METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 71, 25 March 1937, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

MOON FOB MARCH. Dust .quarter, fifth day, 8.47 p.m.;. new moon; thirteenth day, 7.2 a.m.; flist quarter, ninelenth day,-11.1U p.m.; full mooii. tiventy-seve&tb day 10.42 am. (Standard Time.) ~ THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1937. ''.The Sun.—The sun rose today, "5.5S a.m.; sets, 5.57- p.m.. Rises' tomorrow, 5.59 a.m.; sets, 5.55 p.m. (Standard Time.) . Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, 3.7 hours; afternoon, 4.2". hours. Total, 7.9 hours. Temperature In Shade.—Yesterday: Maximum,. G4.Bdeg; minimum last night,. 56.8dcg ; minimum temperature on grass; S4.7dsg. Wind. —Jlean wind velocity for 24 hours ending. 9 a.m. today, 12.9 m;p.h: :. Kainiair.—Tdtal for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. today, nil.' ■ Total to date during the month, 1.29 in. Rainfall to date this year, S.69in. Average rainfall for March, 3.201n. Average rainfall from January 1 to the end of March, 8.841n. . Barometer, 9 hours—29.9Bßtli, 1015.5 millibars. Noon, 29.997 in., 1015.8 millibars. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. Pressure while rising slightly over New Zealand has fallen rapidly to the north-West, .the centre of a tropical cyclone, by .this morning, having moved.to a position north of Norfolk Island. North-easterly to north-westerly winds have predominated and yesterday reached gale force in parts of the Cook Strait area but otherwise they have.'been light to moderate. The weather .has been mild- generally, and-in the east, coast districts mainly fair, but elsewhere somewhat unsettled condttlbns have prevailed with scattered light ralus'. . rOOAY'W WEAFM&B.

Beaufort scalei of wind force, with .equivalent m.phi-1. HBht air. 2-3; 2,. slight breeze. 4-7; 3. gentle breeze. 8-11; 4, moderate breeze. ■12-1(1; 5/ fresh breeze. IT-21: 6, strong breeze, r> 27- 7 high wind. 28-33; 8 .gale. 34-40: 9 iUMB gale. «-48; 10, whole ealeV 49-56: 11 storm, 57-66; .12, hurricane. . Weather.—B. blue sKy: cloua amount 0-3". tenth BC" blufl sky' and detached clouds: cloud amount 4-6 tenths. C- cloudy; cloud amount ,7-8 tenths. 0. overcast: cloud .mount 9-10 tenths. 0, gloomy, dull. O. . uglyHii'eateniu2 R. continuous or steady rain. a. snow Jpr precipitation within sight of station D, drizzle. P. passim: showers. H._ball. U. squally. L. lightning. T. thunder. F. foe. M FORECAST. Winds.—Moderate , but freshening north-east to northerly winds tending more easterly; gales to strong gales developing in the Auckland Province and extending later southwards to Cook .^Batometer.—tittle movement at first but fallinc shortly especially in the north. leas -Slight to moderate but later. becoming high north of East Cape and rough elsewhere north of Farewell Spit and Kalkoura. . Weather.— Mainly fair to cloudy at first but stormy weather with dull and misty conditions developing shortly in the far a0^""?"" tending gradually southwards. Temperatures warm. „____————

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