WEATHER FORECAST

Evening Star, Issue 23501, 15 February 1940, Page 10

WEATHER FORECAST

, CLOUDY AND UNSETTLED The following weather forecast was issued at noon by the Meteorological Office, Wellington, covering the ■ southern districts; — 1 • . ■ West to north winds, becoming strong later. Weather cloudy and unsettled. with rain at times, ' more especially, however, in the south and west. Milder temperatures. Seas moderate on the east coast,'rough else* where. LOCAL REPORT. Maximum temperature to-day* 50.8 deg. , . Maximum yesterday (24 hours)* 57.5 deg. Minimum to-day, 47.6 deg. Minimum yesterday, 46. Meg. Barometric pressure at 1 p.m., ri»* sing at 29.20 in (990 millibars). Gentle westerly breeze. Rain to 9 a.m. (24 hours), .Olin. AT OTHER CENTRES. The following information is abridged!' from the report issued by the Meteoro* logical Office at 9 this morning:— Temp* Weather. deg< Auckland— Overcast; moderate southwesterly breeze. Rain, .28in. 0Q Wellington— ■ . . . Blue sky and detached clouds; gentle northerly. 57} Christchurch — Overcast; hazy; light north-north-easterly. Frost, 3deg. 51] Timaru— . Overcast; moderate . west-south-westerly. 59 Oamaru — Overcast; light north-westerly. .53 Greymouth— Passing showers; overcast; mode-, rate southerly. Rain, .Oliri, S$ Nuggets— Overcast; misty rain; gentle westerly. Rain, .09in. 4! Bluff— Not received.