WEATHER FORECAST

Evening Star, Issue 23846, 28 March 1941, Page 4

WEATHER FORECAST

GENERALLY FAIR TO FINE The following weather forecast was issued at noon by the Meteorological Office, Wellington, covering the southern district:— LOCAL REPORT. Moderate winds from a westerly quarter, freshening at times in exposed positions. A few isolated showers on the coast, but weather otherwise fair to fine. Temperatures moderate. Seas rather rough at times in the Strait; otherwise moderate. LOCAL REPORT. Maximum temperature to-day, 59.8 deg. Maximum yesterday (24 hours), 73.1 deg. Minimum to-day, 49.1 deg. Minimum yesterday, 42.1 deg. Barometric pressure at 1 p.m., 29.4ia (990.6 millibars), rising. Rain up to 9 a.m. to-day, ,57in. Moderate west-south-westerly breeze, AT OTHER CENTRES. The following infoiSmation is abridged from the report issued by the Meteorological Office this moriiing:— Temp, Weather. deg. Auckland— Blue sky and cloud: gentle westerly. 66 Wellington— Blue sky; slight north-westerly. 60 Christchurch— . Blue sky and cloud; slight northwesterly. 56 Timaru— Cloudy ; gentle north-westerly. 57 Oaniaru— Blue sky and cloud; slight northeasterly. 52 Nucrgets— Blue sky and cloud; moderate westerly, 43 BluffOvercast and hazy; gentle northwesterly, 53 Greymouth— Overcast, with rain, lightning, and thunder; gentle southerly. 49