WEATHER REPORT
!' OFFICIAL FORECASTS “The Press’ 1 Special Service b WELLINGTON, Nov. 3. [; .The weather forecast for Canterbury, !| ,? pm - the Meteorological Office. Wellington, and dealing with the hours Showing the time of issue. Situation: there is an anti-cyclone south-west of the south Island, a high ; pressure ridge lies over New Zealand, and there is a depression over the western Tasman. Forecast: moderate north-east winds; weather fair and cool. Ovtiook for Friday: fair. _ WEST COAST BoSS the West ° f thc . Llsht virtable wind*; cloud Lncrejsinc; mild temperatures. Outlook lor Frida,: cloud,. CHRISTCHURCH WEATHER The day in Christchurch yesterday was fine, with a light south-east wind and a maximum temperature of 59.5 degrees. At midnight, the sky was almost overcast, and a light west-south-west wind was blowing. The temperature The barometer, at Rainfall for 24 hours ended 1. a.m.: nil Meteorological observations taken at the Magnetic Survey. Christchurch, yester9 3.30
a.m. and 11.47 pan. Phases of Moon First quarter.' November 4, 8.35 l.m. Full moon: November 11, £29 aan. Last quarter: November 17, 9.32 p.m. New moon: November 26. 12.30 a.m.
Barometer (inches) a.m. 30.283 p.m. 30.298 (millibars) 1025.5 1026.0 ThermometerRising. Steady Dry bulb 51.4 58.5 Wet bulb 46.7 50.0 Maximum prev. 24 hour 80.6 Minimum prev. 24 hour 46.4 Minimum on grass , Maximum during day . 45.9 59.5 Bmnidity. per cent. Wind 68 51 S.W., S.E., Cloud (0-8) mod. 8 light Bain ,, .. nil. nil.Bainfall to date .. 1954 15.57in 1953 25.56in _ Observations taken at the Meteorological Station, Harewood:— • Barometer (inches) 9 p.m. 30.4 rrrtd'n. 30.44 (millibars) 1029.6 10K4 Rising unsteady SUNSHINE h. m< Yesterday .. 3 54’ 1951. 1952. 1953. 1954. h. m. h. m. ha m. h. m. Jan. .. 185 36 230 12 205 13 230 24 .. 189 12 147 12 155 0 193 0 March .. 188 0 112 6 167 36 164 24 April .. 102 12 177 36 May . . 128 42 156 42 125 18 163 24 124 48 146 18 i Jroe .. 139 12 147 42 103 6 120 24 July .. 141 0 180 2* 142 6 117 36 Aug. .. 140 12 117 42 119 0 128 24 Sept. . 188 12 172 54 223 48 205 0 Oct 167 0 179 54 157 0 236 18 Nov. .. 192 24 165 48 183 6 *10 42 *To November 3. SUN, MOON. AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 5.3 a.m- sets. 7.18 pun. Tomorrow: Rises, S.7 aan.: sets. 7:19 — . p - m - High water at Lyttelton —Today, 10.33 a.m. and 10.57 p.m.; tomorrow t 11.21
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27498, 4 November 1954, Page 12
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