WEATHER REPORT

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22768, 21 July 1939, Page 17

WEATHER REPORT

OjfICIAL FORECASTS ; I ITHE PRESS Special Service.] / WELLINGTON, July 20. The weather forecast lor Canterbury ■ad Marlborough issued at 5 p.tn. by the Meteorological Office, Wellington, and dealing with the 24 hours following the time of issue, is as follows: Light to moderate north-weater- , lids predominating at first, but a change to south-westerlies probable on Friday night. Weather fine until the change, then becoming colder and showery. Seas slight.

WEST COAST The forecast for the West Coast of the South Island is:— Moderate northerly winds changing soon to south-westerly. Weather becoming cloudy to overcast and showery. Cold temperatures,, with come snow on the ranges. Seas moderate. DOMINION The forecast for the Dominion is:— A showers at first between Wellington and East Cape, conditions improving further and weather otherwise fair. Showers, however, accompanying south-westerly with hail or snow probft ,“* Pieces. Temperatures continuing cold. A weak anti-cyclone covers the Dominion, but a depression of a westerly type is ap--1 broaching across the South Tasman sM« to moderate and vari- * .?» with souther-westerly predomiSW In the North Island and northJ»«rly in the South Island, but a SjSJJpto fresh south-westerlies, probf*SMyjlvancing from the south, during IWday.. ®®* s (New Zealand waters): Rather wSr v ? rst about Cook Strait, otherslight to moderate, rising later far 50ut h. ahu 81 ? 1 Tasman Sea: Light and varianc* slight seas, but a s t ron g south-westerlies advanfng from the west. CHRISTCHURCH WEATHER we |ther in Christchurch yester- . ® an< t c °ld, with an overm the morning and sunshine afternoon. A light southan)f 4u y wind blew during the day, temperature was —At 1 o’clock this morning the gky ®»e»r and there was a modSSf* south-westerly wind. The *«m»erature was 34 degrees and g* barometer, at 29.91 Inches, was wwag slowly. observations taken at pu' ®*gneti c Observatory, ChristCftu *th, on July 20:—

IN OTHER PLACES Auckland: Conditions were fine but cloudy, with a light to moderate southwest wind. The maximum temperar ture was 51 degrees. The barometer was steady, with the reading at 5 p.m. 29.68 inches (1005 millibars). Wellington: Although an improvement on the previous day, the weather yesterday was overcast and cold, with occasional showers during the morning. There was a moderate southerly breeze. The maximum temperature was 43.7 degrees. At 3 p.m. the temperature was 42.4 degrees, and the barometer at 1008.3 millibars. Dunedin: There was a sharp frost yesterday morning, and temperatures were cold throughout the day, though there was practically no wind. The maximum temperature was 45 degrees. In the morning the sun shone through scattered clouds, but the sky was overcast in the afternoon. The barometer fell in the morning, but was steady later at 29 inches.

OFFICIAL REPORTS Station. Wind. Weather. Bar. Ther. Norfolk Island, S.S.W., light, fairly clear .. 101 a 63 Cape Maria van Diemen, W., mod., fairly clear, smooth sea . ■ 1009 56 Auckland, S.W., gentle, fairly clear, slight swell • • 1006 50 East Cape, S.S.W., mod., threatening, rough sea .. 1003 49 Gisborne, W.S.W.. gentle, overcast, slight swell 1005 46 Chateau Tongariro, E., mod., blue sky .. Cape Egmont, S.E., mod., fairly clear, moderate swell .. .. 1006 48 Napier, S.W., gentle, overcast, slight swell .. 1006 48 Wanganui, S.E., light, fairly clear, slight swell .. .. 1007 48 Stephen Island, S.E., mod., blue sky, slight swell 1008 45 Wellington, S.S.E.. mod., showery, rough sea .. 1008 42 Cape Campbell, S.E., fresh, fairly clear, rough sea 1008 45 Westport, N.N.E., gentle, fairly clear, slight swell .. . 1008 47 Greymouth, N.E., light, blue sky, smooth sea 1008 50 Chatham Islands. S.E., gentle, overcast, moderate swell .. 1003 47 Sydney, W.S.W., gentle, blue sky .. 1022 60 Hobart, N., gentle, fairly clear •• ~ 1015 51

SUN, MOON, TIDES Sun—To-day: Rises. 7;24 a.m.; sets, 4.47 • p.m. To-morrow: Rises. 7.23 a.m.; sets. 4.48 p.m. Phases of Moon for July Full moon, July 2, 3.46 a.m. Last quarter, July 10, 7.19 a.m. New moon, July 17. 8.33 a.m. First quarter. July 23, 11.4 p.m. Full moon, July 31, 6.7 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—To-day, 7.27 a.m. and 7.54 p.m.; to-morrow, 8.25 a.m. and 8.50 p.m.

9 a.m. 29.873 3 p.m. 29.819 Steady Falling %*mometer— slowly. gftbulb .. 37.0 42.0 JJet bulb %!?*• prev. 24 hours SFJ; prev. 24 hours {gUUmum on grass .. jgWft SSt :: 36.5 40.3 41.2 35.1 — 31.2 95 . S.W. 42.1 85 S.S.W. si. br. 3 0.15in nil fcaintall to data 1939. 13.14in 1938. 20.83in

Observations taken up to 1 a.m. on July 21, at “The Press” Office:9 p.m. 1 a.m. Barometer . . . 29.93 29.91 falling slowly Thermometer 36 34 Rainfall for 24 hours ended 1 a.m. .02 in Rainfall for July, 1939 6.27in Rainfall for July, 1938 2.55in Rainfall for July, 1937 1.33in SUNSHINE (Magnetic Observatory Records) Yesterday morning .. 0 20 Yesterday afternoon .. 2 0 Total .. 2 20 1936. 1937. 1938, 1939. h m. h. m. h. m. h. m Jan. .. 190 36 230 36 192 12 234 42 Feb. .. 132 48 199 18 148 48 185 36 March .. 192 54 121 0 146 54 158 6 April .. 125 54 May 150 36 157 12 80 24 186 36 135 6 183 6 155 18 June .. 122 12 93 54 111 12 102 18 July .. 126 54 153 36 109 48 •45 15 Total 1041 54 1095 42 972 24 •1067 51 •To July 20.