SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS.
Pressure has been high from the ; northwest Tasman Sea across the Dominion to the vicinity of Chatham Island. A depression passed in th 4 south last night while another is located this morning west of the South Island, but pressure is rising strongly over Tasmania. Winds have been .light to moderate; southerlies over the North Island and noriherlies over the South; but the northerlies aro' freshening. Fair to fine weather was general yesterday, but rain set in overnight in Westland. Day" temperatures were milder but the night was cold with frosts in: both islands.
TODAY'S WEATHER.
Station. Wind. Pres. Temp. Weathef* Cape Marie WNW 4 30.23 58 B . Russell XW 1 30.21 55 /B Hokianga" Heads W 3 30.19 57 BO Kaipara S.S. WSW 2 30.19 56 BC Manukau Heads W 4 59 BC Auckland .... KNW 2 30.20 J7 BC Tiritlri SW 1 — BC Kawhla Calm , 49 BC Tauranga El 30.19 52 B Opotiki Calm 30.20, 47 B Taupo ." c." KB 2 — "— 42 B-- i East Cape .... NW'2 ' 30.14- -,52 Bl Glsborne KW2 30.15.- 4T . 8.;.. Napier Calm 30.14 52. , .BCastlepoint .... NW 2 ',29.93 -54- ...BC Cape Palliser WNW 7 —— •, 50 CQ, New Plymouth NW 3' . 30.15 ~ 53 . ,0 Cape Egraont .... N 3 ..30.13 54,. .BO pn tea •.« N 2 ■ 55 ,- B • Wangatiui .... KE 1 30.15 ,50. BC Foxton • • N 1 \54 t> " Wellington ... NW. 6 30.01 ' 53' -,C Nelson Calm 30.06 51 „ C: Cape Campbell NW 5 29.96 -51 . B<3 : farewell Spit .KW 4 30.02' .54 O-. Westport KE 4 29.94 5| 08. Greymouth .... KB A ' 29.94 48 OP- . Arthur's Pass NW-6 — f| c Kaikoura / K« 29.8S ,49 tj !»!!.!! Bl I) &|::;:.Si *B -| & igSSk-rrAl sii? ,f S. gsrr.:::::-^s»i-SS .8 || Puysegur PQlnt ■X 4 29.92 44 OR _ Beaufort scale of wind1 '"ftwith equivalent m.p.h.—o, calm, 0-1; 1. »gbt air, 2-3, 2 silent breeze, 4-7; 3. Rentle breesie, 8-H? I*. moderateeebree Ze .. 12-16; 5 frestj bree:«. 17 21- 6 strong breeze, 22-27; t, men "ind/28-33; 8. gale. S&O: 9..strong gato. 41-48; 10. whole gale, 49,56; 11. Btorm. "^thi-^iSS." **. cloud ™t n tenths BC. blue sky and detached clouds, cloud amount 4-6 tenths: C cloudy, cloudamount. 7-8 tenths; O. overcast, cloud amount. 9°o tenths; G, gloomy, dull; XJ, ugly, threat- .' ening; R. co'ntlnurfus or steady rain; S, snow JP. precipitation within sight of station; P. drizzle; P. passing - showers. •H r hail Q/ squally; lightning: T. thnnte;, P? fog; M. mist; 'Z. haze; X hoar frost:I,' intermittent. -. . r
FORECAST. Winds.—KoTth-wes'terlles prevailing at first; strong in parts of the central Pfwtaces. but elsewhere light to moderate. A change to SmSh-westerUea setting in soon in the loutu andbecoming general in about twenty-four h°Seas.-Kough about Cook Strait; etaewhnui . ! slight to moderate but rising somewhat on the ! WWeat Ohe Sr t."-Changeablc\andwith rain at-tlmes / island Temperatures mild but becoming cooler in the south. ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 59, 7 September 1938, Page 4
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