WEATHER REPORT

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23747, 19 September 1942, Page 4

WEATHER REPORT

OFFICIAL FORECASTS (P.S.S.) WELLINGTON. Sept. 18. The weather forecast for Canterbury, Issued at 5 p.m. by the Meteorological Office, Wellington, and dealing with the 24 hours following the time of issue. Is BS follows: Moderate to strong north-westerly to westerly winds. Occasional showers In the Alps. Weather (air to fine in the plains. Temperatures moderate to mild. WEST COAST The forecast for the West Coast of the Bouth Island is as follows: Fresh to strong winds from the westerly quarter. Weather changeable with passing showers. Temperatures moderate. CHRISTCHURCH WEATHER The day was warm in Christchurch yesterday with a maximum temperature of 72.7 degrees and a north-westerly wind. At 1 o’clock this morning the sky was cloudy and there was a light easterly breeze. The barometer at 29.81n (1009,1 millibars) was steady. Meteorological observations taken at the Magnetic Observatory, Christchurch, on September 18: 9 a.m. 3 p.m. Barometer (Inches) .. 29.288 20.368 (millibars) .. 991.7 994.4 Falling. Rising. ThermometerDry bulb .. .. 64.9 63.7 Wet bulb .. .. 55,1 56.2 Maximum prev. 24 hours 67.1 Minimum prey. 24 hours 53.3 Minimum on grass .. 46.2 Maximum during day .. Humidity, per cent. .. 50 59 Wind N.E., N.W., mod. high. Cloud (0-10) .. -.9 3 Rain .. •• •• trace. .Olin 1942. 1941. Rainfall to date .. .. 19.37 in 26.78 in Observations taken up to 1 a.m. to-day Bt "The Press” Office:— 9 p.m. la.m. Barometer (millibars) .. 1009.1 1009.1 (inches) .. 29.8 29.8 Steady. Rainfall for 24 hours ended 1 a.m. .. .. trace SUNSHINE hj. m. Yesterday .. .. 10 5 1939. 1940. 1941. 1942. hj. m. hj. m. hj. m. hj. m. Jan, .. 239 5 202 10 247 35 133 58 Feb. .. 192 6 221 15 222 42 144 13 Ma.'. .. 158 6 224 25 171 30 114 35 A aril .. 186 36 137 40 156 20 183 0 May .. 155 18 119 12 160 30 84 2 June .. 102 18 136 0 117 0 141 20 July .. 95 30 132 30 126 30 115 30 Aug. .. 117 0 141 0 89 36 175 5 Sept. .. 179 36 141 0 184 50 *107.9 •To September 18. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES (Summer Time) Sun—To-day: Rises, 6.28 a.m.; sets, 6.21 p.m. To-morrow; Rises, 6.24 a.m.; sets, 6.23 p.m. High water at Lyttelton—To-day, 11.25 a.m. and 11.56 p.m.; to-morrow, a.m. and 12.24 p.m. Phases of Moon for September New moon, September 11, 4.53 a.m. First quarter.- September 18, 4.36 a.m. Full moon, September 25, 2.34 a.m.