WEATHER FORECAST

Evening Star, Issue 23352, 23 August 1939, Page 10

WEATHER FORECAST

STILL CLOUDY TD OVERCAST 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 weak, ill-defined depression is crossing the Dominion, while a much more vigorous one is advancing slowly from Tasmania. Forecast; Light to fresh winds, easterly to northerly predominating. Weather, cloudy to overcast, with mist or drizzle at first on the east coast, otherwise fine at first but later becoming cloudy, with scattered ruin developing; temperature* cool to moderate. Seas moderate. LOCAL REPORT. ' Maximum temperature to-day, 47deg. Maximum yesterday (24 hours), 54.1 deg. Minimum to-day, 46.4 deg. Minimum yesterday, 45.5 deg. , Light north-easterly breezo- . Rain, .08in. Barometric pressure at 1 p.m., ri* ing at 29.4 in, AT OTHER CENTRES, The following information is abridged from the report issued by the Meteorological Office at 9 this morning Temp* Weather. deg. AucklandBlue sky and detached clouds; gentle north north-easterly. Rain, .lin. 59 Wellington— .... Overcast, with intennittenrt. rain; calm. SI 1 Christchurch — Overcast; light north-westerly, 45 Timaxu— Fog; slight south-westerly. 47j Oamaru— Overcast, with drizzle; slight north-westerly. , 49 Bluff— ' Haze; light easterly. , _ 45 Nuggets— • Overcast, with fog; fresh northeasterly. 44 Greymouth— Overcast; moderate north-east-erly. Rain, .73in. 45