THE WEATHER
LOCAL OBSERVATIONS The following local observation* on the weather are supplied by Mias Budd, of Messrs Balfour, Irvine and Webster, Limited, Hamilton: Barometer Wednesday 30.40 Thursday 29.95 Thermometer Max. Min. Tuesday 66 44 Wednesday 65 52 Mean Temperature, 58.5 deg. The barometer reads 29.95 and has fallen rapidly since last reading. Unsettled weather is Indicated to-day and possibly to-morrow. with lower temperature, westerly winds prevailing and heavy rain. The Rainfall Rainfall for 2* hours ended 9 o'clock this morning, . 1 Tin. Rainfall for previous 24 hours, .QOin. Rainfall for May to date, *.siin. Average rainfall for May, 4 63in. Rainfall for year to date, 19.301 n. Average yearlv rainfall. 46.321 n. SPECIAL FORECAST (By Govt. Meteorologist). The special forecart by the Government Meteorologist rovering the WaikatoThame* Valley l« as follows: Forecast: Moderate to strong east to north-east winds, rising to gale force in places and veering to south-easterly. Weather dull with general rain, some heavy falls probable with flooding in places. Temperatures mild. Seas rough to high. General Inference: A westerly depression passed in the south last night and pressure is rising there. The anti-cyclone over eastern Australia has intensified also in the meantime. The cyclonic depression to the north has travelled south-east-wards and is approaching Cape Maria Van Diemen.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20502, 19 May 1938, Page 8
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212THE WEATHER Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20502, 19 May 1938, Page 8
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