THE WEATHER

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16153, 6 March 1918, Page 9

THE WEATHER

MAGNETIC OBSERVATORT. Meteorologicol obsorrationa taken at. J.uu a.m. and 5 p.m. on March T«mp. dry bulb .. •• 60.G CO.G ( Temp, wet, bulb .. •• 55.1 ng f Humidity per ccnt. .. " Max. temp, in sun .. i - -' * Min. therm, on grass •• J 1 - 4 , „ e •• : Sfc I Cloud (0-10} •• •• 10 10 „ The reading taken at .tbc -Sshburton Do- 1 main v.-eather station at n a.m. yesterday t WPre • —Barometer, .10.0; thermometer, max. ca min. 'J. The total rainfall ior February j v.a« '2.40 in. Kain faU on twelve days; t.ho . heaviest fall registered for any one 24 hours . was l.lOin, on the 16th. The total rajnfaU j for the month of February, 191«, was I.JOm. SUMMARY AND FORECAST. The centre of a cyclonic disturbance is still in evidence north of the Bay of Plenty, while another disturbance js apparently developing to the westward of the boutli Island, and fltrone south-easterly winds have ruled iu and northward of Cook Straat, and heavy rain liaa fallen. osp?cial!y on the East Coast of the Xortlx lalnnd. Present indications aro for strong southerly winds northward of Farewell Spit and Kaikourn, and freshening north-east winds olsowhere. Expect cloudy and misty weather *nd rain probable generally, with rivers flooded on tho East Coast of tho IN'ortn Island. Tho barometer is unsteady in the North, and has a fulling tendsucy in theSouth.