WEATHER FORECAST

Evening Star, Issue 23882, 12 May 1941, Page 6

WEATHER FORECAST

SOUTHERLY CHANGE COMING The following weather forecast waa issued at noon by the Meteorological Office, Wellington, covering the southern district: — Fresh to strong north-westerly, winds, with local gales about Foveaux Strait. A temporary change to south, west to-morrow, and weather becoming changeable and cooler, with periods oE passing showers, more especially in the west and south. Seas rough south of the Nuggets. LOCAL REPORT. Maximum temperature to-day # 61.9 deg. ■ Maximum yesterday, 6o.3deg. Maximum Saturday, 60.5 deg. Minimum to-day, 50.6 deg. Minimum yesterday, 43.2 deg. Minimum Saturday, 46.4 deg. Barometric pressure at 1 p.m. # 29.85 in (1,010.8 millibars), rising. Rain up to 9 a.m. to-day, ,01m. Slight north-north-westerly breeze. AT OTHER CENTRES. The following information is abridged from the report issued by the Meteorological Office this morning Temp* Weather. deg. Auckland— Overcast and hazy; light northerly air. 53 Wellington— Blue sky and cloud; gentle north-north-westerly. 53 ChristchurchOvercast and hazy ; slight north- • easterly. 513 Timarn— Overcast; slight south-westerly. 48 Oamaru— Overcast ; slight south-westerly. 43 Greymouth— Overcast, with intermittent rain; moderate northerly. 55 Nuggets— Cloudy and hazy; moderate north-westerly. 43 Bluff— Blue sky and cloud; hazy; gentle north-westerly. 51;