METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 92, 20 April 1938, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20,: 1938. The Sun1.-—Rose, today 6;25 a.m.; sots 5.15 p.m.v Rises tomorrow 0.2 C a.m.; sets 5.13 p.m; (Standard Time.) ,' , Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, 3.21ir; afternoon, 4.4 hr. Total, T.Ght. , Temperature;at 9 a.m., 62.8deg; humidity*at 0 a.m., 82 per cent. ' Maixlmum temperature yesterday, 71.0deg; minimum . temperature .last night,, 53.8deg; minimum temperature 'on grass, 50.9deg. >. , Mean- wlna- velocity, for 24 Hours, ending 8 a.m. today, 4.2 m.p.h. - '■ \ Rainfall ~ln. previous 24' hours, nil; rainfall to date this months 4.32 in; rainfall to dato this year, 16.751n; average rainfall for April, 3.64 in; average rainfall, from January 1 to tho end of April, 12.48 in. . ;. '• Barometer, 9 hours, 29.9411n, 1013.9, millibars; noon, 29:912111, 1012.9 millibars. ,' SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. The depression located yesterday over the Tasman Sea , now lies .: in a, north to .south direction across the Dominion. Yesterday, except for some fog on the, east coast, was f'* the most part' brilliantly1 fine with moderate temperatures. ; This morning, • though very little rain has been reported,. there has been a considerable, ihcreaes of cloud and ,thero< is, fog in many places, especially on .the cast coast. Winds-have-been light and variable, with northerlies predominating. ~■-. .

Beautort scale ot wind force with equivalent m.p.h.—O, calm, 0-1; 1, light air. 2-3; 2 slight breeze, 4-7; 3, gentle breeze, 8-11; 4, moderate breeze, 12-18; 5, fresh breeze, 17-21; 8, strong breeze, 22-27; 7, high wind. 2»-33; 8, gale, 34-40; 9, strong gale, 41-4S; II). whole gale, 49-56: 11. storm. 57-C5; 12, hurricane. Weather.—lt, blue ssy, cloud amount 0-3 tenths; BC, blue sky and detached clouds, cloud amount 4-6 tenths; O, cloudy, cloudenlng; It, continuous or sten<lv rain; S. snow; Jl>. precipitation within sight of siiiil.m: D. drizzle: P. passing ■;showers; 11, imM U. squally; L, lightning ;T, thunrter; i. iub; M, mist; >Z, haze; X, hoar fros.t; 1,, ltitermittenL ~,. . FORECAST. Winds.—Light \o moderate' and varlal-lei with northerlies predominating at, first but a change to freshening soulhorllca advancing later from tliox south and covering most of the country within about 24 hours. Barometer.—A falling tendency. Sens.—Rather rough In Cook Strait; elsewhere slight to moderate, but later. rising south of Castlepoint. : . • Weather.—Mainly : cloudy to overcast 'and in places misty or foggy with scattered rains developing, more especially In the central and northern provinces. Temperatures becoming cooler over the South Island; moderate over the NortU. ' ..-'■'■■-■■■■■

Wind. Hrea, T°mp. Weather. Cape Maria V.D: NE. 3 29.97 08 ' BC Russell Wl 30.03 68 0 Hokianga. Heads NE 3- 29.97 68 BC Kaipara, S. St. NNE 2 30.00 64 C jMiinuka'u Heads SW 1 — 68 B Auckland .. Calm . 30.03 60 HJF Tiritiri, ...... NB.2 — CO BC Kawhia SE 1 — ' C.3 ■ CZ Taurauga ..... Calm 30.05 64- BC Opotlkt ...... SE 2 30.05 1)7 01) Taupo ........ Calm . ■ — 57 ' BC East Cape ... SSii 2 30.04 64 CZ Gisborno ..... Calm 80.02 . 5!> BC Napier .: S 1 30.02 60 BC Castlepoint K 3 29.92 (13 BC Cape Palliser.. SW 6 — BB BC . Xew Plymouth ..E 1 ■ 30.02 58 O Cape Egmont ... N 2 29.97 C2 BC Tatea N2 — 04 O Wanganui .... KB 2 - 30.00' CO O Foxton ■..■'...'.■'." Calni — ' 02 O Welllnt'toa ... NW 5 29.04, 63 O Nelson ■ .... Calm ' 29.97 59 ,C C. Campbell KXW5. ,29.88. .61 C Farewell Spit .. W 1 29.98 59 O Westport SI 29.92 56 O Greyinouth .. ENE 3 29.96 55 ' O Arthur's Pass NW 5.. . ..— 51 O Kaikoura ..... Culm ' 29.87 54 .C Chrlstiilnircii . . Calm 29.87 54 031 Akaroa L'houso.—Not received. Tlmaru Calm 29.S5 54 OZ Oamani Calm 29.87 50 C Dunodln ....... N 1 29.86 53 OMZ Alexandra ■„.■". NE 1 — 53 C Queenslown .. NW 2 ,29.93 .53. , C Ntiwrets ..... NW 3. 29.S2 .58 BC BMiff ......... SI 29.81 50 BC jPuyscguc Point NW 5 29.85 63 O .

TODAY'S WEATHER.