SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS.

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 50, 27 August 1938, Page 6

SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS.

The anticyclone which has controlled the weather over Xew Zealand during the- past week is now centred over Chatham Island'and is still intense: A cyclone: of moderate depth, is centred north-west of Capo Maria van-Die-men. Winds have been between north-east and south-east but are this morning .mainly north-east. Gales are being experienced.north cf Auckland but elsewhere the force is "moderate to strong. The weather-has continued fair to fine orer the Southern half of the South Island, but over 4he rest of the Dominion has steadily-changed lor .the worse. Bain, is general this morning over Auckland and is scattered ■ovef! the' remainder of the" North Island. Temperatures have: been cool to moderate.- :<■..;. -.. ■: ■' . c- : ?

V TODAY^S WEATHER^-.:. ; r: Station. .-". .'.. " .Wind. * -Pres..Temp.; Weather. Cape Maria V.D. NE 8 29.88 59 dRF ivussea . Sii S 58 • OB i iiokianga Heaus X 8 29.90 59 CMB Kaipara S. bin. NE 8, 30,10 55 OP Jianuk.au Heaos E 8 .:' .- , 53 OR Auciuaiid .. E 6" 30.17 56 OR Tiritlri ...... ENE 7 —— 55 OMS Kawhia... NE 5 .- 55 OB Tauranga E -7 30.33 55 ' O Opotiki S3 30.37 58 BC Taupo -.;... -NE 2 49 O East Cape .. ENE 4 30.40 55' OMB Gisborne E'3 30.45 53 O Napier SJfi 1 30.38 ' 5» OTJ Castlepolnt E3 . 30.37 50 OB Cape Palliser ESE 5 —— 49 Q New Plymouth ESE 3 30.29 51 OB Cape Egmont .. NE 3 30.24 -. — OB Patea Calm 50 0 Wanganui ...... Calm 30.33 46 O Foxton ENE 4 . 52 O Wellington .... Calm 30.40 49 O Nelson Calm 30.89 43 O Cape Campbell .. E3 30.41- 50 O. Farewell Spit ESE 6 30.30 49 . O Westport ...... SI 30.23 50 O Greymouth E4 30.29 48 . .0 Arthur's Pass .. Calm 35 O Kaikoura NE 4 80.43 49 O Christchurch .. ENE 4 30.43 '46 OID Akaroa L'House NE 4 80.42 48 O Timaru ........ W 2 30.42 4S ,0 Oamaru ...... NNE 4 30.44 45 O Dunedin; N 5 30.39 46 C Alexandra .... Calm 33 BC Queenstown ... Calm 30.30 37 BC Nuggets ....... NE 3 30.27 44 BC Blutr Calm 30.31 41 BZ Puysegur Point NE 1 ' 30.27 ' 42. . BC

Beaufort scale of 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, 12-16; 5, fresh breeze, 17-21; 6, strong breeze, 22-27; 7, high, wind, 28-33; 8, gale, 34-40; 9, strong gale, 41-48; , 10, whole gale, 49-66; 11, storm, 57-65; 12, hurricane. Weather. —B, blue sky, cloud amount 0-3 tenths; BC, blue sky and detached clouds, cloud amount 4-6 tenths; C, cloudy, eloudening; R, continuous or steady rain; S, snow; JP, precipitation within sight of station; D, drizzle; P, passing, showers; H, hail; Q, squally; L, lightning; T, thunder; P, fog;. M, mist; Z, haze; X hoar frost; I, intermittent. FORECAST. Winds. —North-east to northerly; strong t» gale force north of Kawhia and. East Cape; elsewhere light to fresh and increasing. Seas, —Rough to high north of East Cape and rather rough to rough elsewhere north ot Farewell Spit and Kaikoura; slight to moderate south of Farewell Spit and Kaikoura. Weather.—Fair at first-in the far "south; otherwise dull with mist or fog in many places. Rain probable in most districts; heavy in the far north, with flooding In places, but' scattered and mainly light in the South Island. Temperatures mild.' -• ■ -