THE WEATHER.

Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18849, 20 January 1933, Page 6

THE WEATHER.

LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. -Miss Budd, of Balfour M. Irvine anc! Webster, Ltd., supplies the following observations of the weather: — Barometer. Thursday .... 30.00 Friday 20.00 Thermometer. Max. Min. Wednesday 52.0 6-1.0 Thursday 53.0 60.0 The Barometer is steady at 20.05. Indications are for continued fair to cloudy weather to-day and to-morrow, with high temperature, winds chictly from a north-easterly direction and heavy showers. Mean temperature 77 degrees. The Weather Bureau wires: The indications for 24 hours lrom 0 a.m. this day arc for northerly winds, moderate to strong, and after about 24 hours backing by west to south. Expect dull weather with much mist and fog in parts. Rain probable and heavy in places. Indications arc for electrical disturbances. Barometer has a falling tendency. SOUTH AUCKLAND AREA. SPECIAL FORECAST. 1 1 iy Govt. Meteorologist.) The special forecast by the Government meteorologist covering the WaikatoThames Valley area is as follows: Forecast: Freshening northerly winds, backing to southwcsterlies after 24 to 36 hours. Weather cloudy to overcast and in places misty. Rain probable with scattered thunderstorms and heavy falls. Seas moderate. General Inference: Since yesterday a depression of cyclone form lias developed to I lie west of New Zealand, and conditions have become much more favourable for rain. The pressure is still ralher high over south-east-ern Australia, and also to the east of New Zealand. YESTERDAY’S WEATHER. - The following official report was issued at 4 p.m. yesterday;—

Slut ion. Wind. Tlier. ■Norfolk Island S. 78 An ok land N.E. 73 Mast Cape N.W. 76 Cape Egmont N. 75 Napier N.E. 74 Farewell Spit N. 76 Stephen’s Island W.N.W. 71 Wellington N.N.W. 70 Cape Campbell N. 74 Greymouth N. 64 Akaroa Light N.N.W. 77 Nugget Point S.S.E. 62 Puysegur Point 62 Chatham Islands N. 63 Sydney S.E. 69