METEOROLOGICAL
WEDNESDAY, 4th AUGUST.
'Bright Sunshine: Yesterday—Morning, 2h 15m; afternoon, Oh 45m; total, 3h Om. Temperature in Shade—Maximum, 60.1de_<r.; minimum, 49.2deg.: mean, 54.6deg. Rainfall—Totn.l for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—O.lOln. Total to date during the month—o.33in.
Wind—Velocity of the wind for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—S.3 miles per hour. Barometer—Yesterday, 9 a.m., 29.92. Today, 9 a.m., 29.83; noon, 29,85.
SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS.
The barometer has bee;i unsteady, rising slightly in t'ae South, and falling in-the North Island..- Variable breezes were reported this morning in and eouthward of Coo.c Strait, but strong north-west winds have ruled, elsewhere. Unsettled conditions l"ive "Mitlmied. and rain ha 6 fallen in many parts <;." t'.ie Dominion.
TO-DAY'S WSATHER.
B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy. C, clouds, passing clouds. D, drizzling rain. F, foggy 'G. Rloomy, dark weather. H, hail. L, .lightning. M, misty. 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds. V, passing showers. Q, squally. R. rain, continued rain. S, snow. T, thunder. U, ugly threatening appearance' Z, hazy. C, calm. L, -light. lilt, breeze. FB, fresh breeze. JIG, moderate gale. G, whole or heavy gale. W, gale of exceptional severity.
The following forecast was issued at 9 a.m. to-day for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds—Variable' and strong winds; uortlJrrlies prevailing and Increasing northward of New Plymouth and Napier; south-easterlies predominating, nnd increasing, elsewhere. / Barometer—Falling tendency. ' ... Seas—Considerable on all the *«l*rn coast; rough northward of East Cape; moderate swell elsewhere. .■■•■-. Tides—Generally moderate. Weather—Dull and misty; rain probable generally, and heavy about Cook Strait. D. C. BATES. Wednesday, 4th August, 192(1.
Stations Ther. Wind. Bar in We'th'r. Shade. Oape Maria VI) NW fb 206 02 Russell NW fb 30.00 C 2 Hokianga Heads N fb 30.06 03 Kaipara Sig Stu NW fl> 3D.C5 CO Manukau Heads NWfb 29.09 57 Auckland N 1 29.98 58 riritiri NW br. - (12 Kawhia NW fb 29.80 57 'Xauranga 8, br 29.94 58 laupo NW br 29.92 61 East Cape NE 1 30.02 69 Gisborno NW 1 29.0) P3 Napier Calm 29.5G 52 Castlepoint N 1 — S3 Cape P.illiser ... NE 1 — 54 Cape Egtnonfc Nfb 29.80 66 Patoa NW 1 29.83 57 Wanganui Calm 29.86 55 Foxton X I — 52 Wellington SE 1 29.83 51. Cape Campbell ...SW 1 29.83 . 50 Fiirpwell Spit ... SE fb 29.80 50 Wesfport SE 1 29.78 4S Oreyraouth T, *.b 29.73 4« Arthur's Pass ... Calm — 37 Christchurch W 1 29.82 60 Akaroa LH W 1 . 29.83 52 Timaru R 1 29.84 44 Oamaru Calm 29.83 44 Dunedin Calm 29.85 40 Oiieenstown W 1 29.85 37 Ntiwrets Calm 29.85 47 Bluff NW 1 29 84 43 O MR MR O O 1) MR OP T) I) O BC U T Mil C C BZ O OP 0 c BCM O / o c BO B BC C B C
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 30, 4 August 1926, Page 4
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