WEATHER REPORT

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 24027, 16 August 1943, Page 4

WEATHER REPORT

# OFFICIAL FORECASTS " The Press ” Special Service WELLINGTON. August 15. 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 as follows: Moderate to fresh south-easterly to easterly winds. Weather fair to fine. Temperatures cool. WEST COAST The forecast for the West Coast of the South Island is:— Moderate to fresh south-westerly winds at first, soon becoming variable again. Weather lair, apart from an isolated shower or two at first. Temperatures cold. CHRISTCHURCH WEATHER The weather In Cllrlstchurch during the week-end was fine and sunny. Yesterday morning a frost of 11 degrees was registered. At 1 o’clock this morning there was a south-west breeze blowing, and the sky was overcast. The barometer, at 30in (1015.9 millibars) was rising. Meteorological observations taken at the Magnetic Observatory, Christchurch, on Sunday, August 15:— 9 a.m. Barometer (inches) .. .. 29.852 (millibars .. .. 1010.9 Almost steady. ThermometerDry bulb 33.2 Wet bulb 32.6 Maximum previous 24 hours ... 46.0 Minimum previous 24 hours .. 28.0 Minimum on grass .. .. 21.0 Humidity, per cent. ..93 Wind S.W., v. light. Cloud (0-10) 0 Rain .. .. .. .. nil 1943. 1942 Rainfall to date .. .. 16.37 in 17.921n SUNSHINE •

j, nug uoi iu> ' Observations taken up to 1 a.m. to-day at “The Press" Office;— 9 p.m. 1 a.m. Barometer (millibars) .. 1012.5 1015.9 (Inches) .. 29.9 30.0 Rainfall for 48 hours ended gt 1 a.m. .. ... nil SUN. MOON, AND TIDES (Summer Time.) Sun—To-day: Elses, 7.24 a.m.; sets, 5.44 p.m. To-morrow: Rises, 7.23 a.m.; sets. 5.45 p.m. High water at. Lyttelton—To-day. 3.56 a.m. and 4.27 p.m.; to-morrow, 4.55 a.m. and 5.27 p.m. Phases of Moop for -August First quarter, August 9. 3.38- p.m.- - Full moon. August 16, 7.34 a.m. Last quarter, August 23, 4.4 a.m. New moon. August 31. 7.59 a m.

oy h. m. Saturday .. .8 0 Yesterday .. 8 6 , 1940. 1941. 1942. 1943. h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. J an. .. 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 0 190 28 May 119 12 160 30 «7 0 122 31 June 136 0 117 0 119 55 115 30 July 132 20 126 30 115 30 132 40 Aug. .. 141 0 89 36 175 5 ♦47 30 •To August 15.