METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 27, 31 July 1937, Page 11

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1037.

The Sun.— Rose today, 7. a.m.; sets, 4.34 p.m. Rises tomorrow, 6.50 a.m.; sots, 4.55' p.m.

Bright SunshineI.—Yesterday: Morning, O.Shr afternoon, 2.2 hr. Total, 3ur. '.-. ■

-Maximum temperature yesterday,- 51.Odes; minimum temperature last nicht, 40,9deg; minimum temperature on grass, 33.5deg. Mean wind velocity (or 24 hours, ending 9 a.m. today, 2.1 m.p.h. Rainfall in previous 24 hours, nil; rainfall to date this month, S.Mln; rainfall to date (his year, 22.59 in; rainfall average for July. 4.Ssiri: rainfall averaue from January 1 to tho end of July, 25.74 in. Barometer, 9 hours, 30.2131n, 1023.1 millibars; noon, 30.153 in, 1022.1 millibars.

SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS,

Weather.—B, blue sky, cloud amount 0-3 tenths; XC, , blue sky aud detached clomls, cloud amount 4-0 tenths; C, cloudy, domiciling; ]{, continuous or steady rain; Bs, suoh , Jl', precipitation within sight of station: I), drizzle; P, passing showers; U. halt, W. squally; L. lightning; T, thunder; 1 foe. Jl, mist: Z. haze: X. boar frost: I. Inter--01 Beaufort scale of wind force, with equivalent m.p.h..--, calm,o-1J 1, light air, i-»; 2, slight breeze, 4-7; 3, premie breeze, S-U , 4 moderate breeze, 12-10; 5, fresh breeze, 17-21; 0, strong breeze, 22-27; 7, High wind, "S-33- S Rale, 31-40; 0, strong gale, 41-451; 10, wholo gale, 43-50; 11, storm, 57-05; I_, hurricane.

FORECAST.

Winds Wglit to moderate .south-wcsterllcs nrcvailliiK nt first north of Kawhla nnd East Cane but otherwise west to north-west; force mainly liclifto moderate but strong at times about Cook antl Foveaiix Straits.

Barometer.—Uttlo movement. g eas .—silpht to1 moderate- but rising about Conk and Fovenux Straits. ■ ■ Weather.—Fair in eastern districts; cloudy .n districts with a westerly nspect and the far south and occasional rain probable" Temperatures mild. ■

' An anticyclone has continued to cover the Dominion, its centre at present extending across the far northern portion while pressures are progressively low to the south. Winds have consequently been mainly from soma westerly quarter and mostly light, but hare freshened somewhat in parts of the Cook and Foveaux Straits areas. ' The weather for the most part has been fair to fine and mild, but since last night cloud has increased In western districts and the far north and south ancl some light, Isolated rains have fallen in those areas. TODAY'S WEATHER. Station. Wind. Pres. Temp. Weather. Cape Maria Y.D. S 1 30.42 S3 EG Kussell SW 1 .30.40 52 BC Hokianga Heads -.S3 30.30 55 BCP ■Kalpara S. Stn. SW 2 30.30 51 . O Manukau Heads ..SI 50 BC Auckland .... SW 3 30.33 AT B Tiritiri ,. SW 4 - 51 0 Kawhii- SW 1 ■-— 51 O Tauranga'-...... Calm 30.30 40 BC Opotiki , SI 30.31 42 B Taupo Calm 40 0 East Cape .. WXW 2 30.25 48 BZ ■Ulsbomo- .... KW 1 30.30 41 B Xapier S 1 30.19 41 B Castlepoint ... KW 4 30.24 .49 B Capo Palliser ..Calm 42 P.Z New Plymouth SW 3 30.27. . 53 BC Cape Egmont .. W4 30.30 o3 BC l'ateit W-5 30.30 52 BC Wanganui .... KW 4 30.29 50 CMR Foxton WI « BC Wellington. K3 30.21 48 C Xelson ......... E 2 30.24 41 B Cape Campbell .. W 1 30.17 44 B Farewell Spit WSW 2 30.19. 40 B Westport .... ESE 2 , 30.2S 4o CMR Greymouth TS 2 30.25 41 O Arthur's Pass KW 2 -—- 30 C Kaikoura. KE 3 30.1. 40 B Christchurch .. Calm 30.12 40 B Akaroa Light .. KW 4 30.09 4. BC Timaru .' SW 2 30.0S 40 BCX Oamaru Calm 30.08 3S B Dunedin ...... SW 1 30.07 47 C Alexandra ...;. Calm , •>! Bi_ Queenstown .... KW 3 30.09. 41 C Nuggets W2 30.0S .48 C Blurt WKW 3 29.99 4. OP Puvseeur Point -W S 30.0-) 49 Ol