METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 103, 28 October 1933, Page 12

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

MOON FOR OCTOBER.

Full moon, fourth day, 4.38 a.m.; last quar* ter, twelfth day, 4.16 a.m.; new moon, nine* teenth day, 5.15 p.m.; first quarter, twenty-sixtlt day,- 9.51 a.m.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1933.

The Sun.—The sun rose today 4.43 a.m.; sets 6.26 p.m. Rises tomorrow 4.42 a.m.; sets 6.27, p.m. (Standard Time.) Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, 4hu 24niin; afternoon, shr 54min; total, lOhrlSmln^ .Xe.mperature-'iii. Shade.—Maximum, CO.Gdegj minimum, 49.2deg; mean, 54.9deg. -< Rainfall.—Total for tho 24 hours preceding 9 a.m today, nil; total to date during tin month,-1.631n.-Wirid.—Velocity of tho wind for the 24. hour* preceding 9 a.m. today, 14.1 i m.p.h. Barometer.—Yesterday, 9 a.m., 30.033in;:t<M day,9 a.m., 29.815 in.

SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS.

Slnco yesterday barometers' have-.fafte^ considerably with the approach of a deepen-i Ing depression from the Tasman Sea. Windi have become northerly or north-westerly generally and are strong in many places. Th« weather is mild and at most places cloiidjj to overcast. Scattered rain is falling in-wcsU em districts from Taranaki southwards, but up to 9 a.m. the falls had been only light.

TODAY'S WEATHER.

Weather. —B, blue sky; 8.C., blue sky anil detached clouds; C, cloudy; O, overcast; G, gloomy, dull; U, ugly, threatening; R. continuous or steady rain; S, snow; D, drizzle; P, passing showers; H, hall; Q, squally; hi lightning; T, thunder; F, fog; M, mist; Z* haze.

Beaufort scale of wind forco with equivalent velocities at 16ft above ground.—O, calm, 0-1 m.p.h.; 1, light air, 2-3; 2, slight breeze, 4-7; 4, moderate breeze, 12-10; 5, freab breeze, 17-, 21; 6, strong breeze, 22-27; 7, high windj 28-33; 8, gale, 34-40; 9, strong gale, 41-48; 10, whole gale, 49-50; 11, storm, 57-65; 12^ hurricane. • . . .

FORECAST.

Winds. —Moderate:to strong northerly .vrindsi reaching galo force in places. Barometer.—Falling. Seas.—Rough on the west coast and olt shore south of Castlepoint; elsewhere mode* rate. Tides.—Good. Weather. —Cloudy to overcast and mild, raini in districts with a westerly aspect and extend* ing to parts of eastern districts.

Station Wind. Pres. Temp. .Weather* Capo Maria V.D. N 3 29.98 64 BC Husscll Kl 30.03 63 O Hoklanga Hds. .. N 2 30.04 02 BC Kaipara S. S. Xff-6 30.01 67 02 Manukau Hds. SW 1 30.01 60 0 Auckland KW. 2 30.03 62 OJt Tlrltlrl W2 60 OH Kawhla W 3 — 56 O Tauranga Calm 29.95 58 O Opotilii Calm 30,05 04 0, Taupo S 3 56 C East Cape N i 29.93 00 BC Gishorno KW 4 29.98 66 BC Naricr W 2 29.92 5S O Castlepoint ... KW 5 29.88 B3- -O Capo Falllser KIV G .55 C New Plymouth .. N 5 30.00 56 ORlj Cape Egmont . KKB 4 28.90 5-1 OD Patea XI 29.95 57 O-' Waneanui ... KXW 4 29.93 .17 O Foxton KW 3 53 O Wellington ... KW 6 29.82 r.4 O Capo Campbell . N 6 29.76 Dj O " Farewell Spit . W S 29.90 ' 08 OG Westport .... EXE, 4 29.S6 T>0 O Greymouth ... A T 2 29.87 51 O Arthur's Pass . KW 7 ■ 47 B(7 Kaikoura «.... KW 1 29.63 B7 BC Christchurch . KB 3 29.55 66 BC Akavoa L'liousc.—Xot received. Tlmaru Calm 29.49 60 JiC Oamaru X 1 29.49 '62 C Duncdln Calm 29.51 SS C i A4ejandta.T-rXot received. ■ • : ; A Queenstown .... W4 29.57 4S 6 ■ \ Nuggets ■. KW 3 29.49 54 C •' Bluff KW4 29.47 52 OP Puysegur Pt. .. KW 8 29.47 50 OUR