METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 142, 17 June 1932, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

• - — ♦ — ..:. ':. WELLINGTON'S WEATHER MOON FOR JUNE. New moon, 4th day, 8.46 p.m.' First quar» '«■, 12tli day, 9.10 a.m. IMll'moon, 19th day. 12.S a.m. Last quarter, 26th day, 8.6 a.m. FRIOAY, 17th JUNE, (932. The ■ Sun rose to-day 7.15 a.m., sets 4.28 P.m.; rises to-morrow 1.15 a.m., sets 428 p.m. . - - . -. - Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: ilornins, 'alia afternoon, nil; total, nil. . Temperature in Shade.—Maximum, 54.0degl minimum, 46.0deg;mean, 50:0de£. BainfaU.—Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day,. O.SSin;-total to dat? for th« month, 1.16 m. •'-.■ . . Wind.—Velocity or wind for tile 24 hour* preceding 9 a.m. to-day, 4.5 m.p.h. Barometer.—^Yesterday, 9 a.m., 23.4-lin; to^ day, 9 a.m., 2S.9lin. . ' SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. A verjr intense, cyclone has moved on to> the Dominion, Us centre this morning bein; located off the east Otago ' coast. Barometers are now below 29 inches from Cook'- Strait southwards, tho lowest reading heinj 28.80 inches at Dunedln. Unsettled, ■ squally- conditions ha^-e been experienced with general rain, many heary falls having occurred from Nelson and Marlborough northwards and in Westland. Snow has also fallen on. some of the Souti Island ranges. Strong northerly winds preTiiled yesterday, but since last night they have backed to westerly, and at places in the South Island to south-westerly. Gales have occurred la various localities, chiefly in the Korth Island, and a tornado struck Whakatane, in th« Bay of Plenty, last night.