METEOROLOGICAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 February 1937, Page 8

METEOROLOGICAL

PHASES OF THE MOON.

FEBRUARY, 1937.

(N.Z. Summer Time).

THE SUN. The sun sets to-day at 7.45 p.m.: rises to-morrow at 5.41 a.m. WEATHER REPORT. Wind, north-west (moderate breeze); barometer, 29.68; thermometer, 54; weather, overcast and showery; bar, considerable swell; river, slight run; rainfall, 32 points.

AT OTHER CENTRES. Manuknu Heads W. overcast (52 Cape Egmont *W. cloudy 29.51 61 Wanganui WNW. overcast 29.77 60 Wellington NW. showery 29.59 57 Cape Campbell NW. overcast 29.48 (50 Earewell Spit W. cloudy 29.(59 5S Westport SW. showery 29.72 5(5 Arthur's Pass NW. raining 43 Christchurch NW. blue sky 29.34 (56 Dunedin SW. blue sky 29.25 49 Blufl' W. cloudy 29.39 52 Puysegur Pt. SW. showery 29.56 46 WEATHER FORECAST. General inference: The pressure distribution is still of a pronounced westerly style. An anti-cyclone of slight intensity covers the northern and north-eastern portions of the Tasman Sea, while a series of westerly depressions is passing in the south. Forecast: Moderate to strong winds between north-west and south-west, but southerlies later becoming more general. Weather squally and changeable, with intermittent rain. Seas rather rough to rough, with a considerable swell.

' Last Quarter Feb. 3 0.4 a.m. New Moon. Feb. 11 7.34 p.m. First Quarter Feb. 18 3.50 p.m. Full Moon Feb. 25 7.43 p.m.