METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 56, 3 September 1938, Page 11

METEOROLOGICAL

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1938,

The Sun.—Rose today 6.14 a.m.; sets 5.27 p.m. Rises tomorrow 6.12 a.m.; sets 5.28 p.m. Bright Sunshine.— Yesterday, morning, O.lhr; afternoon, o.7hr. Total, 0.8br.. Temperature at 9 a.m.—46.6deg; relative humidity at 9 a.m., 98 per cent. Maximum temperature yesterday, 48.4deg; minimum temperature last night, 42.0deg; minimum temperature on grass, 4X.2deg. Mean wind velocity for 24 hours ending 9 a.m. today, ' 18.7 m.p.h. Rainfall in previous 24 hours, 0.34 in; rainfall to .date this month, 0.83 in; rainfall to date this year, 40.44 in; rainfall average for September, 3.20 in; rainfall average from January 1 to the end of September, 32.871n.

Barometer, 9 a.m., 29.861 in, 1011.2 millibars; noon, 29.894 in, 1012.3 millibars.

SYNOPSIS OF CAST 24 HOURS,

An anti-cyclone with Its centre east of Tasmania has been advancing on to the southern ftalf of the South Island. A depression of moderate depth has slowly crossed the Auckland Peninsula while pressure has continued, low to the east. The barometer is falling at Hobart. Winds have been between southeast and south-west, moderate in force in the Hawke's Bay and South Auckland Provinces but strong eleswhere, with gales along the east coast of the South Island, about Cook Strait, and in parts of Taranaki. Temperatures have become cold, and It is snowing in the Southern Alps and on, Mount Egmont.

TODAY'S WEATHER.

Station. - '• Wind. Pres. Temp. Weather, Cp. Maria V.D. SW 6- .-29.60 55 CQ Russell SW 4 29.69 49 0 Hokianga Heads S;E 4 29.61 55 CP Kaipara S. St. ESE 3 29.71 51 BC Manukau Heads SE 4 — 52' BC Auckland .... SSE 3 29.73 50 C T-lritiri fi 5 — 50 C Kawhia SE 3 — . 53. BC Tauranga ...... SE 4 29,76 47 OD Opotiki Calm 29.79 -48 O Taupo Calm — 46 OR East Cape , S5 29.80 48 OIK Gisborne .... SW 2 29.83 48 O . Napier Nl -29.84 53 B Castlepoint SI 29.74 50 . OMR' Cape Palliser .. S 4 — 50 OMP Xew Plymouth ESE 5 29.79 50 BCJS Cape Egmont .. SE 6 29.80 48 - BCP Patea S 7 .— 52 OR Wanganui .... SE 2 29.83 49 BC Foxton El —- 47 O Wellington ... SSE 6 29.86 47 OR Nelson Calm 29.86 .51 B . Cape Campbell SSW 8 .29.89' 47 CQ Farewell Spit .." SE 3 29;83 51 BC Westport Calm 29.88 50 B Greymouth .... S 2 .„ 29.91 47 BC Arthur's Pass , SW 2 ""':—. 33 S •Kalkoura ..-.. SSW's'i 30.01- 42 OP Christchurch . SSE 3 • 30.08 44 OR Akaroa L'house SE 4 ' 30.01 45 OMR Timaru ...... SE 6 30.19 40 OR Oamaru S 7 . 30.23 41 OR kDunedin ..• SE 4 30.25 41 OIR Alexandra S3- — 40 C Queenstown .. SE 1 . 30.21 39 OD Nuggets "SE 2 ' 30.28 40 OM Bluff ESE 5 ! 30.33 45 O Puysegur Point ESE 6 , .30.25 41 BQ 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.y 34-40; 9, strong gale. 41-48; 10, whole gale. 49-56; 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, -clofldy, cloudening; R, continuous or steady rain; S. snow; JP, precipitation within sight of station ; D, drizzle; P, pdssing showers; H, hail; Q, squally; L, lightning; T, thunder; F. fog; M, mist; Z, haze; X hoar frost: I. intermittent.