METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 62, 10 September 1937, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

MOON FOR SEPTEMBER.

New.moon, fifth, day, 10.24 a.m.,: first quarter thirteenth day 8.27 a.m.; full moon, twentieth day, 11.2 P m.; last quarter, twentyseventh day,'s.l3 p.m. . V

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1937.

The Sun.—Hose today, 6.2 a.m.;. sets, 5.35 p.m. • Rises tomorrow, 6 a.m.; sets 5.36 p.m Bright Sunshine.— Yesterday : Homing, l.S.hr , afternoon, l.Shr; total, 3.3 hr. ,/ .;-., ,y . Maximum temperature yesterday, «62'.3deg., minimum temperature last night, 41.8dJK.-i mlplmum temperature ori.i grass, 43.2deg..» ,;,;■";;'; Mean, wind velocity for .24 hours - ending 9 a.m. today, 5.7 m.p.h. : ■ ■ Halnfall in previous 24 hours, nil; rainfall to date this month, 0.09 m; rainfal to date this year, 24.21 in; average rainfall for Sentember. 3.20 in; rainfall average from Janunrv 1 to the end of September. 32.8i 1n. Barometer, a hours, 30.056 in, 1018.8 millibars; noon, 30.050 in, 1017.9 millibars.

SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS.

An anticyclone has been .memng eastwards across the l Dominion with Its centre to the north, but barometers are now falling In the south owing to the approach of the first of a series of westerly depressions across the south Tnsman Sea. Conseauently, winds had become mainly westerly or north-westerly by this morning and were freshening about and south of Cook Strait. The weather for the most part has been fair,to fine but skies have clouded over in western areas and a few scattered showers have been reported on. the west coast of the South Island.