WEATHER SITUATION

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 154, 25 March 1939, Page 10

WEATHER SITUATION

Southerlies BecomingGeneral Following is the weather report and the forecast for winds and seas issued by the Meteorological Office, Wellington, for the 24 hours ending 3 p.m. today General situation: The depression over the Tasman Sea has moved eastward only slowly, but. has deepened. Pressure is still very high over southeastern Australia. Forecast. —Winds: Light, but freshening northerlies at first over most of the country, but southerlies in the south. Later southerlies gradually becoming general, and strong in places. Seas (New Zealand waters) : Slight to moderate, but later rising south of Cape Palliser. Eastern Tasman Sea: Moderate to strong northerly winds at first in the central and northern portions, but a change to strong southerlies to gales advancing from the west and south. Seas rough to high.

(General forecast appears above leading article.)

YESTERDAY’S WEATHER

Wellington: Fine and warm, with a light northerly breeze. Minimum temperature on Thursday night, 52.6 deg.; maximum temperature yesterday, 71.7 deg.; temperature at 3.30 p.m. yesterday, 69deg.; barometer at 3.30 p.m. yesterday, 30.015 in. Palmerston North: Following an overcast morning, with some light, misty rain, the day wits gloriously fine, with bright sunshine and a clear sky. Masterton; The early morning was cool, but the remainder of the day bright and sunny, with a light northwesterly breeze. Napier and Hastings: Fine and clear with bright sunshine and a light to moderate easterly breeze. Cool temperatures. Wanganui: Blue sky and light southwesterly breeze. The barometer reading at 4.30 p.m. was 30.10 in. Waipukurati: Beautiful sunny. day with it maximum temperature of 75deg. The barometer reading was 30.02 in. New Plymouth: Warm, calm and cloudy at times, with an indication of rain." The barometer at 5 p.m. read 29.95 in.

Auckland: Cloudy and fine, with ir light northerly breeze. The maximum temperature was 72deg.- The barometric pressure fell in the afternoon, the reading at 5 p.m. being 30.2 in. Christchurch: Brilliantly fine and warm, with a maximum temperature of 72.7 deg. There was almost no wind, ir very light easterly blowing in the afternoon. The barometer, at 5 p.m. read 30.1 in. . Dunedin: The sun shone brightly in the morning and the temperature reached ti maximum of 70deg. The north-east breeze of the last few days fell away to a calm. The barometer after falling in the morning rose later to 30.17 in.