THE WEATHER
FAIR AND MILD Forecast for Otago.—The following official weather forecast for Otago, covering the ensuing 24 hours, was issued at 5 p.m. yesterday by the Meteorological Office in Wellington:— Situation.—An anti-cyclone i« centred over the North Island, and a depression is passing to the south of the Dominion. \ Forecast to 5 p.m. To-day.—Mode-rate to fresh north-easterly to northerly winds predominating; weather fair, apart from some scattered showers in the south; temperatures moderate. Further Outlook. —Changeable westerly conditions. Weather in Dunedin.—Bright, sunny conditions prevailed in Dunedin yesterday, and there was a light air from the northeast. Tlie barometer fell steadily, the reading at midnight being 29.94 inches (1014 millibars).
The following are the meteorological observations taken yesterday at the Daily Times Office:— 8 a.m. Noon. 6 p.m. M’nt. Barometer—
Inches .. 30.21 30.15 30.12 29.94 Millibars .. .. 1023 1021 1020 1034 Thermometer 54 60 58 55 Maximum 61 Minimum 41 Rainfall (in) Nil Sunshine (hr min) 8.45
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25798, 20 March 1945, Page 1
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