METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 84, 8 April 1936, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

. MOON FOB APRIL. Pull moon, seventh day, 10.16 a.m.;- third quarter, fifteenth day, 5.51 a.m.; new moon, twenty-second day, 12.3 a.m.; first quarter, twenty-eighth day, 10.46 p.m. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1936. The Sun.—Kose today 6.13 a.m.; sets 5.33 p.m. $lses tomorrow 6.14-a.m.; sets .5.31 p.m. (Standard Time.)

Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, shr 12mln; afternoon, s'lmln. Total, Chr 6min.

Temperature In Shade.—Maximum, G6.odeg; minimum, 55.8des; mean, 60.9deg.

Hainfall.—Total for the 24 hours preceding 0 a.m. today, nil. Total to date during the month, 0.2311).

Wind.—Velocity of the wind for the 24 hours preceding 0 a.m. today, 10.5 m.p.h. Barometer.—Yesterday, 9 a.m., 30.2-lOin. Today, 9 a.m., 30.2521 a ; 30.'270 in.

SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. Pressure has'remained fairly high over the Dominion, an intense anticyclone still being centred to the eastward, but a 1 very slight disturbance crossed the South Island yesterday. The latter was responsible for some scattered rain in western districts . south from Cape Egmont and the far couth, but for the most part the weather has been fair and mild. Fogs have been very prevalent on the coast south from Banks Peninsula. Northerly winds have predominated, and yesterday wore strong in parts of t!le Cook Strait area, but otherwisethey havo been light to moderate in force.

Beaufort scale of wind force, with equivalent m.p.h.—l, light air, 2-3; 2, slight breeze, 4-7; 3 genllo breoza, 8-11; 4, moderate breeze, 12-16; 5, fresh breezo, 17-21; 6, strong breeze, 2SJ-27; 7, high, wliid, 28-33; 8, cale, 34-40; 9, strong pale, 41-48; 10, whole gale, 49-56 J 11, storm, 57-66; 12, hurricane. Weather.—B,' bluo sky; BC, blue sky and detached clouds; C, cloudy; O, overcast; G, gloomy, dull; U, ugly, threatening; It, continuous or steady rain; S, snow; D, drizzle; P, passing showers: H, hail; Q, squally; L, lightning; T,'thunder; F, fog; 11, mist; Z. haze. .. . FORECAST. Winds.—Light to ■ moderalo north-cast- to northerly winds. •■•-■ Barometer. —Little movement. Seas.—-Slight to- moderate. , AVcather. —For the moat part fair to Dno.and mild, but with some scatterod rain in western ilbtrlcta, more- cspoclallx Jfl tlio Soulii Island.

TODAY'S WEATHER. Station.' Wind. Pres. Temp. Weather. Cape Jlarla V.D. NE 4 30.20 ' Cri ltussoll SE 4. .'(0.2-1 6ti Holdanga Heads.—Not received. Kaipara Sl<r. Sin. E 3 30.26 52 Jfanukiut Heads .N 1 no.28 (H Auckland T, 3 ■ 30.29 65 Tlritlri :I3 4 — 63 Kawhla »S\V 1 — fil Tauranga Calm 30.31 GO OpotJkl ' -SI 30.33 58 Taupo , Kl — 54 East Caps. N3 30.32 61 Glsborne .... NNE 1 30.32 5S Napier.. NNW 1 30.2T GL Castlepoint NE 4 30.20 07 Capo Palllser . Nff 5 — 62 New Plymouth SE 1 30.31 62 Cape Egmont ...SE 3 30.28 64 Paten Calm 30.30 63 Waneanul NE 1 30.32 61 Foxton Calm — 62 Wellington N 1 30.28 60 Nelson Calm 30.21) 5S Cape Campbell.. W 1 30.24 57 Farewell Spit .. W 1 30.2S 58 Westport SI' 30.28 60 Greymouth ..... E 2 30.27 56 Arthur's Pass .Calm — 42 Kalkoura ...'... N 1 30.23 57 Chrlstchurch .. SW 3 30.24 . 50 Akaroa Light. SW 1 30.24 53 rimaiu Calm 30.03 5.') Oamaru Calm 30.27 52 Dunedln .... N 2 30.23 52 Alexandra NE 1 — " 50 Queenstown .... N 2 30.1!) 46 N'uptEOts N 2 30.21 50 Bluff ENE 4 30.12 52 Puysegur Point NW 1 30.13 54 B DC BC ]t K BC B It :b o BCZ B B B B B BC BC BC BC BC B B B BO BC B B ojir i' B BCF 01.' C o FC BC BZ