METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 59, 7 September 1937, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S'- WEATHER

MOON FOB SEPTEMBER

Kcw moon, fifth day, 10.84 ».m.; flr.t nutttcr, thirteenth-day. 8.2T a.m.; full moen.twentieth day, 11.2 p.m.! .last quwt«r. tweutj-j seventh .(lay, 6.13 p.m. 1 TUESDAY, BEPTEMBER 7. 1937. ? The Suu.—ltoso today, 6.7 a.m.; sets ; S.3S.t p.m. Rises tomorrow, 15.5 a.m.; sets 5.33 p.m.- , Jiriglii HunslJinu.— Vestertiay." Moraine. uH ,■ afternoon, nil. Total, nil, . a ',■ Maximum temperature y«terd»y, BS.»dwt, ; minimum temperature last night. 48.2 dee; minimum temperature ou grass, 45.2det- . Mean wind velocity for 24 hours «ndlns « a>Kaln?all In" previous 24 hours, O.OSIn; rain-' fall to (late this month, p.SJIn; rainfall to date this year/ 24.191n; rainfall average for September, 3.201n: rainfall averau* from Ja^Sry 1 to the end of September, SWTIn. V Barometer. 9 hours, 29.394 in, 1012-3 millibars; noon, 29.879U), 10H-8 milubacs. - SYNOPSIS OF I.ABT 24 HOURS. A depression Is still centred west of the North tslnnd, but it appears to have been gradually losing intensity while «n anti-cyclone has been advancing' slowly over the Tasmau Sea. Cloudy to overcast and, In places, misty conditions have prevailed with raft -In most districts. • Falls •lave been rather lieuvy at places iirthe northern and central areas of the North Island, but generally they have been of a light character. Tjlght to moderate ::velnds bctweon north-east md east havo.ptM^mtnated, but fresh to atrone south-easterlle's,hay'e blown at tiroes about Cook Strait, and'this westerlies or southwesterlies wero;:;'r.ep6rted In the 'southern portion of ■■the. South.\lslß*id:

Weather.—B. Blue sky, cloud amount 0-3 tenths; BC, blue sky and detached clouds, cloud amoum 4-6 tenths, C, cloudy, clondenl»6: R. conllnupuß or Bteadj rain; 8, snow; Jl\ precipitation within sight of station; D. drizzle; P. passing showers; H, ball: Q, squally! L, ligntnlng; ,T, .thunder; B\'floss: 11, 'mist: S5. Uaze: X Uoßr frost: I, Internittteiii. ' ' ■ . • lieaufort ecale of nlna force, (Vltb cqul* Valent in.p.h.—o, calm, 0-1; 1, light air.'3-3f 2, slight breerc, 4-7: 3. eentl« breeze, 8-11; 4, moderate tireeze, 12-16; 5, fresh treeze, 17-21; 6, etrong breeze, 22-27; 7, bisb wind, 28-33; 8, gale. .84-40; -9, strong tale, 41-4S; 10, who<o xa.\e. 48-3G: 11. itorm, 57-65; 12. hurricane,' ,' ■ , > FORECAST. Winds. —Ligrit to moderate riortherlieg, gradually backlni? to west and south-west from Auckland northwards; moderate north-east to southeast thence' southwards to Nelson and Marlborough, but later becoming variable; light to moderate southerlies 'pteTatltng over the remainder of the South Island. Ilarometer,—Little movement. Seas.—Rather rough between Castlepolnt and Bant Cape with a considerable swell; elsewhere Blight to Moderate, . Weather.—-Still rathor unsettled with »c«ttcrcd raln.i in most districts. Temperatures rather cooler.

■■ . TODAY'S WEATHER. ■ Sjatliw. WIcdL Pre». Temp. Wutlw Capo Maria T.D. N 1 29.77 157 C Kussell XWS S0.77 r.S BC Hoklansa Heads . N 2 29.78 r.7 B|! Kaipara Sg. S. NNB 2 29.7S ..I OP Sfanukftu Heads X 2 — 60 MC Auckland ... NSW 3 2082 BO t, TlrUIrl K < — " ™n Kanhla K " -- 5» J£ ! Opolikl SBJ S9.SI 5S BC Taupo XI — •'■' " Kust Cups—Not received. liisborne K 3 I9.S1 at OB Xopltr KB *' =9-!)1 r'8 ° Castlepolnt .... E« 2D.S5 50. OP <;apo Palliser . NK 3 -• 60 OG », .New Plymouth . T, " 20.83 .'it O Cape Kemont .. Calm SP.81 B3 O Patea Calm — 08 O \V.inganui K t 29,83 54 (> Foxton NE 5 ' — 56 BC , Wellington f'alm 29.89 51 O Lvelson Calm 29,89 52 O , Cape C*mpbcH . XE 2 29.90 fiJ 0 I yarewcll Spit SSE 4 29.86 50 O Westport .... SSW 2 29.SS 51 BC Greymouth ...- E 4 20.91 47 B Arthur's Pass .. Calm — 35 BC Kaikoura El 29.92 4» C Chrlstchurch . ENB 1 29.91 48 OIE Altaroa L'lwuse . N 3 2B.89 49 O Timaru .... \VSW 2 29.93 43 BCZ Oanrnru SW2 29,»5' 42 O Dunedln SW 2 29.01 35 O Alexandra'..... BS — 41 BC Queenstown .. Calm 29.92 42 " B Nuggeta ....... N2 29.80 44 BZ Bluff WNW 4 29.87 52 ' CP Puysegur l't. WSW 4 Z9.U 47 O