THE WEATHER

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20679, 18 March 1937, Page 2

THE WEATHER

TIMARU RECORDS Sun rose at Timaru to-day at 6.27 a.m.; sets at 6.43 p.m. High water at Timaru to-day 7.49 a.m.; 8.22 p.m. (Corrected to Summer Time) PHASES OF THE MOON First Quarter .. Mar. 19 11.16 p.m. Full Moon Mar. 27 10.42 a.m. CONDITIONS IN TIMARU After a dull morning when the temperature was cool, the sky in the afternoon cleared slightly, conditions becoming warmer. There was one hour of bright sunshine. Records at the Timaru Park yesterday were.— Barometer—3o.43. Max. temp—s 9. Min. temp, on grass—39. Wind—S.W.l. Rainfall—Nil. Rainfall to date this year—7.l9 ins. Rainfall to date last year—l3.6oin. Sunshine—l hour. Sunshine to date this year—479.Bhrs.

IN OTHER CENTRES

Christchurch.—The weather was fine but overcast yesterday and the temperature was low. The wind was from the south-west in the morning and the north-east in the afternoon.

Ashburton.—Dull conditions marked the weather yesterday morning. The sky was heavily overcast, with a light south-westerly wind, and the temperature was cool. The sky cleared a little later in the morning. Temuka.—Yesterday was fine and warm. The maximum temperature was 61 degrees and the minimum 38. The glass was high and steady last evening. Waimate (for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. yesterday)Thermometer, maximum 65.5; minimum 41; bright sunshine 8 hours 12 minutes. Wind gauge, mllr run in the last 24 hours 54. Yesterday began with misty showers, but brightened later. Dunedin.—The barometer fell during the day but was still high at 30.52 inches last evening. There was a fresh north-east wind but the sun shone brightly. The maximum temperature was 63 degrees.

DOMINION METEOROLOGIST

(Forecast al 4 p.m. yesterday) General situation.—An intense anticyclone still covers the New Zealand area with its centre to the east. Pressure is relatively low to the north, and a fairly deep depression is at present centred over south-eastern Australia. Winds. —Light to moderate variable winds mainly between south-east and north-east at first but strong easterlies in far north and later winds becoming nort" irly generally and freshening. Seas (New Zealand waters). —Rough north of East Cape, elsewhere slight to moderate but rising later in the Cook Strait .-.rea. Eastern Tasman Sea—Moderate to strong east to north-east winds with rather rough seas. Weather.—Fair to cloudy in most districts, but scattered rains still probable in the far northern and northeastern portions of tire North Island, and cloud gradually increasing generally; mist or fog at times in the coastal areas, especially in the South Island; temperatures rising.