WEATHER FORECAST

Evening Star, Issue 22952, 9 May 1938, Page 10

WEATHER FORECAST

HAIKU FAIR TO FINE The following weather forecast was issued at noon by the Meteorological Office, Wellington, covering the, southern districts—Dunedin, Port Chalmers, Tapanui, Winton, Invercargill, Riverton, Orepuki, Halfmoon Bay:— A depression moving in a south-south-easterly direction is centred approximately 200 miles north of East Cape, Meanwhile a shallow depression is moving on to Southern New Zealand. Pressure remains high over south-eastern Australia. Forecast; Light to moderate northerly winds, backing shortly to southerly and freshening. Weather mainly fair to fine and cool, but with scattered showers probable , with the southerly change. Sea rather rough to rough in FovGaux Strait; elsewhere rateFIRST FROST RECORDED. Five and a-half degrees of frost were recorded at the Gardens last evening —the first of the season. This morning bright sunshine made an early appearance to dispel the chill of the atmosphei e, while there was; no breeze apparent. Temperatures at the Gardens at mid-day were 60.2 deg and 47deg, as compared with . 66deg and 36.1 deg, and 63.7 deg and 40.5 deg respectively over periods of 24 hours (to 9 a.m.) on Saturday and Sunday. Barometric pressure was rising in the city at 29.8 m at noop, when promise of a fine afternoon and evening was given. Rainfall oni Saturday over a 24-hour period was .12in, and yesterday was .Coin.