WEATHER FORECAST

Evening Star, Issue 23375, 19 September 1939, Page 8

WEATHER FORECAST

SHOWERY, MAINLY FAIR The following weather’forecast was issued at noon by the Meteorological Office, Wellington, cohering the southern district—Dunedin, Port Chalmers, Tapanui, Winton, Invercargill, Riverton, Orepuki, Halfmoon Bay:— An extensive anti-cyclone is located in the north, while a series of weak westerly depressions is passing in the, south. Forecast: Moderate to strong, north-westerly to westerly winds. Rain at times in the west and -south, but weather mainly fair, with ■ moderate temperatures. Seas moderate on the east coast; elsewhere rather rough to rough. ■ LOCAL REPORT. Maximum temperature -to-day, 54.2 deg. Maximum yesterday (24 ' hours) g 64deg. Minimum to-day,, 50-ldeg. Minimum yesterday, 48deg. Barometric pressure at 1 p.m., -rising at 29.70 in (1,007 millibars). ’ Light south-westerly breeze. Rain to 9 a.m., .03in. AT OTHER CENTRES. The following information is abridged from the report issued by the Meteorological Office at 9 this morning:— Temp< Weather. ' deg. Auckland— _ . ■ Overcast; slight westerly, breeze. 54! Wellington— Overcast; strong north-westerly. 53 Christchurch Overcast; fresh north-westerly. 58 Timani;— . . , . Intermittent thunder: overcast; strong south-westerly. Sli Oamaru— ■ Overcast; slight northrnortheasterly. SO Bluff— ; ’ . Blue sky and detached clouds; - hazy; fresh westerly. 63 Nuggets— Cloudy; light easterly. , 47: Greymouth— Passing showers; overcast; strong , north-north-westerly. Rain, .Olin. , 54