METEOROLOGICAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 April 1938, Page 8

METEOROLOGICAL

PHASES OF THE MOON. APRIL, 1938.

— THE SUN. The sun sets to-day at 5.56 p.m.; rises to-morrow at 7.8 a.m. WEATHER REPORT 9 a.m.: Wind, north-east (moderate breeze); barometer, 29.79; thermometer, 59; weather, overcast; bar, moderate swell; river, normal; rainfall, nil. AT OTHER CENTRES.

WEATHER FORECAST. General inference: A shallow depression is crossing the central portion of the Dominion, the lowest pressures being west of Cook Strait. An anti-cyclone of considerable intensity covers south-eastern Australia and extends across the South Tasman Sea. Forecast: Light, Io moderate but freshening easterly to south-easterly winds, weather cloudy to overcast, and cool, with further rain, but improving to-morrow. Sea moderate.

New Moon April 1, 6.52 a.m. First Quarter April S 3.10 a.m. Full Moon April 15 6.21 a.m. Last Quarter April 23 8.14 a.m. New Moon April 30 4.58 p.m. (N.Z. Summer and Standard Time).

Manukau Heads XE. overcast- — 65 Cape Egmont X. cloudy 29.71 63 Wanganui ENE. overcast 29.86 63 Wellington SSE. ra in 29.91 Cape Campbell s overcast 29.91 Farewell Spit E. rain 29.84 59 Westport E. rain 29.75 60 Arthur’s Pass SW. overeast — .» 4 Christchurch • s rain 29.96 54 Dunedin rain 29.83 49 Puysegur Pt. SE. blue sky 29.95 (i2