WEATHER REPORT
OFFICIAL FORECASTS ’’ “The Press" Special Service WELLINGTON, February 23. 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: Situation: an anti-cyclone, centred east of Canterbury, covers the Dominion. Forecast to 5 p.m.: northeasterly winds, freshening at times near the coast; weather fair to one and mild. WEST COAST The forecast for the West Coast of the South’lsland is:— Light to moderate and variable winds; weather, fair to cloudy and mild.
CHRISTCHURCH WEATHER .The weather In Christchurch yesterday Was fine and sunny, with a moderate jjorth-easterly wind. At'l o’clock this morning the sky was partly overcast, and there was a light easterly wind. The barometer, at 30.251n (1024.4 millibars), was steady. Meteorological observations taken at the Magnetic Observatory, Christchurch, on Sunday, February 25, 1945; • * 9 a.m. Barometer (inches) .. .. 30.231 (millibars) .. 1023.7 Steady. , ThermometerDry bulb .. .. 62.3 "Wet bulb .. 57,5 , Maximum prev. 24 hours .. 66.6 Minimum prev. 24 hours .. 54.3 Minimum on grass .. .. 47.5 Humidity, per cent .. ..73 Wind N.fi„ light Cloud (0-10) .. .. .. S Bain ' .. nil. 1845. 1944. Bainlall to date .. .. 7.191n 3.721n Observations taken up to 1 a.m. to-day at '-‘The Press" Office:— 9 p.m. 1 a.m. Barometer (inches) 30.25 30.20 (millibars) .. 1024.4 1024.4 Steady Bainlall for 48 hours ended . 1 a.m. .. .. nil.
SUN. MOON, AND TIDES Sun—To-day; Rises, 6.3 a.m.; sets, 7.22 ■ p.m. To-morrow: Rises 6.4 a.m.; sets, 7.20 -. : p.m. High water at Lyttelton.—To-«jay, 3.48 a.m. and 4.12 p.m.; to-morrow, 4.36 i a.m. and 5 p.m. Phases of Moon New moon, February 13, 5.33 a.m. First quarter, February, 19, 10.38 p.m. Full moon, February 23, 12.7 a.m.
. a a.in. «. . ' SUNSHINE h. uu. m. Saturday . 4 54 Yesterday . 11 36 1942. 1943. 1944. 1943. h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. Jan. ' .. 133 58 197 47 244 45 181 64 Feb. .. 144 13 187 21 169 44 ♦123 24 ♦To February 25.
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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24501, 26 February 1945, Page 4
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