METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 49, 26 August 1938, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL

FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1938. The Sun.—Rose today 6.26 a.m.; sets 5.19 p.m. Rises tomorrow 6.25 a.m.; sets 5.20 p.m. Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, I.2hr; afternoon, 4.6 hr: total, s.Bhr. Temperature at 9 a.m., 46.4deg.; relative humidity at 9 a.m.. 73 per cent. Maximum temperature yesterday, 51.4deg.; minimum temperature last night, 42.3deg.; minimum temperature on grass, 40.5deg. Mean wind velocity for 24 hours ending 9 a.m. today, 6.7 m.p.h. Rainfall in previous 24 hours, nil;' rainfall to date this month, 5.95 in; rainfall to date this year, 38.641n; rainfall average for August, 3.93 in; rainfall average from January 1 to the end of August, 29.67 in. Barometer, 9 hours, 30.564 in, 1035.0 mill!-' bars; noon, 30.541 in, 1034.2 millibars. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. The anticyclone lying over the Dominion has persisted and intensified somewhat, its centre remaining over the South Island. A widespread area of disturbed conditions with a cyclonic centre off the Xew South Wales coast has covered the north Tasman Sea, while, also pressure this morning has fallen very sharply at Hobart. Winds have been light and variable over most of the\North Island; and north-east-erly s,trong to gale force in the far north. Weather for the most part has continued fair to fine but along the east coast north of Wellington there have been cloudy to* overcast conditions with occasional very light rain in a few places. Today cloud has increased everywhere and it is overcast in most places north of Greymouth and Christchurch. There have been moderate day but cool night temperatures. TODAY'S WEATHER. \ . . —I

Beaufort scale of wind force with equivalent m.p.h.—o. calm. 0-1: 1. light air, 2-3; 2, slight breeze. 4-1; 3. gentle breeze, 8-11; 4. moderate breeze, 12-16; 5, fresh breeze, 17-21; 6. Btrong breeze, 22-27; 7, high wind, 28-33; 8, gale, 34-40; 9, strong gale. 41-48; 10, whole gala, 49-56; 11. storm, 57-65: 12, hurricane. Weather.—B, blue sky, cloud amount 0-8 tenths; BC, blue sky and detached clouds, cloud amount 4-6 tenths; C, cloudy, cloudenlng; R. continuous or steady rain; S. snow; JP. precipitation within sight of etation; D, drizzle; P. passing snowers; H, hail: Q, squally; L, lightning; T, thunder: P, fog; M, mist; Z, baze: X hoar frost; I, intermittent, FORECAST. Winds.—South-east to north-east prevailing; strong in the Auckland Province and reaching gale force in some exposed positions; elsewhere light to moderate. Seas.—Rough to high north of East Cape; rather rough to rough between Cape Palliser and East Cape; elsewhere slight to moderate but rising in the Cook Strait area. Weather. —Mainly cloudy to overcast from Cook Strait northwards. Rain developing in the far mrth and scattered light rains probable els. "here, also, but mainly in eastern districts. Fair to cloudy over the South Island. Temperatures milder but some frosts still probable in the south.

ion. Cape Maria V.D. NE 8 Russell SE 8 Hokianga Heads E 5 Kaipara S.S. ENE 6 Manukau Heads E 6 Auckland ... ENE 6 Tiritiri ENE 6 Kawhia E 4 Tauranga ... SW 5 Opotiki S 2 Taupo NE 5 East Cape .-. SE 6 Gisborne .... S3 Napier SE 1 Castlepoint .. SI Cape Palliser . SE 5 New Plym'th ESE 3 Cape Egmont . E 1 Patea SE 3 Wanganul SB 4 Foxton E 4 Wellington .. SE 4 Nelson Calm Cape Campbell SE 3 Farewell Spit .. E 4 Westport S 2 Greymouth ... E 4 Arthur's Pass . Calm Kaikoura Calm Christchurch . NNE 2 Akaroa L'house Calm Timaru NW 2 Oamaru ... NNE 4 Dunedin N 3 Alexandra .... Calm Queenstown ... Calm Nuggets NE 2 Bluff NE 1 Puj-segur Point NE 1 30.19 30.32 30.24 30.33 30.40 30.45 30.48 30.49 30.55 30.52 30.46 30.46 30.42 30.51 30.56 30.52 30.60 30.45 30.47 30.37 30.59 30.58 30.55 30.52 30.59 30.53 30.42 30.50 30.57 30.50 56 OMDQ SI OG 57 O 56 O 56 O 53 OIR 54 CG 50 OM 53 <■' O 53 BC 49 O 51 O 50 OD 51 BC 47 O 49 OG 45 O 45 O 48 C 44 O 50 O 46 O 45 O 48 0 48 O 43 BC 38 BCZ 28 BC 56 O 43 BZ 46 C 45 CZ 44 C 42 O 34 B 38 B 42 BM 43 BZ 43 BC