METEOROLOGICAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 August 1934, Page 8

METEOROLOGICAL

PHASES OF THE MOON SEPTEMBER, 1934. Last Quarter —Ist.—7.10 a.m. New Moon —9th —11.50 a.m. First Quarter —16th—11.56 p.m. Full M00n—23rd —3.49 p.m. THE SUN. The sun sets to-day at 5.14 p.m. rises to-morrow at 6.52 a.m. WEATHER REPORT. Barometer, 30.49; thermometer, 44 tides, moderate; bar, moderate swell: river, normal; weather, blue sky witl clouds; rainfall, 4 points. AT OTHER CENTRES.

WEATHER FORECAST. General inference: The anti-cyclone which has controlled the weather over the Dominion during the past three day is now centred just east of the North Island, and is moving slowly eastward, while a depression is advancing across the South Tasman Sea. The weather, therefore, will gradually become unsettled. Forecast: Moderate to fresh and increasing north to north-west winds. Weather becoming cloudy to overcast, and rain developing. Temperatures mild. Seas moderate, but rising.

(From readings, taken at 0 «.m.) Manukau Heads NE. blue sky 30.59 03 Cape Egmont. W. blue sky 30.58 49 Wanganui N. blue sky 30.55 49 Wellington SW. blue sky 30.44 53 Cape Campbell W. blue sky 30.40 44 Farewell Spit W. blue sky 30.50 53 Westport S. blue sky 30.31 45 Arthur’s Pass NW. blue sky — 59 Christchurch NE. blue sky 30.35 51 Dunedin calm overcast. 30.2(1 48 Bluff NNW. overcast 30.10 50 Puysegur Point WSW. showers 30.14 53