METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 110, 12 May 1938, Page 5

METEOROLOGICAL

THURSDAY, MAY (2, 1938. The Sun.—Hose today 6.48 a.m.; sets 4.47 p.m. Rises tomorrow 6.49 a.m.; sets 4.46 p.m. Bright Sunshine.— Yesterday: Morning, 3.4 hr; afternoon, 3hr. Total, o.4hr. Temperature, 9 a.m., 50.3deg.; relative humidity, 79 per cent. Maximum temperature yesterday, 55.2deg; minimum temperature last night, 42.5aeg; minimum temperature on grass, 3Q.9deg. Mean wind velocity for 24 houra ending 9 a.m. today, 0.6 m.p.h. Rainfall in previous 24 hours, nil; rainfall to date this month, 0.50ln; ralnfail to date this year, 20.051n; rainfall average for May, 4.10ln; rainfall average from January X to the end of May, 16.58 in. Barometer, 9 hours, 30.3721n, 1028.0 millibars; noon, 30.343111; 1027.5 millibars. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. Pressure is still high from Eastern Australia to beyond New Zealand, the highest readingsbeing over the central portion of the Dominion. A slight disturbance In the south is causing cloudy to overcast weather In southern Otago and Southlanjl, with rain on parts of the coast. Elsewhere It Is brilliantly line. Except in the extreme south, where there are strong north-westerlies, winds are still light. South-easterlies predominate over the North Island and northerlies in the southern half of the South. Temperatures have been_cold jvith many frosts. ....rtKINMHHI TODAY'S WEATHEd.

Beaufort scale of wind force trltu equivalent m.p.h.—o. calm, (M; 1. light air. 2-3: 2 slight breeze, 4-7; 3, gentle breeze, H-ll; 4, moderate breeze, 12-16; S, fresh breeze, 17-21: 8, strong breeze, 22-27; 1, high wind, 28-33: 8, gale, 34-40; V, strong gale, 41-48; IU, wbols gale, 49-56; 11,' storm, 67-63; 12, burrlcane. Weather.—B, blue si;, cloud amount 0-3 tenths; BC, blue efej and detacbed clouds, cloud amount 4-6 tenths; C, cloudy, cloudenlng; K. continuous or stead; rain; 8, snow; JP, precipitation within sight of station; D. drizzle; F. passing showers; H, ball; Q, squall;; L, lightning ;T, thunder; F, fog; M, mist; Z. baze; X. boar frost; I, intermittent. FORECAST. Winds. —Light to moderate and variable over the North Island. Xortherlies to north-wester-lies predominating over the South and extending gradually northwards; force mainly light to moderate but strong at times in the far south. Barometer.—Little movement. Seas.—Bough about Foveaux Strait; elsewhere slight to moderate. , Weather.—Becoming cloudy to overcast In western and southern districts of the South Island with some scattered rains in southern Westland and the far south. Otherwise fine. Temperatures rather milder.

An automatic teller is installed in certain American banks for the benefit of customers depositing cheques. The machine, electrically operated, saves time in the busy periods, being quicker than the most efficient bank clerk. The depositor makes out a slip, which he feeds intota slot. He then inserts his cheques. ' The items on the slip are recorded photographically for the customer's protection and future reference if desired. Later they are credited to his account by a human teller. The machine does not handle coin and notes. Similar photographic machines are being widely used in British banks for recording purposes. Each machine is capable of photographing 140 cheques a minute, when these are fed through a slot, and every page of a big ledger in an hour. One bank official estimates that 50,000,000 such records of cheques, certificates, and other documents are taken every week for the files. Eight thousand cheques can be recorded on 100 feet of film. When the photographs are stored instead of the originals, a saving of 98 per cent, space i< effected,

> Wind. Pres. 'X-rop Weather" J Cape Maria V.D. E 3 30.33 60 B - Bussell S 2 30.27 59 B Hoklanga Heads N 2 30.33 53 BC Kaipara Sg. S. ESE 2 30.35 o3 B 1 Manukau Heads . S 1 — " 1 Auckland SI 30.40 54 B , TIrltirl SB 3 — B a Kawhia SI — '49 B : Tauranga .... SW 2 30.38 48 B Opotlkl S 2 30.36 49 B - Taupo N 2 — 44 BC ■ East Cape ... SW 1 30.36 54 <_Z Gisborne .... NW 2 30.41 49 B Napier SI 30.40 48 B Castlepolnt ..... SI 30.38 o- B ' Cape Palllser .. NE 1 — 4b B New Plymouth ESE 2 30.39 46 BC Cape Egmont .. NE—2 30.35 51 C Patea , Calm -- 50 C , Wanganul .. NNE 1 30.4- 46 B Foxton EX — 43 BC Wellington .... Calm 30.37 oO B : kelson Calm 30.37 41 B Cape Campbell W 1 30.34 47 BFarewell Spit .. SE 6 30.30 54 B Westport SE 2 30.38 49 O Greymouth .... E 2 30.38 44 BC Arthur's Pass Calm — 33 B Ktiikoura Calm 30.33 46 - B Christehurdi .. N 1 30.34 38 BZ ' Akaroa I/house NW 1 30.31 50 BC Tlniaru Calm 30.30 44 BCZ • Oamaru NW 3 30.26 45 BC Dunedin ..... XW 1 30.27 53 O Alexandra.—Not received. Queenstown .. N\V 2 30.33 41 0 Nuggets ...... NW 2 30.21 51 0 Bluff W 6 30.22 55 OPM Puysegur Point NW 7 30.32 55 OPQ