WEATHER REPORT
OFFICIAL FORECASTS " The Press ” Special Service WELLINGTON, March 4. The weather forecast for Canterbury. Issued at 9 p.m. by the Meteorological Office, Wellington, and dealing with the 20 hours following the time of issue, is as follows: Situation: a depression east of the Chathams is moving away. An anticyclone covers the Tasman Sea. Forecast to 5 p.m.: moderate to fresh southerly winds. Weather cloudy and ccol. with some showers about and north of Banks Peninsula. WEST COAST The forecast for the West Coast of the South Island is:— Moderate variable winds. Weather fair and mild. CHRISTCHURCH WEATHER The weather in Christchurch yesterday was cold and overcast with occasional rain. The maximum temperature during the day was 55.3 degrees. There was a fresh south-westerly wind. At 1 o’clock this morning the sky was overcast and the wind was a light south-westerly. The barometer at 30.12 inches (1020.0 millibars) was steady. Meteorological observations taken at the Magnetic Observatory, Christchurch, on Monday. March 4:—
•To March 4. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—To-day: Rises, 6.10 a.m.; sets, 7.11 pjn. To-morrow: Rises, 6.13 a.m.; sets. 7.9 p.m. High water at Lyttelton.—To-day, 5.26 a.m. and 5.54 p.m.; to-morrow, 6.21 a.m and 6.52 p.m. Phases of the Moon New mcon, March 4, 6 a.m. First quarter, March 11. 12.3 a.m. Full moon, March 18. 7.11 am. Last quarter, March 26. 10.37 a.m.
Barometer (inches) (millibars) 9 a.m. 3 p.m. . 30.161 30.173 . 1021 3 1021.8 Thermometer— Dry bulb 49.6 55.0 , Wet bulb 47.0 48.4 Maximum prev. 24 hours 58.0 Minimum prev. 24 hours 44.7 __ Minimum on grass 39.5 Maximum during day 55.3 Humidity, per cent. 81 59 Wind S.W. S.W. yy) nvl fr. Cloud (0-10) 9 6 Rain .. ,. .14in .06in Bainfall to date .. 2.71 in 7.41in Observations taken at 1 a.m. to-dav at *The Press" Office:— 9 p.m. . 30.10 1 a.m. 30.12 Barometer (inches) (millibars) . 1019.3 1020.0 Bainfall for 24 hours ending Steady 1 a.m. -18in SUNSHINE Yesterday .. 3 "e 1943. 1944. 1945. 1946. h. m. h. m. h. m. Jan. .. 194 47 224 45 181 54 251 32 Feb. .. 187 21 169 44 143 12 223 16 March .. 209 40 163 20 267 50 •4 29
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24816, 5 March 1946, Page 4
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361WEATHER REPORT Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24816, 5 March 1946, Page 4
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