FIRST EDITION.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19901, 2 June 1936, Page 6

FIRST EDITION.

THE WEATHER. LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. Miss R. Buck!, or Messrs Balfour, Irvine and Webster, supplies the following local observation* on *ha weather: Barometer. Monday 30.35 Tuesday 30.50 Thermometer. Max. Min. Sunday 58 30 Monday 54 30 Mean Temperature, 42 deg. The barometer has risen since last reading and is steady at 30.50. Indications are for fair weather to-day, cloudy at times; with lower temperature and southerly winds prevailing. The Rainfall. Rainfall for 24 hours ended 9 o'clock this morning, ,001 n. Rainfall for previous 24 hours, .OOin. Total rainfall for June to date, .OOln. Average rainfall for June, 5.191 n. Rainfall for year to date, 26.121 n. Average yearly rainfall, 46.321 n. GOVERNMENT REPORT. The weather report and forecast for New Zealand, issued last evening by the Government meteorologist, were as follows: —An anticyclone covering New Zealand has intensified and is now centred off the southeast coast of the South Island. A depression is still located over south-eastern Australia, but has been losing intensity. The forecast is for southerly winds north of Hokitika and Akaroa, strong at places about Cook Strait and on the east coast up to the East Cape, but otherwise light to moderate, light and variable south of Hokitika and Akaroa with northerlies prevailing and northerlies gradually extending to beyond Cook Strait. Seas in New Zealand waters, rather rough to rough between Banks Peninsula and the East Cape, but molerating, eisowhere sl'ght to moderate. Eastern Tfciman Sea: Moderate to fresh north-easterly to northerly winds with moderate to rather rough seas. The weather is likely to be fair to fine In most districts, but some isolated cosstal showers are still probable between Cook Strait and the East Cape and later rain developing in South Westland and the far south. Temperatures cold In eastern areas, but becoming milder generally to-morrow. SPECIAL FOREOAST. The Government meteorologist issued last evening the following special forecast for the Auckland Province: — Light to moderate southerly to easterly winds. The weather is likely to be fair to line. Seas slight to moderate.