METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 128, 1 June 1936, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER ' MOON FOR JUNE. Full Modn, fifth day, 4.52 p.m.: last quarter,'twelfth day, 11.35 p.m.; new moon, nineteenth day, 4.45 p.m.; first quarter, twentyseventh day, 6.53 a.m. MONDAY. JUNE (, 1936. The Sun.—Rose today, 7.8 a.m.; sets 4.31 p.m. Rises tomorrow, 7.7 p.m.; setß 4.30 p.m. Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, llir 42mln; .afternoon, 48mln. Total, 2br 30mln. Temperature in ' Shade.—Maximum, 48.9deg. - minimum, 43.3deg.; mean, 46.1deg. Rainfall.—Total' for the 48 hours preceding 9 a.m. today, 0.051n. Total for May, 1936, 2.87!n. , v Wind.—Velocity of the wind for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.nj. today.—6.B' m.p.h. Barometer. —Yesterday, 9 e.m., 30.3011n. Today, 9 a.m.,. 50.4251n; noon, 30.4341n. SYNOPSIS FOR 48 HOURS. Since Saturday an anticyclone has been advancing gradually across the Tasman Sea on to New Zealand, and this morning its centre was located off the east coast oL' Otago where at places pressure was as high asi 30.5- inches. The. weather for the most part has been fair tee fine, but it lias been rather cloudy on the oast coast south of East Caps and- occasional showers have fallen in that area. Cold southerly winds have prevailed and have freshened at times on the east coast» but otherwise they have'been light to moderate and-by .this morning a change to northerlies had occurred in the extreme south. TODAY'S WEATHER. _____

Beaufort scale of Bind force, with equivalent m.p.h.—l, light alrt 2-3: 2, Blight breeze. 4-1, S gentle breeze, 8-11, 4, moderate breeze. 11-15; 5, fresb breeze. 17-21; 6, strong breeze, 21-27; T. high wind, 28-33; 8. gale. 34-40; 9. strong gale, 41-48. 10. whole gala. 49-501 11. storm. 57-66. 12. hurricane; Weather.—B. blue Bky; BC, blue sK? and detached clouds, C.. cloudy; 0, overcast; G. gloomy, dull; -U. ugly, threatening; B, continuous or steady rain. S, snow: D„ drUzlo; P, passing showers; H. hall; Q. squally; L. lightning; 1, thunder; P, fog;. M, mist; Z. haze. FORECAST. Wnds.—tight to' fresh southorlles prevailing north of Hoklttka and Banks Peninsula; variable thence southwards, with northerlles predominating aud northerlle3 extending gradually to beyond Cook Strait. Barometer.—Little movement. Seas.—Rather rough south of East Cape but moderating, and elsewhere slight to moderate. Weather.—Still some Isolated showers in eastern districts between Cook Strait and East Cape, and later rain developing in Soutli Westland and the far south; otherwise fair to fine.

Station. Wind. Pres. Temp. Weather Cape M.V.D. E NE 1 30.41 53 C Russell S 3 30.37 5. B Holtlanga Hds. SE 1 »0.3i .>4 BC Kalpara S. Sn. SSW 4 30.31 53 KC Manubau Heads S 4 — .58 C Auckland SE 1 30.35 40 B Tlrltlrl S 4 — 48 B Kawhla ......SE1 • — « » Tauransa . ••• W 1 30.30 41 B Opotikl ....... E l 30.32 42 B Taupo ........ Calm — • «>1 _ Bast Cape • •.. S 5 30.23 49 Glsborne ,...SW3 30.32 48 C Kapler ......SW 2 30.36 48 B Castlepoint .... S 4 30.35 45 OP Cape Palliser .. W 5 — 48 OP New Plymouth SE S- 30.36 48 B Cape Egmont SE 3 30.35 46 BC Patea SSE ,5 30.39 50 BC Wangariul .....El 30.41 40 • O Foxton Calm — 3i bc Wellington ..' SSW 2 30.43 46 O Nelson SE 1 30.42 30 B Cape Campbell , W 3 30.43 45 B Farewell Spit SE 1 30.41 49 BO Westport .... S 2 30.41 40 BZ Greymouth .... S 4 30.43 35 B Arthur's Pass ..SW 1 — 27 B Kalkourft .... SSW 2 , 30.46 44 BC Chrlstchurch SSW 2 30.48 42 O Akaroa L'hous© SW 4 30.44 46 ■ CPQ Tlraaru ..... Calm ; 30.51 40 C Oamaru ..... Calm 30.45 41 O Dunedin ..... SW 1 .30.50 48 C Alexandra .... E 2. — 38 O Queenstown , .. N 1 30.40 30 B Nuggets .Calm 30.50 43 OMD Bluff N 1 30.45 43 O Puysegur Pt. Calm 30.42 40 BZ