THE WEATHER

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 38, 7 October 1931, Page 2

THE WEATHER

J J - ^ , "POST SEPECIAL FORECAST" Mr. K. -K. Wragge, F.R.M.S., of H ilton, suppljes the- -following -special fj cast for the 7-day period, commencjm 9 a.m. to-day: — Anti-'cyclo'nic factors which hav been operatm^- over the Ddminion an now starting to disintergrate- in rj sponse>to the advance o'f a'tropij; depression from th'e Horth-west an an Antarctic low " pressure systen from the south -west. '-'The peripi should bpen with fafr to fine a'nd mfi| weather with variabjevwmds"with »'j tendency north-east to north. As the time evolves, increasiit cloud and mist should become matii fest, coupled with freshening wintf and a falling barometer for -an' uri settled cha'hge with rain foilowitij However, as the period evolves; fqr. ther there is a possibility' fhat af^ the_week-end ma^ecs. ^yvill again iai ■Jlrbve under west-south-westi to sov " thebly weather, althoUgh at the" sam time clearing showers- are indicated, The Government meteorologist jj sued the followjng weather report ak forecast last night:— General situation: An intense anti cyclone covering 'New Zealand aiii a cyclone is situated over the Wej tern Tasman Sea'have 'ifiade a litti eastward progress during the lasi three days. Pressure has, howevtr commenced to fail over the Dominioi to-day. ■ • Forecast: IVIoderate but fresheninj north-easterly to northerly wfnds. Tht winds will -be fair, mild and hazy, bus cloud and thist gra'dualiy ' inoreasinj and rain deVeloping sooh in; the npr thern and southern extremitjes of ^ Dorrfinion a'nd later exteridiftg t other dfstricts. * " " ' " Following are the barometer, maxlmum and minlmum thermometer ani rainfall readings recorded atthe Government Observation Station bj the Rotorua Tourist Department, fw the 24 hours en'de'd at '9 a.m. yester. day: — ' ' Barometer 30.421 Thermometer, max. .... 66,04 Thermometer, min (on grass) .... 39.1d Rainfall •••• 5.. I