"THE PRESS" WEATHER REPORT.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20107, 10 December 1930, Page 18

"THE PRESS" WEATHER REPORT.

THE WEATHER. "Meteorological, observations taken afc the Magnetic Observatory, Chmtchurcb, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on December 9fch: 9 a.m, 5 p.m. Barometer n, 29.970 29.59-5 Thermometer— I>Ty bulb 54.i 56.9 Wet bulb .. 50.2 52.7 "Ma*, p-rev. 2-i hourv» bO.i Min* prev. 24 hours .. 45.-4 -Max. in nun .. .*.322 Jil Min. on grass .. .**36 Max. during day .. -- 50.3 Humidity per cent. 74 73 Wnd .. ... E.N.E., E.N.E., mod. ruod. <nnud (0-10) « ..9 4 Kain ... X nil. nil. , 1930. 1929. -Rainfall to date .. .. 21.450 in 20.685 in Auckland—Fin© weather with cloudy conditions prevailed yesterday. The temperature "<ras inuch warmer than it has been for a. long time cwing to tho wind having changed from south-west to north. The barometer is steady at 30.00 Wellington—The wcatbor was fine and warm yesterday; tho morning was dull, but th# sun shone brightly in the afternoon. Tiis wind was light from the north. -Dunedin—The weather was fine and pleasant yesterday, the sun shining from a cloudless sky. The wind was light from the north-east, and the maximum temperature 72 , degrees. The barometer shows a slight fall- ! the reading last evening being ' Forecast. ■h 5? B93?a J Situation—A slight anti-cyclone is paron* to the north, and a moderate deprftfision is advancing over the Tasman Sea. V. Mas —Freshening northerly winds, but a change to southerlies advancing over the

j southern half of the South Island during | to-morrow morning. j Seas (New Zealand waters) —Smooth to ! moderate. Tasman Soa —Winds backiug to Boutherlies in the Eastern Tasman; seas smooth to moderate. Weather—Frit to fine at first with mild 1 temperatures, but showers developing in districts with a westerly aspect, and later extending along the castcru districts of the South Island. DOMINION REPORTS. (From, reading taken at 4 p.m.) ! Station. Wind. Weather. Bar. 'J'hcr. i Norfolk Island, .12., light, overcast .. .. .. 30.0-4 Cape Maria, S.S.E., light, fine, mod. sea, .. .. .. 30.00 63 Auckland, N.E., breese, fine .. 30.03 60 East Cape, N., fresh, fine, mod. aea .. .. .. SO. 02 67 Capo Egmont, S.W., light, Cue, Bmooth eoa .. 30.02 63 Napier, N., light, fine, mod. sea .. .. .. 29. M 70 Farewell Spit, W.N.W., fresh, fine, rough sea, .. . . 29.93 63 Stephen Island, W., light, cloudy, smooth sea ~ 29.07 67 "Wellington, N.N.W., light, overcast, mod. swell .. .. 29.95 oG Cape Campbell, N.E., breeze, fine, mod. sea ... .. 29.90 77 Greymoufch, W., light, cloudy, mod. swell .. 30.00 64 Akaroa Lighthouse, N.E., light, fine, mod. sea .. ".. 26.69 El Nugget Point, S.W., light, fine, smooth cea .. .. 29.01 58 Puysegur Point, N.N.W., strong, fine, mod. eea .. .. 29.9 d 65 Chatham Islands, W., fresh, overcast, rough sea .. .. 29.78 SO Sydney, S.E., freah, overcast .. 29.93 Hobart, S.E., light, fine .. 30.04