METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 7, 8 July 1938, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL

FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1938. The Sun.—The . sun rose today 7.16 a.m.; sets 4.35 p.m. Rises tomorrow, 7.15 a.m.; seta i 4.36 p.m. Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, 1.3 hours; afternoon, 1.7 hours. Total, 3.0 hours. Temperature, 9 a.m., 38.5deg. Relative humidity 96 per cent. Maximim temperature yesterday, ' 46.4deg.; minimum temperature last night, 35.0deg.; minimum temperature on grass, 26.1deg. Mean wind velocity for 24 hours ending 9 a.m. today, 2.0. m.p.h. Rainfall in previous 24 hours. O.OTin; rainfall to date this month, 1.15in; rainfall to date this year, 29.07in; rainfall average of July, t.Bsin; rainfall average from January 1 to the end of July, 25.741n. Barometer, 9 hours, 30.425in, 1030.3 millibars. Nbon, 30.3991n, 1029.4 millibars. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. An intense anticyclone covering eastern Australia and the Tasman Sea has now extended on to New Zealand. Light to moderate southeasterly winds have prevailed over the North Island, and variables over the South Island. There have been. Isolated light showers, chiefly on the east coast between Cook Strait and East Cape, and in the far north. Otherwise fair to fine weather has prevailed, but skies were again cloudy this morning about Westland and in the extreme south. Temperatures have been cold, and many sharp frosts occurred last night. TODAY'S WEATHER.

Beaufort scale o« wind force with equivalent m.p.b,—O, calm, 0-1: 1, light air, 2-3 r 2, slight breeze, 4-7; 3. gentle ■breeze, 8-U. 4 moderate breeze, 12-16; .*. freab . breeze IT-21; 6. strong bteeae, 22-27; 7, higli .rtnd.' 28-SS; 8. gale, 54,40; ,9, strong gale, 41-48; 10, whole gala, 4»-56; 11. storm, 57-65; 12, hurricane. i Weather.—B. bhie sky, cloud amount 0-3 tenths; BC. blue sky and detached clouds, cloud amount 4-6. tenths; C, cloudy, cloudening; R. continuous, or steady rain; ». snow; JP. precipitation within sight of station ; D f drizzle; P. ■passing snowers; H, hall; Q, squally; L,-lightning; »«• thunder: F,%b; Mi mist; Z^ hwe; X hoar frost: I, intermittent. . : , FORECAST. Winds.—Light to moderate and variable; south-easterlies predominating over the north-j ern half of the. North Island and northerlles | "over'thel southern half .of the South. Sefts.—SUght to moderate. Weather.—Flue almost . generally, but some morning fogs" and. in Places, light drizzle probable Milder day hut cold night temperatures with some ahatp frosts.

Wind. Pres. Tejap. Weather. Cape aiaria V.D. SE 3 Russell SE 4 Hokianga Hds. SE 2 Kaipara Sig. Sn. ESE 3 Manukau Hds. .. E 2 Auckland .... SSE 3 Tlrttiri SB 4 Kawhla El Tauranga .... SW 1 Opotiki ..... S 1 Taupo Calm East Cape ...;.. S 3 Gisborne KW 3 Napier SSW 1 Castlepolnt .... SI Cape Palliser .. W 1 New Plymouth SE 2 Cape Egmont .. SE 2 Patea Calm Wanganui .. NNE 2 Foston Calm Wellington Calm Kelson"-.: Calm Cape Campbell SSW 2 Farewell Spit ESE 2 Westport .. SE 3 Greymouth E 2 Arthur's Pass .. Calm Kaikoura Calm Chrlstchurch ., SW 1 Akaroa I/house 2 Ttmaru ...... WW 2 Oamatu ..... NKW 2 Dunedln ...... SW I Alexandra ...... E 1 Ouee'nstown *..' NW 2 NuEzets ......NNW : S Bluff ...:..-.•... N 4 Puysegur Ft. .. jvE 3 30.S1 51 BCZ 30.28 51 OSIP 30.25 52 BCP 30.28 47 BC ■—, 46 BC --30.35 46 C _- 50 CZ — 44 B 30.39 40 B 30.39 45 B — 31 BC 30.34 48 B 30.40 43 O 30.42 43 B _ - 46 BC ■— 44 C 30.3T 38 B 30.34 37 B — 40 B 30.39 3T B —- . 32 B 30.42 39 BZ 30.42 32 , B 30.40 42 B 30.37 46 B 30.36 47 OP 30.33 39 OD — 18 B 30.42 36 B 30.45 28 B 30.39 41 C 30.41 29 B 30.39 32 BC 30.41 40 O — 24 B 30.42 21 B 30.38 37 O 30.40 37 O 30.42 37 B