METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 131, 30 November 1933, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

MOON FOR DECEMBER. Full moou, second day, 1.1 p.m.;,last quarter, tenth day, 5.54 p.m.; new moon, seventeenth 2.23 p.m. ', first' quarter, twentyfourtlf day, 7.39 a.m v (Standard time.) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1933. The Sun.—Rose tjday, 4.13 a.m.; sets, 7.6 p.m. Klses tomorrow, 4.12 a.m.; sets, 7.T p.m. (Standard time.) : Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, 7hr 6min; afternoon, Ohr 42mln. Total, 7hr 48min.

Tomperatures in Shade—Maximum, 65.3deg minimum. 52.Idee; mean, 59deg. '■''■■

Rainfall.—Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. today, nil. Total to date during the month, 1.56 in: '.'. ■;'

Wind.—Velocity of the wlnd.fortbe 24 hours preceding 9 a.m.-'toddy, 9.1 ra.pib. Earometer.-^-Yostei'day, 9 a:m.V 3J.23in. Today, 9 a.m., 30.20 in; noon, 30.18 in. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS.

An'intense anticyclone still extends over the South Island with its centre in the neighbourhood of the (Chatham Islands, while a depression lies to the1 north pf- New Zealand. Strong southeast winds have prevailed about and north,of JCook Strait, but they have moderated considerably since last night. In the. South Island winds, have been- legs strong in force and more variable in direction, although this morning fresh ..north-easterlies .were blowing along the east coast. The weather' has been cloudy, and misty .with, light, scattered rain in the northern and east coast portions of the North Island, and at 9 a.m. today drizzling rain was, falling in Chris'tehureh. Over most of tho" South Island, However, and the western districts of the.North Island the weather has remained fair to fine. t '■ TODAY'S WEATHER.

Weather.—B, blue iky; 8.C., blue iky and detached, clouds; 0, cloudy; 0, orercaat; 0. Bloomy, dull; 0, ugly, threatening; B. eontlnuous or steady rala; S, "snowf D, drlzale; P. passing showers; B, ball: 0, squally; t, lightning; T, thunder; f. toe; U, mlat: E, baza. ' v Beaufort scale of wind force witn equivalent reloclties it 16ft abore cround.—o, calm, 0-1 m.p.b. s 1, U£bi air, 2-3; 2, illeht breeze. «■'; 4, moderate breeze, 13-16; 5, fresb breeze, IT--21; 6, atrong breeze, 22-27; 7, taicb wind,' 28-33; 8, Bale, 34-40; 9, itrong cale, 41-48; 10, whola cale. 40-56: 11. itorm, 57-65; 12, hurricane. FORECAST. Winds.—A'arlable over the South Island with north-east or1 north predoiuinatfng; "southeasterlies thence northwards, "•strong at times, in the far north, elsewhere moderate; later tending northerly. Barometer.—A falling tendency. Sea# —Bather rough north of East Cape; elsewhere smooth to moderate. Tides. —Moderate north of East Cape; elsewhere poor. Weather.— IStIH cloudy and. In places, fogey on the east coast and in.the far north with scattered misty rain; otherwise fair to fine with mild temperatures.