METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 2, 4 January 1937, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER MOON FOR JANUARY. L ? st Hhv' tm twen--1 ethTw. 7.32 a.m.; full «non„, twenty-seventh day, 4.15 a.m. (Standard lime,) MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1937. The Sun. —Kose today 4.23 HM.J ■*&> J--| p.m. Klses tomorrow 4.21 a.m., ■ P 'Bri«ht S, Bun»hL^-Ye.t.rdar: Morning llir ISmln; afternoon, 'ihr aOmlii: total,J hr f Temperature in Miade.-—Maximum, minimum r»s.ldeff; mean, 60.4deg. Rainfall.—Total for the 48 hours prccedlnE D am. today, nil; total to date during the m Wind.— Velocity of wlnd 48 U ° UrS preceding 9 a.m. today, :>.R m.p.h. Barometer. —Yesterday, 9 a.m.. 2 9 - B ®' ,ln ' 10 day, 9 a.m., 29.8G81n; noon, 29.8081n. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 48 HOURS. While pressure has remained relatively high to the north a shallow but " tensive „s epre j slon has been covering the lasman Sea and a series of slight ones passing to the south. Consequently moderate westerly winds have predominated but light southerlles have blown at times in the far north and on the east coast of the South Island. The weather, for the most part, has been fair to cloudy with mild to warm temperatures, but local rams havo occurred at a few scattered places, more especially in the South Island. Hicre has also been a considerable amount of mist or log on the cast coast of the howth island.

Beaufort scale of wind force, with equivalent 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 galo. 41-48; 10, whole gale. 49-56; 11, storm, 57-66; 11, hurricane. Weather.—B, blue sky; cloud amount 0-3 tenths. BC, blue sky and detached clouds; cloud amount 4-6 tenths. C, cloudy; cloud I amount 7-8 tenths. O. overcast; cloud amount j 9-10 tenths. G, gloomy, dull. O, ugly,, threatening. R, continuous or steady rain. S, snow. JP, precipitation within sight of station. D, drizzle. P, passing showers. H, hall. Q, squally. L, lightning. T, thunder. F, fog. M, mist. Z, bazo. X, hoar frost. I, Intermittent. FORECAST. Winds. —North-cast to northerly. light to moderate but freshening. liarometer.—A falling tendency. Seas. —Slight, to moderate but rising later north of -East Cape and in the Cook Strait area. Weather. —For the most part cloudy tn overcast. with mist or fog in many places and scattered rains developing in most districts. Tempentl-ures warm.

TODAY'S WEATHER. Station. Wind. Pres. Temp. YVefcttacr. C. Maria V.P. XNE 1 STsT 72 BC " liusHoU iVK 3 30.00 7« BG Hokianga Heads.—-Not. received. Kalpara SI p. Sn. Calm 29.93 i0 BC Manukau Heads XE 2 29.92 J»7 BC Auckltind E 2 29.92 70 C Tiritlri NE 3 —; — 67 BO Knwhia SW1 — M ; TsiuraiiKa Calm 29.88 08 0 Opotlki H 1 29.92 OH BC Tallin Calm 58 0 East <V4 ,<3 29.88 06 CZ Glsborno .... SSE 2 29.87 <1 BCZ Xaider ...... NW 1 20.87 08 BC Castlepoint ... SE I 29.82 6< BC Capo Paltiscr ... El ——- 60 B Now Plymouth E 2 29.88 68 BC Capo Ktfmoni ... X 4 29.86 66 BC Patea Calm 29.89 69 BC Wanpanul XI 29.90 69 BC w Foxtoii ...... Calm 70 liG Wellington .. XXW 2 29.86 64 O Nelson NE 1 29.96 64 O Capo Campbell X 4 29.82 BC Farewell Spit . .XW 2 29.84 61 OM Westport NE 9 29.83 64 0 Greyinouth K 2 29.80 60 C Arthur's Pass.-—Not received. Kaikoura NE X 29.82 65 O Chrlstehurch XNE 3 29.82 58 OMD Akaroa L'hmise XXE 4 29.79 62 M Tlmaru EXE 3 29.79 60 GIMTt Oamaru XE 2 29.81 —• OMR iMmeilin XE 3 29.78 56 OF Alexandra. —Xot received. Queenstowu S I 29.72 60 O Nutlets XE 4 29.71 55 F Bluff XE 1 29.67 60 OF Puysepir Point Calm 29.67 150 OZ