METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 95, 19 October 1931, Page 10

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

MOON FOR OCTOBER.

MONDAY, 19th OCTOBER, 1931

SYNOPSIS OF LAST 48 HOURS.

Last quarter, .Sth da.v, 7.45 a.m. New moon, 12th day, 12.3G a.m. I'lrst quarter. 18tb day, 3.50 p.m. fuil moon. 271b day, 1.4 a.m

The sun rose to-day 4.57 a.m.;' sets 6.15 p.m. Rises to-morrow 4.5G a.m.; sets 6.16 p.m. (Standard time.) .

Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, shr afternoon, shr :!6niln. total. lOhr' 36mln.

Temperatures in Shade.—Maximum, 62.1deg; minimum, 40.1deg; mean, 34.1deg.

Rainfall for the 43 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day, nil; total to dato during the month, 2.001H

Wind.—Velocity of the wind for tho 48 hours preceding 8 a.m. to-day,. 7.0 m.p.h.

Barometer.—Yesterday, 9 a.m., SO.llin; today, 9 a.m., 30.07 in.

An anti-cyclone has been moving slowly over the Dominion, and, consequently, Sne and warm weather was experienced generally during the week-end. Occasional showers, however, have fallen In South Westland.and in the far south, associated with the passage of slight low pressure waves to the southwards. During Saturday fresh northerlies and westerlies ruled, but by Sunday the winds had become mostly light to moderate, and more variable in direction.

TO-DAY'S WEATHER.

FORECAST,

Weather —8., blue iky; 8.C., blue sky and detached clouds; C, cloudy; 0., overcast; 0., gloomy, dull; U., ugly, threatening; X., continuous or steady rain; S., snow: D., drizzle; P., passing showers; H., bail; Q., squally; L., lightning: T., thunder; F.. foe; M.. mist: Z., haze. I Beaufort Scale of Wind force, with equivalent velocities at 16 feet above ground.—o, calm, 0-1, m.p.h.; 1, light air, 2-3; 2 slight breeze, 4-7; 3 gentle breeze, 8-11; 4, moderate breeze, 12-JG; 5, fresh breeze. 17-21; 6, strong breeze. 22-27; 7 high wind, 28-33; 8, gale, 34-40; !>, strong Kale, 41-4S: 10, whole gale, 40-56; 11. storm, 57-65: 12, hurricane.

Winds.—North -easterly to northerly, moderate, but increasing generally and reaching gale fores at places In and south of Cook Strait; a I change to southerly Is probable after 24 to 36 hours. . Barometer.—Fall. ' Seas.—Becoming rough south of Cape Egmout and Castlepoint; elsewhere moderate.

Tides. —Poor, but rising south of Cape Egmont; elsewhere moderate.

Warning signals tor northerly gales are exhibited- at Cape Campbell, Stephen's Island, Farewell Spit, and Nugget Point. . ■. .

Weather.—Fair, and' hazy af first;1 but cloud and mist rapidly Increasing.: Rain setting in soon in the western and southern portions of the South Island, with some heavy falls, and rain becoming fairly general within the next 24 hours. Warm temperatures, but becoming colder during to-morrow.

Station. Wlrtd. Pics. Teinp. Weather. Cape -Maria V,D. Calm 30.14 Russell Calm 30.1U Hokianga Heads NE 2 30.22 Kaipara Sig. St. NW 3 30.1T Manukau Heads SW 1 30.18 Auckland Calm 30.14 Tiritlri S 2 — Kawhla NW I — Tauranga >... SK 2 30.15 Opotikl S 1 30.20 Taupo ........ W 1 — 'Mast Cape .... SW 4 30.20 Oisborne S3 30.20 Napier .... E 3 30.20 Castlepoint .... E 2 30.13 Cape Palliaer .. W 4 — New. Plymouth . E 1 30.12 Cape Egmont NNW 3 30.14 Patea NW 1 30.18 Wanganut .... Calm 30.13 Voxtoa.—Deleted. WeUlneton .. WNW S 30.0T Cape Campbell. N S 30.05 Farewell Spit .. SB 1 - 30.02 Westport NE 2 ,30.06 Greymouth .. NW 2 30.12 Arthur's Pass NW 1 — Kalkoura El 30.00 Chrlstchureh ENB T 29.95 Akaroa L'house NB i 29.94 Tlmaru .; SB! 29.93 Oaraani NE 4 , 2D.90 Dunedin NE 5 29.87 Alexandra.—Not received. Queenstown .. Calm 29.86 Nuggets NWS 2».8S Bluff mV 1 29.84 Puysegur Point NW 5 29.85 60 O B0 O 51 0 58 OGZ 57 C «2 C 5(i O ">7 C K(i B 5!) » 61 B 60 O 39 BC on o 57 B 62 B 59 C 53 BC .59 B 59 B 55 CZ 56 BZ ' 61 CZ 55 O 54 M 55 B 58 B 55 C 61 B 54 B 55 B 54 B 56 B 52 BZ 52 B 55 BC