WEATHER REPORT

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23915, 6 April 1943, Page 4

WEATHER REPORT

OFFICIAL FORECASTS (P.S.S.) WELLINGTON. April 5. 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 •s follows; Moderate to fresh northerly to north-westerly winds; weather fair to fine and milder. WEST COAST The forecast for the West Coast of the South Island is as follows; Moderate to fresh westerly winds, becoming strong at times in the south, fair In the north, cloudy elsewhere, with some scattered rain about the sounds district.

CHRISTCHURCH WEATHER The day in Christchurch was fine yesterday morning, but overcast in the afternoon. with a cold wind from the northcast. At 1 o’clock this morning the sky was clear, there was a light wind from the north-east, and the barometer was steady at 30.25 inches (1024.4 millibars). Meteorological observations taken at the Magnetic Observatory. Christchurch, on April s: 9 a.m, 3 p.m. Barometer (Inches) .. 30.135 30.129 (millibars) .. 1020.5 1020 3 Rising Almost slowly, steady. ThermometerDry bulb .. .. 51.2 57.0 Wet bulb .. .. 48.6 52.2 Maximum prev. 24 hours 61,2 Minimum prev. 24 hours 42.S Minimum on grass .. 35.4 Maximum during day .. Humidity, per cent. ..83 70 Wind N.W.. E.N.E.. v. light, light. Cloud (0-10) .. ..2 8 Rain .. Olin nil 1943. 1942. Rainfall to date .. 7.35 in 5.46 in Observations taken up to 1 a.m. to-day at “The Press” Office:— ' 9 p.m. 1 a.m. Barometer (millibars) .. 1023.7 1024.4 (inches) .. 30,23 30.25 Steady. Rainfall for 24 hours ended at 1 a.m. .. .. nil SUNSHINE hj. m. Yesterday .. .. 7 48 1940. 1941. 1942. 1943. hj. m. hj. m. hj. m. hj. m. Jan. .. 202 10 247 35 138 59 197 47 Feb. .. 221 15 222 42 144 13 187 21 Mar .. 224 25 171 30 154 35 209 49 April .. 137 40 156 20 183 0 *2B 3 *To April 5. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES (Summer Time) Sun—To-day: Rises, 6.50 a.m.; sets, 6.15 p.m. To-morrow: Rises, 8.51 a.m.; sets, 6.13 p.m. High water at Lyttelton—To-day, 5.9 a.m. and 5,40 p.m.; to-morrow, 6.7 a.m. and 8.40 p.m. Phases of Moon for April New moon, April 5, 9.53 a.m. First quarter, April 13, 3.4 a.m. Full moon, April 20, 11.11 p.m. Last quarter, April 27, 7,51 p.m.