WEATHER FORECAST

Evening Star, Issue 23335, 3 August 1939, Page 10

WEATHER FORECAST

CLOUDY-OCCASIONAL CAIN The following weather forecast was issued, at noon by the Meteorological Office, Wellington, covering the southern districts —Dunedin, Port Chalmers, Tapanui, Winton, Invercargill, Rivertori, Orepuki, Halfmoon Bay:— An anti-cyclone covers New Zealand and -the eastern Tasman. Disturbances are located over Eastern Australia and near Chatham Island, Forecast; Moderate to fresh south-west to westerly winds. Weather cloudy, with occasional showers, more especially in western and southern coastal areas. Temperatures cool, with some sharp frosts to-night. Seas rough on tho south coast, moderate on the east. LOCAL REPORT. Maximum temperature to-day, 46deg« Maximum yesterday (24 hours), 47.2 deg. Minimum to-day, 42deg. Minimum yesterday, 35.9 deg. Moderate south-westerly breeze. _ Barometric pressure at 1 p.m., rising at 30.2 in. AT OTHER CENTRES. The following information is'abridged from the report issued by the Meteorological Office at 9 this morning;:— Temp, Weather. deg, Auckland — Intermittent drizzle; overcast; gentle west - south - westerly breeze. 50 Wellington— Blue sky; hazy; calm. 43 Christchurch — (Blue sky; hazy; light south- ; . westerly. Frost, 15deg; .35 Timaru— . ’ Blue sky; slight north-westerly. . 1 'JFrost. 33 Oamaru — Overcast; gentle south-westerly. 37j Bluff—- . Passing,showers; overcast; fresh south-westerly. 4,5 Nuggets— , Passing showers; blue sky; misty; fresh west-south-westerly. (Rain, .Coin. 43 Greymouth— Overcast; moderate easterly. 43