METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 99, 23 October 1936, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

MOON FOR OCTOBER. Full moon, first day, 8.31 a.m.; last quarter, seventh day, 11.58 p.m.; new moon, flfteenth day, 9.50 p.m.; first quarter, twenty-fourth day, 3.24 a.m.; full moon, thirtieth day. 5.28 p.m. (StiindarU Time.) FRIDAY, OCTOBER, 23, 1936. The Sun. —Rose today 4.50 a.m.; sets 8.20 p.m. Rises tomorrow 4.49 a.m.; sets fi.22 p.m. (Standard Time.) Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, 12mln; afternoon, ilir 12mln. Total, lnr 24min. • . Temperature in Shade.—Maximum, 55.Sdeg; minimum. 49.1deg; mean, 52.4deg. Rainfall.—Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. today, «0.091n. Total to data during the month,- 2.751n. Wind.—Velocity of the wind for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. today, 4.3 m.p.h. Barometer. —Yesterday, 9 a.m., 30.186 in. Today, 9 a.m., 30.089 in; noon; 30.085 in. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS.' Pressure is- still high south-east of tho South Island, and a shallow depression west of tho Xorth Island has deepened somewhat. A moderate anticyclone covers south-eastern Australia and the western Tasman Sea. Winds have continued light to moderate and variable with cast to north predominating north of Napier and New Plymouth and east to southeast elsewhere. This morning northerlies : are freshening in the, far north.' The weather is still cloudy to overcast with much mist or fog in places, and scattered ■ showers or drizzle in most, districts and some moderate falls about tha' Cook Strait1 area.' Temperatures are mild in the. North Island and moderate elsewhere. ' TODAY'S WEATHER.

ueuutorl scale ot wind lores, wiW .•quwnlem m p"h.-V "8" •"•. *-SS a- •"£!» J.re«w, «."• 3 gentle breeze, 8-11! «, modem, breeie, 12-16:6, fcesb bree*e, 17-21; 6. ■troni bweM, tenths. BC. blue sky ana detached doud«; cloud amount 4-8 tenths. C. cloudy j cloud amount 7-8 tenths. O. orercst; cloud .mount 9-10 tenths. G. gloomy, dull O, uily. threatening. R, continuous or steady rain. 8, snow, jp. precipitation within sight of station. O. drlzrie. P. passing •howera.^ H._haiL Q, squally, h, Ughtnine. 1 (thunder. J. tot. U. mist, Z, haze. X. hoar frost. I. Intermittent.

. ... / FORECAST. Winds.—Light to fresh northerltss north ot Cape Bgmont and Tauranga, changing later te> west or south-west; elsewhere varlable_ with light to moderate : south-east to nortn-e*st predominating. Barometer— Little movement. ... Seas.—Slight to moderate, but later rising somewhat in the Cook Strait area. Weather. —Cloudy to overcast with mist or fos In many places. Showers or drizzling rain probable in most districts; fairly wneral and with some heavy falls in tha.North Island; lighter and more scattered -in southern Otatrlcls. ' '

Station. Wind. Ftes. Temp. Weather. Capo Maria V.D. NE 1 29.95 60 BCD Kussell N 4 S0.01 65 C HoUianga Heads 'N 5 29.97 66 CMK Kalpara S. St. -NNK 4 30.00 66 0 Manukau Heads N 5 30.02 64 OG Auckland NE 4 ■ .30.03 63 C Tiritiri ..... NNE 5 — 62 OG Kawhia. N 2 — 66 OR Tauranga NW 3 30.03 01 OK, Opotlkl ....... Calm 30^14 63 O East P0Cap8 ■■.■.■.'.■ E 3 30.14 62 OMRF Gisborne S3 30.12 , 6s C Napier USE 1 30.17 64 G Castlepoint ..... E3 .. 30.04 56 ttF Cape Palliser ..Calm — h>> OM New Plymoulli ..N 4 30.02 66 OP Cape Egmont ... N'5 29.9o bo < ; Patea Calm 30.00 62 *• W'anganui ..... Calm 30.07 61 OK Nelson SJ SO.fli 5S OR Cape Campbell .85 30.09 52 O Farewell Spit... E 4, 30.00 5b OR Westport Calm 23.9o 62 C q Oreymouth E 3 29.9T 60 B^ Arthur's Pass NW 1■ • -'. f°, ]\ v Kalkoura E2 30.08. B4 OE Christchurch . Calm 30.13 oi ORZ , ffiS^T'S: ■lii:^ .8 ■ Oamam Wl ' 80.14-'. 60 O Dunedin Calm 30.13 53 C Alexandra.—Not received. ; «SS?T..v:.-^5 i^;..;S of Blufl .... ESE 1 30.09 51 O^ Puysegir l'olnt SB 3 30.02 54 BZ