WEATHER FORECAST

Evening Star, Issue 23382, 27 September 1939, Page 8

WEATHER FORECAST

FAIR TO FINE The following weather forecast was issued at noon by the Meteorological Office, Wellington, covering 1 tho southern district —Dunedin., Port Chalmers, Tapanui, Winton, Invercargill, Riverton, Orepuki, Halfmoon Bay:— An anti-cyclone of moderate intensity covers the Dominion, but an extensive depression has moved on to the Western Tasman Sea. Forecast: Light northerly winds, gradually freshening; weather fair to fine, but unsettled, conditions developing to-morrow in the west, later spreading eastwardstemperatures slowly rising; seas slight, but rising in the souths LOCAL REPORT. Maximum temperature to-day* 58.2 deg. . Maximum yesterday (24 - hours]* ol.ldeg. Minimum to-day, 48deg. Minimum yesterday, 36.7 deg. Barometric pressure at 1 p.m., steadjj at 30in (1,016 millibars). Fresh north-easterly breeze. AT OTHER CENTRES. The following information is abridged from the report, issued by the Meteorological Office, at 9 this morning:— 5 Temp* Weather. ‘ ' deg. Auckland — ... Blue sky; slight southerly breeze. 54 Wellington— ' , . . .. Overcast; moderate east-north-easterly breeze. Rain, Tin; 49 Christchurch — ‘ . Showery, hazy; slight northwesterly i breeze. ■ • . 4a gentle northerly breeze. 5J Oamaru — ' ■ Blue sky; gentl© northerly; breeze. ,50 Bluff— . ~' , 4 Blue sky, passing clouds; calm. 4a Nuggetsi—_ Not received. Greymouth— i Blue sky, passing clouds; moderate easterly breeze. 51