METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 70, 24 March 1931, Page 12

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

TUESDAY, 24th MARCH, 1931

The sun rose to-day 5.56 a.m.; sets 5.59. a.m. Rises to-morrow 5.57 a.Tn.; sets 5.58 p.m. Bright Sunshine.— Yesterday: Morning,; nil; afternoon, nil; total, nil. , ■ Temperature in Shade. —Maximum, 62.7deg; minimum, 55.0deg; mean, 58.8deg. : Rainfall for the 24 hours preceding. 9 a.m. to-day, 0.081n; total to date for the month, 0 33in '■'■'■ ■ ; Wind.—Velocity of the wind for the 48 hours preceding-9 a.m. to-day, 14.0 m.p.h. ■ ' Barometer.—Yesterday,. 9 a.m., 30.09 in; today, 30.08 in. ■■-■" I ■•■-.'

SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. The vigorous depression of. yesterday has passed away eastwards, and with; thei.rlse in barometers the winds bajjted.to southerlles/during last night 'in many, places.; Owing, however, to the slow movement of- an anti-cyclone to the north-east of the Dominion the southerlies proved of much less force than the northerlie3 which preceded them, and by 9 a.m. today winds had become light or moderate, and the directions somewhat variable. Squally, unsettled conditions prevailed during Monday, and rain fell In moat districts, with heavy fall 3 at some places.' A few light showers were still reported r this morning, but generally, the weather was a considerable improvement on that recently experienced. , ~:,

TO-DAY'S WEATHER.

Station.", .Wind. Pres. Temp. Weather.

Cp. Maria V.D. NW 6 30.19 67 OP Russell W4 30.17 69 O Hoklanga Heads W 3 30.20 '6b OM Kaipara Sg. St. W 3 30.17 6o OUZ Manukau Heads W2 ■ 30.15 63 MB Auckland .... SW 3 30.16 66 BCZ Tlrltiri ...... WS '— 62 D Kawhla W2 — «2 ° Tauranga ..'..". W 1 .30.10 69 C Opotiki N 1 30.15 67 O Taupo ...;'."."..". S.I - 50 O. East Cape ... NW 2 30.16 U O Gisborno SI 30.13 70 O Napier X! 30.10 70 BC Cashpoint .... El 30.09 68 B Cape Palliser SB 1 — 66 B New Plymouth. WSW 1 30.11 64 CQ Cape Egmont .. W 3 30.11 61 BC p aea SW 1 30.08 64 O Wanganui .... NW 1 3CLII 65 OZP We?U°nWn".'."NNE 1 30.08 60 OMB Cape Campbell N 1 30.07 58 B Farewell Spit SW 3 30.06 .64 B Westport Wl 30.06 59 B/ Greymouth .... SI 30.08 61 C; Arthur's Pass.—Not received. Kalkoura .... Calm 30.00 -63 B Chrlstchurch .. NE 4 30.03 64 BZ Akaroa L'house E 3 30.06 oo C Timaru SW 1 30.06 08 BC Oama.ru N 1 30.05 5a B am :::::■: sw 3 30.03 ss be Alexandra E 2 — j:* £ c Queenstown .... Calm 30.07 53 B Nuzeets SW 7 29.99 52 O Btarf. WSW 6 30.05 55 OP Puysegur Point NW 4 30.17 53 O Weather.—B, blue sky: 8.C., blue sky and detached clouds; C, cloudy; 0., overcast, tx., gloomy, dull: IT., ugly, threatentag; 8., continuous or steady rain; S., snow; »-. *«»•• P., passing showers; H., hail; Q., squally. L., lightning: T.. thunder: F., fos: M.. mist, z., haßeaufort Scale of Wind Force, with equivalent velocities at 16, feet above ground.-0 ralm 0-1 ra.p.h;; 1, light air, 2-3; 2, illght Se, 4-T?3, gentle breeze, 8-11; 4 moderate breeze 12-16; 6 fresh breeze. "-ZU 6, ttrong breeze 22-2T: 7, high wind, 28-33; 8, gale, 34-40; 0, strong gale, 41-48; 10. whole gale, 49-56: 11, storm, 57-65: 12, hurricane.

,v-.-, ;'■ ,", forecast. '.' :': v ■ : .'::\ Winds.—Moderate winds between : west and south-west. ' . ' ■ ■ , ' :, Barometer. —Rising slowly. . . ■■, ,- : , : Seas.—Smooth to moderate. ■. .' . • Tides.—Poor! generally. :■• , . ■■'■ Weather.—Fair , to cloudy with scattered showers, but Improving. Temperatures • cool to moderate. "'-.'■