WEATHER SITUATION

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 148, 18 March 1939, Page 10

WEATHER SITUATION

Pressure Still High Over Dominion Following is 'the weather report and the forecast tor winds and seas issued by the Meteorological Office, Wellington, for' the 24 hours ending 3 p.m. today:— General situation: Pressure is still high over the Dominion, but is falling over south-eastern Australia. Forecast. —Winds: Light to moderate and variable, with northerlies to north-westerlies gradually prevailing and later freshening. Seas (N.Z. waters: Slight to moderate, but rising somewhat in the far south and" later in Cook Strait. Eastern Tasman Sea: North-east to northerly winds prevailing in the northern portion and north-westerlies in the southern; force light to moderate, but gradually freshening. Seas slight, but rising. (General forecast appears above leading article.)

YESTERDAY’S WEATHER

Wellington: Fair to fine and mild with a light northerly breeze. Minimum temperature Thursday night 54.8 deg.; maximum yesterday, 63.8 deg. Temperature at 3.30 p.m. yesterday, 63.8 deg., and barometer reading 30.174 in.

Palmerston North: Overcast in the early morning but sunny for the remainder of the day with a warm, light north-east breeze.

Masterton: Bright, warm sunshine; muggy heat indoors. Faint westerly breeze.

Wanganui: Cloudy with a light westerly breeze. New Plymouth: Warm, sunny and calm: barometer at 5 p.m., 30.101 n. Waipukurau: Beautiful sunny day, with a maximum temperature of 77 deg., and the glass reading 30.26 in. . Napier and Hastings: Lightly overcast early, but clearing toward inidniorning and becoming fine and warm with a light easterly breeze. Auckland: Fine and sunny with a moderate south-west wind. The maximum temperature was 72deg. Barometric pressure fell slightly and the reading at 5 p.m. was 30.25 in. Clu'istchurch: Fine and very warm, with no wind iu the morning, and a light easterly in the evening. The maximum temperature was 76.2 deg., and the barometer at 5 p.m. read 30.20 In. Dunedin: Overcast in the morning and humidity was exceptional. A light rain shower fell but the sun broke through later and the temperature rose to 76deg. The barometer fell sharply before midday, but was risng later at 30.25 in.