LEATHER REPORT

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26396, 14 April 1951, Page 6

LEATHER REPORT

' OFFICIAL FORECASTS "The Press" Special Service WELLINGTON, April 13. -Y The weather forecast for Canterbury Issued at 9 p.m. by the Meteorological Office, Wellington, and dealing with the 27 hours after the time of issue, is:— There Is a high pressure ridge over New Zealand: A depression covers the ■- -oouth Tasman, forecast: north to " north-east winds, fresh on theacoari, light or moderate elsewhere. Patches of coastal mist and drisrle. Weather E'tinly fair elsewhere. Temperatures moderate, but rising inland. Outlook for Sunday: mainly fair. *' WEST COAST The forecast for the West Coast of the South Island is:— Moderate northerly winds, slowly -> freshening. Weather cloudy, with ■ scattered rain developing in the ■south. Temperatures mild. Cutook tor Sunday: occasional rain. CHRISTCHURCH WEATHER The weather in Christchurch yesterday was fine bift cold, with -moderate northeast winds. The maximum temperature was Sift degrees. At midnight the sky was cloudy and there was a light north-east wind. Th* tempera ture '.vas 5S degrees, and the barometer, at 2X971 inches 7(13143 millibars), was falling uni wtaarifly Rainfall for *4 hours ended 1 a.m. .. trace Meteorological observations taken at the Geophysical Observatory, Christchurch, on

SOM, MOON, AND TIDES .' Bun—To-day: Rises, 639 a.m.; sets, 6.11 *.. pun. • “ To-morrow: Rises, 7.1 a.m.; sets, 539 *" pjn. r High water at Lyttelton—To-day, 1034 ajn. and 1033 pun.; to-morrow, 11J8 am. and 1137 p m. Phases of Moon Phut quarter: April 15, 12.15 am. moon: April 936 ajm. - . Inst quarter: April 29, 12.1? «.m.

Friday. April 13:— - 9 330 a tn. p.m. Barometer (inches) .. 30.128 30.045 . (millibars) .. 1020.2 1017.5 -- Almost Almost . ‘ steady, steady. Thermometer— - Dry bulb .. ..38.3 83.0 •5» Wet bulb ..55.7 M.4 5.. Maximum prev. 24 hours 64.5 — • k, Minimum prev. 34 hours 56.1 — ... Maximum during day .. — 613 Minimum on grass .. 51.6 — -Humidity, per cent. .. 84 ’ 78 'W? .. N.E., NX. mod. mod. Cloud (0-8) .. ..6 7 Bain .. .. .. nil. nil. ’951. 1950. ‘Bainfall to date .. .. 16.6#in 937in BtattmT* Wip-ahr 6 " ** Meteorological 9 p.m. midn. /Barometer (inches) .. 30X21 29371 •’ (mflUbars; .. 10163 10143 s Falling < steadily SONSHXNB h. m. ’ Yesterday : 2 30 1948. . 1943. d 1900. 1951. i h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. *fan. ..258 12 182 24. 239 12 185 36 .Jeb. .. 204 30 236 3? 206 24 189 12 □tfareh ..202 24 226 42 153 42 188 0 ... M3 42 1» 0 170 36 *43 00 ?• *To April 13.