WEATHER SOUTH CANTERBURY FORECAST

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21645, 4 May 1940, Page 2

WEATHER SOUTH CANTERBURY FORECAST

RAIN PROBABLE Special to " The Timaru Herald.” WELLINGTON, May 3. Winds—Moderate to strong northerly Winds possible, changing to southerly by Sunday. Weather—Unsettled, with rain probable, chiefly in the ranges; mild temperatures. Seas —Moderate. DOMINION FORECAST General Situation An anti-cyclone is still located to the east, but an extensive depression in the central Tasman Sea is moving south-eastwards on to the Dominion. Forecast Winds —Moderate to strong northeastly predominating, later changing to west or south-west in the north, and southerly directions probable, becoming general later in the week-end. Seas (New Zealand waters)—Slight to moderate south of East Cape and in the south Taranaki Bight, moderate to rough elsewhere. Eastern Tasman Sea—Moderate to strong northerly winds and rather rough to rough seas, a change to south-westerly or southerly advancing later from the West. Weather —Rain probable in western districts and in the far north and south, and gradually becoming more general; some heavy falls in Westland and Southland: mild temperatures but becoming cooler later. riMARU RECORDS Sun rose at Timaru to-day at 6.46 a.m.; sets 5.01 p.m. High water at Timaru to-day 0.22 a.m. 0.41 p.m. PHASES OF THE MOON New Moon .. May 7, at 11.37 p.m First Quarter . May 15. at 8.21 a m Full Moon .. .. May 22, at 1.3 a.m Last Quarter . May 29, at 0.10 p.m DULL AND COLD The sun shone at Intervals yesterday but conditions for the most part were dull with a cold southerly win ’. Records at Timaru Park yesterday were: Barometer—29.9. Max. temp.—ss.4. Mln. temp, on grass -30. Frost—2 degrees. Wind—S.l. Rainfall—Nil. Rainfall to date this year—B.2Bins. Rainfall to date last year—3.B2ins Sunshine—3.l hours. Sunshine to date this year—7s6.3hrs. Sunshine to date last year—747.3hrs. IN OTHER CENTRES Christchurch: The weather was cloudy but mild yesterday, with a moderate east-north-east wind. The maximum temperature was 57.7 degrees. The barometer at 7 p.m.' was 29.95 inches and was falling slightly. Tekapo: The following are the meteorological figures for Lake Tekapo during April:—Sun shone on 26 days; sunshine for the month, 150.8 hours; daily average for the month, 5 hours; total sunshine for the year to date, 875.5 hours; daily average for the year 7.3 hours; rain fell on eight days; rainfall for the month, .831ns; rainfall for the year, 9.05 inches.

Geraldine: Cloudy conditions prevailed throughout yesterday. Temuka: Yesterday v/as dull with a light northerly wind. The maximum temperature was 57 degrees and the minimum 30. The glass was falling last evening. Waimate (for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. Friday): Barometer—29.6; thermometer, maximum—s6.s; minimum—--39.0; frost—l degree; bright runshine—--6 hours 54 minutes; wind gauge, miles run in last 24 hours —53. Yesterday was mainly overcas' and cool. Dunedin: The sun shone during yesterday morning and conditions were mild though a little cooler than recently. The sky was overcast in the afternoon and there was a light breeze from the north-east which brought mists to the hills around the city. The maximum temperature was 58 degrees and the barometer fell sharply to 29.85 inches.