METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 47, 24 August 1931, Page 10

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER MOON FOR AUGUST. i'££* k*? aM?S i lUI "S' 8:« »•«• «ew Moon. Utb day, T.ST *.m. first Quarter, 20th dv IL6 pjn. FuU Moon. SBtli di^s'4o ™»^ MONDAY, 24ttl AUGUST. « S"8--80"* »<>-*»y. 6.30 «.m.; «et«, 5.1T p.m. Bises to-morrow. 6.28 «.m.;«eta,« 5.18 p.m. _.. -.-._.. ' i^ Bht «Sußßhin e-—Yesterday: Mornlnp, Bhr 42min; afternoon*, Ohr 48min. Total, 3hr 30mln Temperature; Inf. Shade.—Maximum, 54derminimum. 43.3deg; mean, 48.6deg / ;n^ tnfa«V o ?' r;the 48 hours Pteceding 9 a.m. 1271 °: I9in; total l 0 <Jate during,the month, Wind—Velocity of the wind for the 48 hours Preceding 9 a.m. to-day, 7.9.m.p.h. Barometer.—Yesterday, » a.m., 30.00 in; today, 9 a.m., 29.741n; noon, 29;71in. SYNOPSIS OF XMJ 48 HOURS. : A slteht anticyclone crossed ,New Zealand during Saturday, and Sunday, the centre passXX«™ £" 'I.? 01 .ana> ■ItDOUBh somewhat changeable with a few Isolated showers, the weather was mainly fair. During Sunday however, barometers commenced to fall with t »^«, of "Repression across the Tasman Sea, the latter having since mored.oii to the J^n o,?' Con, di"*"«'. coniequently, became unsettled generally Ust night,- and rain has sluco fallen _ln nearly all districts, many heavy latodi- h" were cool ™n Saturday, when moderate southeriles, were prenS cV m' by Sunday the' winds had become aS? fh» y>J CS 0I? panled by n>««» temperatum! creased fOTi:e. has since gradually ln-TQ-DAY'S WEATHER. Station. ; Wind. ,■ Pres. Temp. Weather^ Cape' Maria Vi. W4: 29.86 55 OBZ S u?f» • 'NW.4 29.88 59 OR Hoklanga Heads;. SI .29.92-: :.66'. C Kaipara Sig Stn. W 3 ... 2*.n .5* , ODM Manukau .Heads-.N8,2 . 29.86 •, Gt .OR, Auckland v.iVJiW 1 -29.86', 53 -b Tlritlrl .... WSW-3 .-^-i 52 OMR Kawhla .....W2 ;-_^..;:^ g^ Taurangs ; v .. BW 3 29.92 : : 52. R Opotlkl .....;. S E 4 : 29.87 .55 X Janpo ...KB 1 — 50 O R East Capo.... ICE 5 30:91 59 OMR Gisborne ....;-.NE 4 ■ 29.87- 55 - O~^ Napier ........ KP 4 29.85 .52' 'o Castlepoint .... E4 , 29.86 49 C Cape Palliser :..N4 -^-^ ' '55 .B ' New :Pl.vmoirth..- Calm- ■■" 29.80■'' 55-' "; B': •. ; Cape Egmont.:.. N:4. .29.83 '53 SBC ■ Patea ............ .N 1.: 2?:8«-'r.'S«- ''B" '■ Wanganul ...; : .-.'-n 1 29.91 ' :ST- BC . Foxtpn>......:.-Calm ■ ,__ <■ 59 -BC ' Wellington .. NNW 4 29.74 52 '■> 0 '1' Cape, CampbeU'• .X 2 29.70: .r 59. ■CW Fare.-ell Spit NNW 4 29.76 :55 B ' Westport .... NKW 4 29.65 51 OPT: ,Hteymouth ;.'.. N" 5 -29.63 50 !R' ■• Arthur's Pass SW.3 ' -^- "36" 0 Kaikoura ..... Calm • 20.62 ■:' -49 B • Clirlstchurch. .. NE4 29.54 ,: 54 BC Akaroa Light .. KE 4 20.55' -53 BC Timaru ........Calm 29.53 -42 'V -; Oamaru .;...... W4 ' 29^52 46 C Dunedin ...... KE 2 ' 29.51 . 48 . ■ BC ■ Alexandra .... Calm .— 39 o Quecnstown ....' N 1 29.48' ' 42 '^C Nugcets..... NNE 3 ■ 29.50 '42 C Bluff ...... N 2 '29.45 49 OPuysegur Point ; Calm ; 29.43 .44 BC Weather.—B., blue sky; 8.C., blue sky and detached clouds; C; cloudy;'O.. overcast; O, gloomy, dull; D., ugly, threatening; R.. continuous or steady rain; S., snow; D., drizzle; P... passing showers;,H., hall; Q., squally; 1., lightning: T.. thunder: F.. fog: M., mist: Z.. haze. ■ ■ ■. ■ : ■■.':.■■ : ■■ . • Beaufort Scale'of Wind-force, with equivalent velocities at 1 Teet above ground. 0 calm, 0-1. m.p.h.; 1, ,lighf air, 2-3; S, slight breeze, 4-7; 3 gentle: breeze, -8-11; 4, moderate breeze, 12-16; 5. fresh-breeze, 17-2116, ttrong breeze, 22-27; 7. high wind, 28-33: 8, gale, 34-40; 9, stroni? cale, 41-48; 10,-whole gale. 49-56; 11, storm. 57-65: 12,- hurricane. - FORECAST. .-.; ' Winds.—Sloderato to strong northerly winds, of gale force. at places, backing to soutlierly soon In the South1 and Southerlles becoming r neral after from 10 to 16 hours. Barometer.—Falling, but rising everywhere shortly. . . ' , .. ;• ■..-. : Seas.—Bather roueh: on' the West" Coast; moderate, but later rising, on the East Coast. Tides.—Good. .-.,':.,. „ Warning Signals are exhibited for a westerly gale at Cape Maria van' Diemen;.northerly gales at Farewell Spit, Stephens' Island, and Cape Campbell, and a southerly gale at Kugget Point. , . ; Weather.—Unsettled and cloudy, • with further rain in most districts r heavy in- parts of the western district from.Taranakl southwards. Temperatures mild at. first, but a cool change within the next 24 hours.