METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Issue 99, 24 October 1934, Page 16

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

MOON FOR OCTOBER.

New moon, ninth day, 2.35 a.m>; first quarter, sixteenth day,' 6.50' a.m.; full moon, twenty-third day, 2.31 a.m.; last quarter. thirtieth' day, 'r.ci2 p.m. (Stun'danP Time.)" '■'■

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24,

Tlie Sun.—Tlie sun rose today 4.50 a.m.; sots 6.21 p.m. Blses' tomorrow 4.48 aM.; sets 6;22 p.m. (Standard Time.)

.Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, 6hr Oinin;. afternoon, 6hr 24min. Total, 12nr 30min. Temperatures ill Shade—Maximum; Sl.Sdeg; minimum, 49.3deg; mean, 55.G.d.eg.

1 Rainfall.—Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. today, nil. ' Total' to ■ date during the month, 0.43 in.

Wind.—Velocity of" the wind for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. today, 7.8. m.p.h. Barometer.—Yesterday, 9 'a.m.','r30.4511n. Today, 9 a.m., 30.3971 H.

SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS.

An intense anticyclone still extends over the Tasman Sea and New Zealand and the weather has remained fine and mild in nearly all parts nl the country with light to moderate and variable winds. A slight low-pressure wave passing to tho southwards, however, has been responsible for showers in the far south and at a few Isolated places on tlie west coast.

TODAYS WEATHER.

Station. Wind, Pres. Temp. Weather. Cape Maria V.D. XE 2 30.40 72 B Kussell SE 2 30.42 01 B . Holitanea Heads N 2 30.42 58 BC Kaipara Sle. Stn. X 2 30.45 59 « „ iMnnuknii Heads SW ,1 ISO.oI ■■■■58 B - AuclilmAl .... SW 2 50.49 08 11 'firltlrl -.; Wl ; -58 U. Kawhla W 1 00 B ' Vauranea -.•. • Calm 30.44 . . G-l J> OpotiKl SW 2 30.45 .03 BC Tatipo; S2 -, —— 5» «■. Hast Cape .... S3. 30,42 «9' B (fisborno S21 50.44 ' '5/ B Napier El 30.42 5-,, B Castlepolnt .. -NW 4 .30.35 00 B Capo Palliser .. E 2 |>1 B New Plymouth . N. 1 30.48 .>0 o Cape Egmont .. W 2 30.46 Bo C Patea KNW 2 : 30.45 56 BC Wanganul .... NW 1 30.44 50 BC, Foxton W2. -r— &3 C Wellington .. NNW 4 30.40 54 O Nelson SB'S- 30.37- 55 B Cape Campbell NNW 2 30.34 54 B Farewell Spit ;. AY.3 30.37 60 B Westport .... SW3, SO.-49 ,4 BC Greymouth' SS 30.47 -51 C Arthur's; Pass NW. 1 . „TCr ->J> %$ Kailtoura ..»...--* }. s*'« F? « Christchureh .. OT 1 , 3»f o| O Dunedin Calm. ,30.35 M " Al«andr«.-.- Calm —-. ,g» gSSegm Point 'WW 8 -30-36 56 C_ Beaufort scale & IS S-li; 4, «ode-"wel'ther-B, Wuo 'Bky; BC, blue sky and detached clouds; C, cloudy; <V overcast; G. Moduli; V «^v S"^^ d'rhTle" tinuous or'-steady rain; S, snow, D, drizzle, P, passing• showers;H,7ha!l; Q, squally, i, lightning; T, thunder; F, fog; M, mist; Z, lia2e. ■ '"'''.'

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Winds.—Variable north of New Plymouth and Castlepolnt; elsewhere', wefet'erfy to northerly prevallinßi light to rtodcrate'generally, but freshening at times about CooK and'Foveaux Straits Barometer.—Little 'movement;- a falling tendency in the, SOUth. ' - '.''„, '~,. r „„,. Seas.-—Bather rough in parts of the Cook Und loVeaus Straits areas; otherwise smooth to moderate. ~ . . , : WelrtheT^Still fair to'fine Benerally vitU inIM fpmneratures but a few isolated showers likely to ffie™rSii and far southern district* of the South Island. -