showers, but improving. Seas rather rough.

DOMINION The forecast for the Dominion is:—

Cloudy to overcast with rain at times, in most districts. Some heavy falls probable about Cook Strait. Thunder and hail in places. Temperatures cold, improving tomorrow from the west. A rather deep depression is now passing eastward off the Dominion. An anti-cyclone of slight intensity covers south-eastern Australia and is moving on to the western Tasman Sea

Winds—North-westerly to westerly at first over the northern and northeastern portion of the North Island, but otherwise south-westerlies to southerlies prevailing. Force, moderate to strong and rising in places to gale. Seas (New Zealand waters)— Becoming rather rough to rough generally. Eastern Tasman Sea—Moderate to strong southerly winds, and rough seas, but conditions later moderating.

CHRISTCHURCH WEATHER

Yesterday was heavily overcast and showery in Christchurch. with a heavy fall of rain in the morning. The morning was calm, and there was a light south-west wind in the afternoon. Temperatures were cold, the maximum for the day being 53.1 degrees.

At 1 o'clock this morning there was no wind and the sky was cloudy. The temperature was 49 degrees and the barometer was steady at 29.66 Inches.

Meteorological observations taken at the Magnetic Observatory, Christchurch, on December 20:— 9 a.m. 5 p.m. Barometer .. .. 29.415 29.452 steady, rising slowly. Thermometer— Dry bulb 52.7 52.2 Wet bulb .. .. 50.3 48.0 Max. prev. 24 hours 61.6 Min. prev. 24 hours 49.0 Max. in sun .. 123 67 Min. on grass .. 38.3 Max. during day .. Humidity, per cent.' .. 84 75 Wind .. .. Calm S.S.W. light. Cloud (0-10) .. ..10 10 Rain .. .. 0.02 in 0.06 in 1938. 1937. Rainfall to date .. 31.82 in 23.68 in Observations taken up to 1 a.m. on December 21, at "The Press" Office:— 9 p.m. 1 a.m. Barometer .. .. 29.65 ,9.66 St-.idy. Thermometer .. .. 50 49 Rainfall for 24 hours ended 1 a.m. .. .. .24in Rainfall for December, 1938 f.4sin Rainfall for December, 1937 3.83 in Rainfall for December, 1936 2.08 in

IN OTHER PLACES

Auckland—Yesterday was fine but cloudy, with a fresh wind from the west, strong at times. The maximum temperature was 74 degrees. The barometer fell rapidly and the reading at 5 p.m. was 29.6 inches. Wellington—Yesterday was overcast, with rain in the morning. There was some improvement in the afternoon. There was a light breeze from the south. Temperatures were cool, the maximum being 55.1 degrees. At 3.30 p.m. the temperature *was 54.0 degrees and the barometer at 29.359 inches.

Dunedin—The weather yesterday was fine but dull, and the temperature did not rise above 56 degrees. The barometer fell to 29.52 inches, but rose slightly later.

OFFICIAL REPORTS

Station. Wind. Weather. Bar. Ther. Norfolk Island, calm, blue sky, smooth sea .. 29.99 78 Cape Maria van Diemen, W., strong, misty, rough sea .. 29.75 69 Auckland, W.S.W., strong, cloudy .. .. 29.58 68 East Cape, W., fresh, cloudy, rough sea . . 29.31 73 Gisborne, N.W., high, fair-

ly clear, slight 'Swell 29.29 44 Chateau Tongariro, W., high, overcast .. New Plymouth, W., gale, cloudy, rough sea .. 29.44 64 Napier, W.S.W., high, fairly clear, rough sea .. 29.26 70 Wanganui, W., gale, raining, consid. swell .. Farewell Spit, S.W., high, showery, mod. swell 29.30 59 Stephen Island, S.E., fresh, raining, mod. swell .. 29.37 49 Wellington, S„ moderate, showery, mod. swell 29.36 54 Cape Campbell, S.E., moderate, overcast, moderate swell .. 29.38 55 Westport, S.W., strong, cloudy, mod. swell .. 29.35 60 Greymouth, S., fresh, cloudy, mod. swell . . 29.38 62 Akaroa Lighthouse, S.W., light, drizzle, slight swell .. .. 29.46 54 Nugget Point, S.W., gentle, fairly clear, slight swell .. .. 29.51 55 Bluff, E., , light, cloudy, smooth sea .. 29.50 56 Puysegur Point, S.S.E., fresh, fairly clear, slight swell .. 29.50 58 Chatham Islands, W., light, overcast, mod. swell 29.26 53 Sydney, E., gentle, fairly clear .. 29.99 74 Hobart, S., light, fairly clear .. .. 30.00 63

SUN, MOON, TIDES

(Summer Time) Sun—To-day: Rises, 4.44 a.m.; sets, 8.10

p.m. To-morrow: Rises, 4.44 a.m.: sets, 841 p.m. Phases of Moon for December Full moon, December 7, 10.22 p.m. Last quarter, December 14, 1.17 p.m. New moon, December 22, 6.7 p.m. First quarter, December 30, 10.53 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—To-day, 3.53 a.m. and 4.11 p.m.; to-morrow, " 4.40 a.m. and 5.1 p.m.

SUNSHINE (Magnetic Observatory - Records) h. *" Yesterday morning .. o' b yesterday afternoon .. 0 0 Total .. 0 0 1935. 1936. 1937. 1938. Jan. .. 213 48 190 36 230 36 192 15 Feb. .. 156 6 132 48 199 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 15 98 54 111 12 July .. 118 12 126 54 153 36 109 48 Aug. .. 171 24 133 0 133 42 162 36 Sept. .. 174 42 192 24 130 18 152 42 Oct. .. 185 48 170 42 228 6 187 36 Nov. .. 164 24 162 24 , 222 24 167 36 Dec. .. 242 0 185 36 114 28 •147 15 Totals 1915 30 1886 0 1925 0 •1799 7 •To December 20.