WEATHER REPORT

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22592, 23 December 1938, Page 15

WEATHER REPORT

OFFICIAL FORECASTS

ITBB PRESS Special Service.] WELLINGTON, December 22. 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: —

Winds, light to fresh and rather variable, with south-westerlies predominating. A few isolated local showers probable, but weather for the most part fine, with rising temperatures. Seas moderate.

WEST COAST • The forecast for the West Coast of ;he South Island is;—

Light to moderate southerly winds. Weather fair to fine. Rising temperatures. Seas slight to moderate.

DOMINION The forecast for the Dominion is:—

Scattered local rains still probable, more especially from the Wellington Province southwards, with thunder and bail in places, but fair to fine practically generally to-morrow. Temperatures cool, but rising to-morrow. Pressure Is rising very slowly over New Zealand. An anti-cyclone is located over the western Tasman Sea, and is moving slowly eastward. A tropical cyclone is centred between Fiji and Tonga, and is moving south-east.

Winds —South-west to southerly, strong at first in some exposed positions over the North Island, but for the most part light to moderate. Seas (New Zealand waters)— Rather rough at first on the West Coast, but decreasing, and elsewhere slight to moderate.

Eastern Tasman Sea—Light to fresh south-west to southerly winds, and rather rough but moderating seas.

CHRISTCHURCH WEATHER

. Yesterday was cloudy in Christchurch with short periods of sunshine. There was a light south-westerly wind in the morning, veering to the north-east in the afternoon. Temperatures were cool, the maximum recorded being 61.2 degrees. At 1 o’clock this morning light rain w ms falling and there was no wind. The sky was overcast. The temperature was 47 degrees and the barometer was steady at 29.77 inches. Meteorological observations taken at the Magnetic Observatory, Christchurch, on December 22: 9 a.m. 5 p.m. Barometer .. .. 29.534 29.521 Almost Rising steady, slowly. Thermometer— Dry bulb .. .. 52.3 56.1 Wet bulb .. .. 49.4 51.5 Max. prev, 24 hours 59.9 Min. prev. 24 hours 46.8 Max. in sun .. 83 130 Min. on grass .. 37.9 Max. during day .. Humidity, per cent. .. 80 71 Wind .. S.W. N.N.E. It. mod. Cloud (0-10) ..8 9 Rain .. ... 0.41 0.03 ‘ 1938. 1937 Rainfall to date .. 32.29 in 23.68 in Observations taken up to 1 a.m. on December 23, at "The Press” Office: — 9 p.m. 1 a.m. Barometer .. .. 29.76 29.77 Steady. Thermometer .. .. 48 47 Rainfall for 24 hours ended 1 a.m. .. .. ,27in Rainfall for December, 1938 2.09 in Rainfall for December, 1937 3-83 in Rainfall for December, 1936 2.08 in SUNSHINE (Magnetic Observatory Records) hj, n. Yesterday morning .. 1 40 Yesterday afternoon .. 3 0

IN OTHER PLACES

Auckland—Yesterday was cloudy and fine, with a fresh wind from the south-west. The maximum temperature was 70 degrees. The barometer was fairly steady, the reading at 5 p.m. being 29.75 inches. Wellington—The weather was mainly fine, but threatening in the afternoon, with a few drops of rain at 2 o’clock, thunderstorms being visible in the distance. A light northerly breeze turned to southerly in the afternoon. The temperature was moderate. At 3.30 p.m. the temperature was 55.3 degrees and the barometer at 29.539 inches.

Dunedin —There was rain yesterday morning, but the weather improved later, and the sun shone in the late afternoon. The temperature reached a maximum of 65' degrees, and the barometer, after rising to 29.65 inches, was steady.

OFFICIAL REPORTS

Chatham Islands, E.S.E., gentle, showery, mod. swell .. 29.47 55 Sydney, E.N.E., mod., cloudy .. 30.00 73 Hobart, N., light, cloudy 29.86 67

SUN, MOON, TIDES

(Summer Time) Sun —To-day: Rises, 4.45 a.m.; sets, 8.11

p.m. To-morrow: Rises, 4.45 a.m.; sets, 8.12 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, 5.29 a.m. and 5.54 p.m.; to-morrow, 6.19 a.m. and 6.43 p.m.

Total .. 4 40 1939. 1936. 1937. 1938. Jan. . 213 48 190 36 230 36 192 15 Feb. . 156 6 132 48 199 IS 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 19 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 •155 25 : Totals 1915 30 1886 0 1925 0 *1807 17 •To December 22.

Station. Wind. Weather. Bar. Ther. Norfolk Island, E.S.E., gentle, cloudy, mod. swell 29.92 73 Cape Maria van Diemen, S.S.W., fresh, fairly clear, mod. swell 29.86 66 Auckland, W.S.W., mod., fairly clear East Cape, W., gentle, fairly clear, smooth sea 29.73 64 29.60 71 Gisborne, N.W., fresh, fairly clear, smooth sea 29.58 67 Chateau Tongariro, W., fresh, overcast _ Cape Egmont, W., fresh, fairly clear, rough sea 29.67 62 Napier, W.S.W., strong, cloudy, mod. swell .. 29.59 Wanganui, W., high, fairly clear, rough sea .29.59 64 Farewell Spit, W.S.W., strong, fairly clear, rough sea 29.56 58 Stephen Island, S.W., strong, fairly clear, rough sea 29.56 57 Wellington, S., light. 29.54 55 overcast, slight swell Cape Campbell, S., light, cloudy, slight swell 29.52 55 Westport, N.W., light, fairly clear, mod. swell 29.60 54 Greymouth, S.S.W., fresh, cloudy, mod. swell .. 29.59 57 Akaroa Lighthouse, N.E., mod., blue sky, slight swell 29.55 ' 54 Nugget Point, S.W., gentle. « fairly clear, slight swell 29.59 52 Bluff, S., light, overcast, smooth sea _ .. 29.62 55 Puysegur Point, S„ light, raining, slight swell .. 29.70 50