METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 38, 13 August 1935, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

; ———♦ WELLINGTON'S WEATHER ; MOON FOR AUGUST. 1 First quarter, eighth ■ day, 12.53 a.m.; full , moon, fifteenth day, 12.13 a.m.; last*quarter, twenty-flrst day, 2:47 p.m.: new moon, twentyninth day, 12.30 p.m. TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1935. , The Sun.—Rose today, G. 46 a.m.;' sets 5.6 t p.m. Hises tomorrow 6.44 a.m.; sets 5.7 p.m. Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, 2hr 5 12min; afternoon, 2hr. Total, 4hr 12min. f Temperature in Shade. —Maximum, 55deg; t minimum, 47.1deg; mean, oldeg. , Rainfall.—Total for the 24 hours preceding , 9 a.m. today, nil. Total to date during the • month, 1.47 in. ' .. Wind.—Velocity of the wind for,thefc2'4 hours ; preceding 9 a.m. todriy, 7 m.p.h. i Barometer.—Yesterday, 9 a.m., 30.347 in. To- ; day, 9 a.m., 30.0631n; noon, 30.029 in. 7 SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. The anticyclone responsible., for the fine weather of the past five days is ■ moving on* New Zealand, and the front of a depression from the westward has advanced on to the [ southevn districts. Consequently, northerly - winds have commenced to freshen, and since . last night rain has fallen at places on the west coast of the South Island aud in the far north and south. Otherwise the weather has ' continued fair and mild, although cloud has • increased in most districts., Much fog or mist • has occurred on the east coast of the South - Island.-

Beaufort scale of' wind force, with equt7. valent m.p.h.—l, light air, 2-3; 2 slight ' breeze, 4-7; 3 gentle breeze, 8-11; 4 moderate breeze, 12-16; 5 fresh breeze, 17-21; 6 strong breeze, 22-27; 7 high wind, 28-33; - 8, gale, 34-40; 9 strong gale, 41-48; 10 . whole gale. 49-56; 11, storm, 57-615; 12 nur- .' rlcane. Weather. —B. blue sky; BC, blue sky and detached clouds; C, nloudy; 0, overcast; G, '. gloomy, dull; U, ugly, threatening'; R, continuous or steady rain; S. snow; D, drizzle; „ P, passing showers: H, -hail; Q, squally; L, 0 lightning; T. thunder; F, fog; M. mist; Z. haze. ; FORECAST. Winds.—North-easterly north of Kawhla and East Cape; elsewhere northerly to northwesterly ; moderate to strong generally and ? rising to gale force at1 places. Barometer.—Falling. ' Seas.—Rough north of East Cape, on the ~ west coast of the South Island, and about Cook 1 and Foveaux Straits; elsewhere moderate. Weather.—Cloudy to overcast and In places " misty or foggy, with fairly general rain; some ■ heavy falls likely in the far north and the ' west coast and far southern parts of the South Island, but only light and scattered on I tho east coast of the South Island.

Ion. 'res. 'emp. reatl ler. Cape Maria V.D.—Not received. Russell KNB 6 . 30.01) 57 OMR Hokianga Heads NE 9 29.00 59 CMR Kaipara Sig. St. NE 5 30.10 56 O Manukau Heads NE G 30.10 53 O Auckland NE 4 30.11 56 O Tiritiri ...... NNE 5 . — 54 OP Kawhia NE 4 — 51 O Tauranga NE 2 30.1S 53 OD Opotiki .: Calm 30.13 55 O Taupo . Nl — 47 O East Cape . N 5 30.23 50 BC Gisborne NE 3 30.21 55 BC Napier W 2 30.16 48 BZ Castlepoint .... N 3 30.02 53 BC Cape Palliscr .KW 5 — 59 BC New Plymouth.. N 2 30.10 54 C Cape Egmont ... N G 30.OS 54 C Patea N 2 30.12 55 BC Wanganul ... NNE 2 ■ 30.14 53 0 Foxton NE 1 — 50 C Wellington ... NW 3 30.06 55 B Nelson .. NE 1 30.09 54 O Cape Campbell NW 4 30.02 52 O Farewell Spit. NE 5 30.05 55 O Westport NE 5 29.99 55 O Greymouth E 4 30.00 47 R Arthur's Pass NW 1 — . 41 R Kaikoura W 2 30.09 51 C Christchurch .. NE 1 29.91 40 OF Akaroa L'house Calm 29.90 47 CZ Timaru Calm 20.93 40 F Oamaru N 2 29.8S 39 Oil Dunedin N 2 29.85 43 OF Alexandra Calm — 40 BC Queenstown N 2 29.T9 42 B Nuggets N 2 29.81 45 OP Bluff NE 2 29.78 46 O Puysegur Point NW 7 29.74 50 O

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