METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 106, 1 November 1926, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

MOON FOR NOVEMBER. New mooo, Oth day, 2.4 a.m. First' quarter, 13th day, 10.32 a.m. Full moqn, 20th day, 3.51 a.m. Last quarter, 27th day, 6.45 p.m. MONDAY, Ist NOVEMBER. Bright Sunshine: Yesterday—Morning, lfc 50m; afternoon, 4h 55m; total, 6h 45m. Temperature in Shade—Maximum, (il.Odeg.; minimum, 46.8deg.; mean, 53.9deg. Rainfall —Total for the 24 hours preceding • a.m. to-day—o.lßin. Total to date during October—6.72in. Wind—Velocity of the wind for the 24 hours preceding !, a.m. to-day—l 7 miles per hour. Barometer—Ye3(Jerday, t a.m., 29.79. Today, 9 a.m., 29.97; noon, 30.00. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 48 HOURS. Changaeble and squally conditions prevailed (hiring the week-end with northerly to westerly winds, strong to gale. Heavy showers were experienced In many parts, and rivers havo been reported high in the West Coast and southernmost districts of the South Xsland. A westerly disturbance has dominated, but pressure has increased since last night, and the weather has improved.

B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear Of heavy. C, clouds, passing clouds. D, drisiling rain. F, foggy. G. gloomy, dark weather*. H, hail. L, lightning. M, misty. 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds. P* passing showers. Q, squally. R, rain, continuous rain. S. snow. T, thunder. V, ugly threatening appearance. Z, haiy. C, calm. L, light. BR, breeze. FB, fresS breeze. MG, moderate gale. G, whole or X heavy gale. W, gale of exceptional severity.

The following forecast was issued at 8 a.m. to-day for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds—Moderate to strong westerly wind* prevailing Barometer—Temporary rising tendency. Seas—Moderate northward of Castlepointj rough elsewhere. Tides—Moderate on all the eastern coast i good elsewhere. Weather—Squally at times everywhere; showery on all the western coast and southern districts; fair to cloudy elsewhere. D. C. BATIS. Monday, Ist, November, 1926.

TO-DA "S WEA' Station*. I I ITher. 1 Wind. Bar. In WVM)'r. Shade. Cape Maria VI) S15 fb 30.10 62 MR Russell E 1 30.14' 61 Mil Hokianga Heads Line interrupted. Kaipara Sig Stn ... S 1 30.12 61 C Aianukau Heads SW br 30.11 56 B Auckland SW 1 30.10 59 BO Tiritiri SW 1 — 5<i 0 Kawhia SW 1 80.06 62 BC Tauranga W' 1 ' 30.05 61 C ' ■' Taiipo SE br 30.03 55 B East Cape _. 1 30.07 63 O Gisborue SE 1 30.05 65 BO Napier W I 30.00 68 C ■ Castlepoint W br 29.90 62 C Cape Palliser ... NW fb — 63 B Cape Egraont W 1 30.05 55 B Patea NNW 1 30.07 60 J? Wanganui W fb 30.09 58 BO Foxton W g — 58 BC Wellington ... NW br 29.97 59 B • Cape Campbell ... W fb 29.87 55 C Farewell Spit ... W fb 30.04 60 B Westport Line interrupted. Greymouth SW fb 29.97 50 BO Arthur's Pass Line Interrupted. Christchurch ... NW 1 29.79 68 ,B Akaroa LH W fb 29.78 01 , B Timaru E 1 29.75 54 B Oamaru W br 29.73 54 B Dunedin 3W 1 29.71 62 BO Queenstown S br 29.73 51 C Nuggets W fb 29.63 43 P Bluff W fb 29.60 48 P