METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 80, 5 April 1938, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL

TUESDAY, APRIL 5, ItM,

Tho Sun.—Hose today C.9 a.m.; sets 5.39 pm. Hlscs tomorrow (i.lO a.m.; sets 5.3T p.m. (Standard Time ) Blight "Sunshine.—Ycsteiday: Morning, nil; afleruoou, nil; total, nil. Tempcratnro at 9 am., 68.7deg; relative humidity, 9 a.n>;, 84 percent. Maximum temperature yesterday, SB.7deg; minimum temperature last tilght, 54.0dcg; minimum tempcratuie on, grasß, Sl.Sdeft. i Mean wind velocity foe 24 hour*,'ending | 9, a.m. today, 5,2, m.p.h. i - Rainfall In prei 10111 24 hours, trace; rainfall to date tnW month. 0.02ln; rainfall to daio this year, ]2.451n; rainfall average for April, S.o4in; rainfall average irom January, 1 to the end of April, 12.481 a.

Baiomoter, 9 nours, 20.Win, J 022.5 mllll bars; noun, 30.18,3111, 10^2.1 millibars.

SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS.

The depression to the northward has filled up and pressure Is Keneially high from eastern Australia to beyond New Zealand. A silent disturbance lias, however, been, crossing ' the South Island during the nlirht and a change to southerly winds was Just reaching Tlmarti at 9 a.m. South-easterly winds prevailed yesterday about Cook Strait, but otherwise northeasterlies predominated. The weather lias been cloudy and with scattered rains In most districts. Generally the falls huve been light, but a few heavy ones are. reported. Temperatures have been warm In western and ilortlieru districts and elsewhere mild.

TODAY'S WEATHEH.

Wind. Prea. Tempi! Weather.

Beaufort scale of wind force with equivalent m.p.h.—o, calm, 0-1; 1, light air, 2-3; -2 slight breeze, 4-7; 3, gentlo breeze, 8-11; 4, moderate breeze, 12-10; 5, fresh breeze, 17-21; ti, strong breeze, 22-27; 7, high wind, 28-33; 8, gale, Hl-40; I), strong gale, 41-48; 10, whole gale, 4D-50; 11, storm, D7-G5; 12, hurricane.

Weather.—B, blue sity, cloud amount 0-3 tenths; BC, blue sky and detached clouds, cloud amount 4-0 tenths; C, cloudy, cloudenlng; X, continuous or steady rain; S, snow; JP, preclpltallon within sight or station; D, drizzle; I', passing showers; U, hail; Q, squally; h, lightning' ;T,-thunder; F, fog; M, mist; Z, haze; X, hoar frost; I, Intermittent.

FORECAST,

Winds. —Light to moderate and variable with oast to north-cast predominating over the northern halt of the North Island, and soutliwosterlles or sputherlies about and* south of Cook Slrnit. JiarometiT.—A rising tendency.

Seas. —Uather rough to rough but decreasIrur north of East Cape; elsewhere alight to moderate.

Weather.—For the most part fair to cloudy but scattered rains still probable; light rciicrally In amount but with a few Isolated heavy local showers, more especially Jn tho Nortii Island. Temperatures mild to warm.

Cape Maria V.D.—Not received. Russell E 3 30.08 73 BCZ Itoklauga Heads E 2 30.28 73 0 Kalpara. Slit. Sn. NB 3 30.13 73 BC Mauukau Heads NB 3 74 C Auckland KB! 30.20 73 0 Tlrltirl ENE 4 71 CMZ Kawlila S\V 2 ■ 70 BG Ttuirungu.—Not recehed. Upotllrt E 2 30.2S 73 0 Taup'o.—Not received. Knst Capo ... N 4 30.30 70 OMR (jlsliorui! Calm 30.28' 70 C Nuiiler ' Ki 30.25 08 OP L'astluuolnt N 1 30.20 63 BO Capo l'alliser .. K 2 (iti B New 'Plymouth .. E 2 30.22 70 OU Cape KKmont .. Calm- 30.10 71 C 1'atea Calm 71 .0 Wanisanul ... KNB 1 30.21 07 O Koxton Calm C9 O , Wellington .. KNK 1 30.20 09 C, ' I Kelson ' Calm 30.21 00 O Cape Campbell NNW 3 30.14 01 B' Farewell Spit ..El 30.24 65 0 ' West-port Calm 30.18 67 OF Greymouth ... NJ5 2 . 30.19 66 OMR Arthur's Pass N\V 4 61 BC Kfttkoura Calm ,30.17 D9 , BC Chrlstchurch ENE 1 30.17 60' C Akaroa Jj'houao Calm 30.13 01 BC i Timaru.. ...... V? 1 30,18 58 ' GKJJI Oamaru , S\V 2 30.15 60 0 Dmiedln ... SSW 4 30.15 58 BCZ AlBxandra .... S 2 60 O Queenstown ... Calm 30.19 61 0 NiiRKOts KW 2 30.17 57 BZ ■' Bluff '. SW 2 30.16 ■ 00 B l'uyseeur Politt NW 3 30.24 60 C j