WEATHER FORECAST

Evening Star, Issue 23384, 29 September 1939, Page 6

WEATHER FORECAST

FAIR WITH FROSTS The. following weather forecast was issued at noon by the Meteorological Office, Wellington, covering the southern district —Dunedin, Port Chalmers, Tapanui, Winton. Invercargill, Riverton, Orepuki, Halfmoon Bay:— Shallow disturbances are located east of the South Island and in the Central Tasman Sea respectively, otherwise pressure is high. Forecast: Light to moderate and variable windfi, with, southerly directions predominating; showers at times, more espedially in, western districts, but weather for the most part fair; temperatures cool, with! some light frosts to-night; seas slight. LOCAL REPORT. Maximum temperature r 49.7 deg. Maximum yesterday (24 hours), 65deg. Minimum to-day, 46.2 deg. Minimum yesterday, 39.4dcg. ' Barometric pressure at 1 p.m., steady] at 29.85 in (1,011 millibars). Light south-westerly breeze, changing to north-east. Rain to 9 a.m., .04in. 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, foggy; calm. Rain, ,Bin. . 43| Wellington—--31 ue sky and detached clouds; gentle northerly breeze. 5| Christchurch— Overcast, hazy; moderate south-south-westerly. 49 Timaru— Overcast; moderate southerly. 43 Oamaru— Cloudy; gentle south-westerly. 43 BluffWesterly. 43 Nuggets— Cloudy; light south-westerly. Rain, ,08in. 45 Qreymouth— Drizzling rain, overoast; slight easterly. Rain, ,18iu. 49