METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 148, 25 June 1938, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1938. Tbfi Sun.—liose today 7.1" a.m.; sets 4.2 P.m. Rises tomorrow 7.17 a.m.; sets 4.30 p.m Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, 4.2 hr; afternoon, 2.!lhr; total, 7-lhr. ■ Temperature, 9 a.m., 46.3deg.; relative humidity, 73 per cent. ,-: . Maximum temperature yesterday, 53.5deff.| minimum temperature last night, 41.0deg.;minimum temperature on grass, 31.8deg. • Mean wind velocity for 24 hours endlne f a.m. today, 2.5 m.p.h. Rainfall In previous 24 hours, nil: rainfall to date this month, 5.971n; rainfall to. date this year, 26;391n; rainfall average for June, 4.311 n ; rainfall average from January 1 to the end of June, 20.891n. Barometer, 9 hours, 30.4281n, 1030.4 . millibars; noon, 30.440 in, 1030.8 millibars. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. An anticyclone still coTers New Zealand an 4 the eastern Tasman Sea and has intensified since yesterday. By this morning there had heen a considerable fall in pressure over southeastern Australia. Winds have; been mainly light to moderate In force and rather. variable In direction, but southerlies have prevailed over the North Island and northerlles In ths far south. Yesterday fine weather, with almost I cloudless skies, was experienced over most of the country. Some light rain fell overnight in parts of Otago and Southland, but today fair to fine weather again prevails, although there has been an Increase in the amount of cloud. TODAY'S WEATHER.

Beaulort scale of wind fores with equltalent ra.p.h.—O, calm. 0-1; 1, light air. 2-3, 2. sllghl breeze, 4-7; 3, gentle 8-Jl, 4 moderate breeze. 12-16; 5, fresh f breeze 17-° l: <>. strong breeze, 22-27; T. hlg» wind 28-33: 8, gale. 34-40; 9. strong gale. 11-18, 10. whole gale. 40-50: 11 storm. -,7-Gr>: 12, hurricane . Weather —B. blue sky. cloud amount 0-1 tenths. BC. blue slty and detached clouds, i-lmiil ammmi 4-fi tenths; C, cloudy, cloudI'nliic; K continuous or steady rain.; s. snow: JP. nrecli'itatlon within-dent; of »tation: I), drizzle; P. passing showers; H, hail-. U. squally; L, lightning; T. thunder J f, fog: M. mist: Z... haze: X boar frosts I.' Intermittent. '

FORECAST. ... , „ w Winds. —Light to moderate.and variable wlta northerlies soon predominating about and south of Cook Strait, and Gradually freshening. I seas—SlU'ht to moderate, hut later rising 'on' the west.coast of the South" .Island and about Cook and Voveaux Strata. ■■...'- Weather.—Fair to fine generally at first, hut conditions gradually . becoming, unsettled and scattered rains developing •|« westenv and southern areas of the South Island.■ Rather r.i.Mer temperatures, but soma further frosu probable tonight. ________

Wind. Preg. Temp, Weaibtf. Capo Maria V.D.'WS 30.45 53" CJ« Russell SI 30.40 50 B HoManga Heads S 3 30:35 51 BCf Kalpara S.S. . SE 3 30.30 54 C Manukau Heads S 4 48 C Auckland .. Var. 2 30.41 45 , BC Tlrltlrl ...... S 4 52 ... BO Kawhla NE 1 4G B TaurauKa SI 30.33 43 B OpotiM SE 1 30.41 40 B Taupo Calm , 33 B East Capo .. S3 30.36 50 B GIsborne ... SW 3 30.42 47 O Kapler Calm 30.43 46 BO Caatlepolnt ... S3 • ■ 47 C Cape Palllser SW 3 48 C New Plymouth ESE 2 30.30 42 B Capo Egmont . SE 1 30.34 48 B Patea Calm 53 Bfl Wanitanul K8 30.45 46 C Foxton Calm 41 BO .Wellington ..SSW2 30.43 40 O Nelson Calm 30.42 3i- B Cape Cnmpb'l WSW 2 80.42 43 B Farewell Spit ESE 2 30.41 48 B ■Westport SE 2 30.39 40 . B Greymotitb ... E4 30.39 3i B Arthur's Pass . Calm ■ 23 B Kalfcoura ... SW 2 30.44 48 C cKhurch . SWS 30.46' 37, BC Akaron L'se WSW 3 30.43 45- OF Timaru SW J 30.44 "35 B Oamaru' Xff 2 30.38 .38 C Dunedin SE 1 30.42 43 O Alexandra ... Calm ——- . 31 B Quccnstown ...KB 2 30.43 31 BC Vu-nets W 2 30.42 ,14 BC? Bluff ........ N'2 30.41 47 CZ Puysegur Point MB 2 30.14 44 C