METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 58, 10 March 1933, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

MOON FOR MARCH.

.First quarter, 4tb day, 9.53 p.m. full moon,: 12th day, 2.16 p.m. Last quarter, 19th day, X.35 a.m. New moon. 26tb day, 2.50 •'.p.m. (Standard time..1

FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1933.

The Sun.—Rose today, 5.41 a.m.; sets, 6.22 p.m.; rises tomorrow, 5.42 a.m.; sets, 6,20 p.m. - (__t_uodard time.) . .... Bright Sunshine. —Yesterday: Morning,.' lh*. S-lmin. afternoon, 6hr; total, 7hr 54___in. Temperatures in Shade:—Maximum, 63-2deg; minimum, 47.0deg; mean, So.ldeg. ■ Kainfall: Total for tlie 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. today, nil; total to date during the month, O.OOin. —Velocity of the wind for the .24 hour preceding 9 a.m. today, 5.0 m.p.h. Barometer.—Yesterday, 9 a.m., 19.S9in. Today, 9 a.m., 30.19 in. . -

SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. ::;'; An anticyclone has mo^ed on to tlie Dominion, and moderate southerly winds have-pre-dominated, with cool, fair weather generally. Showers have fallen, however, ,ab.out Toreaux Strait and also at a few isolated-places in tha North Island. . ._ ""

TODAY'S WEATHER.

Station. Wind. Pres. Temp. Weather.

FORECAST.

"Winds.—Freshening easterly winds nortl_~of Kawhia and East Cape; elsewhere light.-and variable, with easterly to southerly prevallihs, but westerly about Foveaux Strait. ' ' Barometer.—Little movement. • - ; ■' Sea's.—Bough north of East Cape and,ln Foveaux Strait; elsewhere smooth to moderate. - - — Tides.—Poor on the west coastr moderat** south of East Cape; good north of East Caps-. Weather.—Fair to fine generally, but showery about Forcaux Strait and in North Auckljjbd.

Cape Maria V.D. E 5 30.08 54 B '■" Bussell SE 3 30.13 62 * ]_P':-' Hokianga Heads E 3 30.15 62 BC i Kaipara Sig Stn SE 4 30.12 64 BZ. Manukau Heads SW 2 30.1S 70 B.'. "'- Auckland .... E 4 30.20 65 BC Tiritiri E 4 . — BC~ Kawhia _. El' 62 B ■■>-. Tauranga .... W 1 30.28 68 B - Opotiki ........ S 1 30.25 63 B "":■- Taupo _, ..SI —— 53 HP'-'-' East Cape ,.. SW 4 30.21 61 BU _.- Gisborne ... NW 3 30.26 64 BO-" Napier .... SSE 1 .30.24 62 B. J" Castlepoint ... E 3 30.22. 59 B'■":' Cape Palliser Calm 59 -: B? T: New Plymouth EXE 2 30.19 .-63 ; B■-*4 Cape Egmont SE 2 30.20 55 B. ■ Patea Calfn 30.21 63 B'" 1' Wanganui .. NE 1 30.22 -58 B' " Foxton SI. : 57 B(_p Wellington ... N 1 30.ID 63 B'--Cape Campbell .. N 3 30.19 • 57 B..^_ Farewell Spit SW 1 30.17 60 B" 'r Westport ....... S 1 - 30.16 . 56 ■ B^lf Greymouth _....E2 30.20 -48 B-:.'-Arthur's Pass SW 1 44 B .'! Kalkoura -i Nl 30.17 58 B Christchurch SW 4 30.14 59 B -'■"' Akaroa L'house W3 30.14 60 B<2; Timaru ..... SW2 30.17- -55 O Oamaru XE 1 30.17 57 BC Dunedin Calm 30.1S 56 B Alexandra.—Not received. Queenstown ..SI 30.11 52 B Nuggets .. WSW 5 30.13 57 BC Bluff SW 6 . 30.13 55 OP : Puysegur Point W 4 30.19 - - 53 : O ■ Weather.—B, blue sky; BC Woe sty. __rnd detached clouds; C, cloudy; 0. overcast;".<*, gloomy, dull; D, ugly, threatening; R,-con-tinuous rain; S, snow; O, drizzle; P, passing showers; H, hail; Q. squally; L. lightning; T. thunder; F, fog; M, mist; %, haze,, Beaufort scale of Wind Force with Equivalent velocities at 16ft kbove Ground.—0, cilnj, O-l m._).h.; 1, light air. 2-3; t. slight breeze, 4-7; 3, gentle breeze. 8-H: 4, modem* breeze, 12-16; 5. fresh breeze. 17-21; 6. Wrong breeze, 22-27; 7, high wind. 28-33; 8, Bale. 34-40; 9, strong gale, 41-48: 10 whole giU, 49-56; 11. storm. 57-65: 12. hurricane.' .^