METEOROLOGICAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 December 1937, Page 8

METEOROLOGICAL

PHASES OF THE MOON.

DECEMBER, 1937.

(N.Z. Summer Time). THE SUN. The sun sets to-day at 8.10 p.m.; rises to-morrow at 4.49 a.m/ WEATHER REPORT 9 a.m: Wind, east (slight breeze); barometer, 29.96; thermometer, 69; weather, cloudy; bar, slight swell; river, normal; rainfall, nil. AT OTHER CENTRES.

WEATHER FORECAST. General inference:- The tropical cyclone is now centred south-west of Norfolk Island. It is likely to continue to move southward, and to lose intensity. Pressure is low over the western and south-western Tasman Sea, and relatively, high east of the North Island. Forecast: Light to moderate, but freshening north-east to northerly winds. Weather mainly fair, but some isolated rains probable. Temperatures warm. Seas slight to moderate.

New Moon Dee. 3 11.11 a.m. First Quarter Dec. 11 1.12 p.m. Full Moon Dec. 18 6.52 a.m. Last Quarter Dec. 25 2.20 a.m.

Manukau Heads NE cloudy . 71 Cape Egmont N. blue sky 29.98 71 Wanganui calm blue sky 29.98 71 Wellington NW. blue sky 29.97 69 Cape Campbell N’W. blue sky 29.94 62 Farewell Spit SE. blue sky 29.99 63 Westport NE. blue sky 29.93 65 Arthur’s Pass NW. blue sky 65 Christchurch ENE. overcast 29.00 60 Kaikottra SE. blue sky 29.94 65 Dunedin N. bule sky 29.86 64 Bluff NNE. blue sky 29.80 66 Puysegur Pt. NW. blue sky 29.80 63