WEATHER FORECAST

Evening Star, Issue 23686, 20 September 1940, Page 6

WEATHER FORECAST

COASTAL SHOWERS IN SOUTt GENERALLY FINE The following weather forecast wai issued at noon by the-Meteorological Office, Wellington, covering the southern districts: — Moderate to fresh winds from * westerly quarter. Some scattered coastal showers in the south; weather otherwise fair to fine, with cold night but moderate day temperatures. Seas rather rough to rough south of Nugget Point. LOCAL REPORT. Maximum temperature to-day, 58.8 deg. Maximum yesterday (34 hours),, 68.7 deg. Minimum to-day, 53.9 deg. Minimum yesterday, 42deg. Barometric pressure at 1 p.m., rising at 29. Sin (1,009 millibars). Gentle north-easterly breeze. ' Rain to 9 a.m. (24 hours), ,17in. AT OTHER CENTRES. The following information is abridged from the report issued by the Meteorological Office this morning: Temp., Weather. deg. Auckland— Cloudy; moderate west-south-westerly. 571 Wellington— , Cloudy; fresh north-westerly. 59 Christchurch — * Blue sky and detached clouds; light north-easterly. 5# Timaru— , , Blue sky; gentle north-westerly. 5S Oamaru — Blue sky and detached clouds; light north-westerly. 5J Greymouth— Steady rain, overcast; gentle west - north - westerly. Rain, : .15in. 55 Nuggets— , . , . , Blue sky and detached iieuds; gentle north-westerly. Rain, .12in. - , 50 Bluff— , ' u Steady ram overcast,; slight westerly.