"THE PRESS" WEATHER REPORT

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21417, 8 March 1935, Page 19

"THE PRESS" WEATHER REPORT

Records by self-recording instruments at "The Press" Office, Christchurch. up to 1 a.m. on Friday, March 8. Standard . Time. (Add 80 minutes for Summer Time.)

| THE WEATHER i Pleasant summer weather continued in Christchurch yesterday. Throughout the day there was bright sunshine, and very little wind. The sky became dull late in the afternoon, but i the evening was calm. The maximum | temperature was 65.8 degrees. Meteorological observations ttiken at the M:ii:net:i: Observatory. Christchurch, at 'J a.Hi and i p.m. on March 7:— 9 a.m. -1 p.m. K:n-..iv."''-" .. .. ;:o.;;'j-t n0.297 ; Th.'miomrter—j l>,-v i.ulb . . .. R.s.i ti-j.u I w.'r im!b . . o i.;; :■,>>:.! \l,i\ )ir.'\. :M hours .. 7i'..-. Mil prrv. - 1 hours . . .'.:'.. I : \i..v. in Kim . . l:.'* i :ii' | \i M i,-IMS= . . t7 •_• i M.;v --In rinir <\:t\ -, i,', ,: I (!„„,.,!it> p.or r,.„t. .. V- TS I Wit..l . . . . .. i Mini K., lis;ht. i C 1,..,.! i o.ni; .. I" S l !;»':; . - .- .. M.I ml. I jn:!. r .. 193-t tian.f i'! tr. rijjif. .. I.S'.";in- .v.Oiiit. In Other Centres Auckland—There was a continuation of fine weather yesterday. The barometer remained steady above noi'mal. The wind was light from the northeast. AVi llingtun— Yesterday was another tine sunnj- day. A light south-easterly wind blew. 'Die maximum temperature was 62.1 degrees. Dniiedin—The weather yesterday was line to overcast, with a Mght south-west breeze. The maximum temperature was sb' degrees. The baro-mct'-r was steady all day at 30.35 in. ! j FOHI'X'AST J 'l'';oin readings taken at 4 p.m.) i General Situation—An intense antiI cyclone covers New Zealand, the cenI trc being over Otago. A depression is i

[ centred north of Norfolk Island, while a very slight one is advancing across the South Tasman. Winds—South to east or, in places, north-east. Strong in places in and north of Cook Strait; elsewhere light to moderate. . 4 Seas (New Zealand waters)— Rather rough in the Cook Strait area and north of Kaikoura; and a considerable southerly swell on all the East Coast. Otherwise smooth to moderate. Eastern Tasman Sea—Moderate-south-east to north-cast winds; smooth to moderate seas. Weather—Rain developing in the far north, and later in the north-east of the North Island: otherwise fair to fine. Temperatures cool to moderate. DOMINION REPORTS i | i 5,. n ,,0i- W -a'i tt>ntlu.r K»r. Th»r. j Norfolk Maml. E.N.h , cal*. Cape Maria van Pinn.-ii. S K.. lie-in, fa.vH- :-VuM ] r-ufll •■ W <--■ j .Auckla.ol, \ K.. lifrhl, fairly .. rloar .. ■• -" 1 ( - VI East Oapc. K.W., frosh. ovcrrar:), r"U--li sv-ll .. '.''jr. (.-, Capo KEjmont, S., i'rr:.h, clear, rn., i; h .Vapid-. S.. liuht, fairly chrar. .smnnth s™ ■ ■ •"'''•-1 *-<~ Wan-anni. S„ lirht. fairl,\ rloar. moderate swell . . ::•> :: I W farewell Spit, N.K.. lii;!il. fairlv clear, -liu'hl swell :;•■ J I 7-J SMephen Island. S., fro^h, Wellin-ton. >.S.K. moderate. - | clear. iiHi'dtrate swell . . .1" - ! i>« Cap.. Cainpbell. S.S.I'., liti.t. ,n,'ivn,M. in..derate ••■'■'■U '!"-" " I V.estpnrl, S.W.. modiTiite, fairlv clear. sli-J.I. -well llo.'-M f,.-, GroMiioutli. S.S.W.. li-'ht. ' eb«r, moderate swell . . :!(> •_'.-. 7 1 Akaroa Li-lithous-e. S S.K . lijrln. overcast, moderate swell . . ;;o.:;:: .v Xiif-et Point. S.S.W.. moderate, cle.'ir, moderate s>vell . . ::i'i.-Jli ',s -Pnvsr-iir J'nint, K , frryh. clear, moderate swell . . ::<•..'lt (in Chathani fslauds, W.S.W. moderate, drizzle, rnu-1, Sydney. K.S.K.. li-ht, fairly ' Tfohart. J.-.W., iiitht, clear tp'.cij I'.li