THE WEATHER.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13569, 2 November 1909, Page 9

THE WEATHER.

MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY. Meteorological observations taken at 8.30 a.m. and 6 p.m. on g p m Temp, dry bulb .. •• ".3 6*.7 Temp, wet bulb .. •• <£- 2 «•* Humidity per cent. ■■ 6o 40 Max. temp, in sun •• "* l *' Mm. therm, on grace •• tVf — Wind N.W. W. Cloud (0-10) •■ •' 2 ° METEOROLOGICAL ABSTRACT. The- following ia the meteorological abstract for October, from observations taken at the Magnetio Observatory, Chriatchurch, at 9.30 a.m. daily:— , _.„,. Barometer—Mean for month, 20.81 in; max. for month (on the 17th). 30.283 in; mm. for month (on the 22nd), 29.102 in. Temperature in shade-Mean max temperature, Bl.Odeg.; mean mm. temperature, 43.6 deg.; approximate mean temperature for month, 52.7 dee-; mean daily iange of temperature, 18.3dcg.; extreme max. temperature (on the 12th 77.5deg.; extreme mm. temperature (on the 18th), 32.6desExposed Thermometers. —ilean solar radiation, 118deg.; max. solar radiation (on the 20th), 139deg.; mean terrestrial radiation, 38.6deff-i mm. terrestrial radiation (on the 18ih), 27.8deg. Hygrometrical—Mean tlaetio force ot vapour, .331 in; mean temperature of the dew point, 43.4deg.; mean degree of moisture (saturation—loo), 71dog. Bain—Total rainfall, 6.168 in; number of daye on which rain fell. 13; max. rainfall in any twenty-four hours (on the 22nd), 2.725 in. GENERAL WEATHER FORECAST. The following is the Rev. D. C. Batee'e general nummary and forecast: The weather has been generally warm and humid.- It wae g'oomy and wet in the far North on Saturday, but fine in most other parts. Westerly winds increased on Sunday, with rain, especially in the South, where an area of low pressure controlled the weather. The present indications are for rain in all parti of the country, enow on the higher leveln, and colder weather generally; strong eoutherly winds rising in the South, and westerlies, changing to southerly, elsewhere, shortly.