METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 51, 1 March 1930, Page 7

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

MOON FOR MARCH.

First quarter, Bth day, 4 p.m. Full moon, 15th day, 6.58 a.m. Last quarter, 22nd day, 3.13 p.m. New moon, 30th day, 5.16 p.m.

SATURDAY, Ist MARCH

The sun rose to-day 6.1 a.m., sets 1.1 p.m.; rises to-morrow 6.2 a.m., sets 7.5 p.m. Bright Sunshine. —Yesterday: Morning, tthr 18min; afternoon. 6hr 12mln; total, 12hr 30min. Temperature 'in Shade.—Maximum, 69.5deg; minimum, 49.1deg; mean, 59.3deg. Rainfall.—Total for the 24 hours preceding 3 a.m., to-day.—Nil; total to date dunnc the month, 1.651n. Wind.—Velocity of the wind for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day, 2.1 m.p.h. Barometer.— Yesterday, 9 a.m., 30.20 in. roday,\9 a.m., 30.15'n.

SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS.

An anti-cyclone is still situated over the Tasman Sea and the New Zealand area, but It has contracted somewhat over the Dominion owing to the presence of a cyclone nortli-east of East Cape and the passage of a slight lowpressure wave in the far South. The, former has' been responsible for further scattered rain in the eastern districts from Poverty Bay northwards, but elsewhere the weather has remained fine and generally temperatures have become warmer. North of Kawhla and Napier moderate to fresh south-easterlies have prevailed, while thence southwards winds have/ ;been light and variable with a tendency for northerlles since last night.

TO-DAY'S WEATHER,

Weather.—B, blue sky; BC. blue sky and detached clouds; C, cloudy; 0, overcast; O, gloomy, dull; V, ugly, threatening; B. continuous' or steady rain; S, snow; D. drlzxle, r. passing showers; H hall; Q squally; i. B«htnine ■T, thunder; F, fog; M, mist; Z, hazy. Beaufort Scale of Wind Force, with equivalent velocities l%ft above ground -0 calm, e-1 miles Der hour; 1, light air, 4-i, *~ sngni breele 4-T- 3, gentle breeze. 8-U; 4 moderate breeze 12-16: 5, fresh breeze. 17-21; 6, strong breeze' 28-87; 7. nigh wind. 23-33; 8, gale, 34-40; 9, strong gale. *!-*8: 10- wnole Bale' 49-56; 11, storm, 57-65: 12, hurricane. FORECAST. Winds.—Moderate to strong south-easterlies north of Kawhia and Napier; elsewhere varl- | ablo with westerlies prevailing. Barometer* —Little movement. Seas —Smooth to moderate generally. Dries. poor on the West Coast; moderate on I the East Coast. Weather. —A continuance of fine weather is expected in most districts with cool night, but warmer day, temperatures; further scattered rain Is likely, however, north of Kawhia and Napier, but more especially In the Glsborne and East Cape districts, where some further heavy falls. ■

Station. Wind. Pres. Temp. Weather Cape Maria V.D. SE 4 30.12 69 B/ Bussell ...... SE 6 30.11 67 Bt Hoklanga Heads Calm 30.lt 68 B Kalpara Sig. Stn. E 2 30.14 68 B Manukau Hds. SSW 1 , 30.15 67 B AucMand .. SSW 2 30.13 65 BC Tlrltiri S3 M BO Kawhia SW 1 —- h? B Tauranga ...... El 30.02 71 BC Opotlki SE2 30.08 66 0 Taupo SI 53 BC East Cape ... SSE 5 SO.U 63 CP Glsborne KW 2 30.12 S9 OK Napier S3 30.11 62 O Casllepoint ....X2 30.13 h2 «. Cape Palliscr .. Calm —— &J B Cape Egmont .. S 2 30.0r 61 B Patea. KXW l 30.16 65 BC VVanganui ...'. KB 2 30.16 ba B Foxton ...... -KE'2 63 B | Wellington .. NNW 1 30.13 64 B Cape Campbell SW -1 30.1.J 59 B Farewell Spit .. Calm bo B Westport Calm 30.21 54 1 Greymouth .... 14 o0.2a 06 U Akaroa Light. .. AV 2 30.1!) 60 BC Timaru .... Calm 30.09 5, 1» Oamaru Cam ...0.07 aj B Dunedin Calm 30.06 56 B iQuecnstown ... W l 30.16 ,r-> tC (Alexandra ... Calm- — 5| B ImuT ..... WKWl 30.05 ;56 OG Puvsegur Pt X .4 30.10 oO PC