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METEOROLOGICAL
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1938.
5 $?% mUn-^7 The *sun rose today 6-6 a-ra-: 0.32 p.m. Rises tomorrow, 6.4 a.m.; sets, 5.33
- nn^lght. Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, 3.7 nours; afternoon, 0.8 hours. Total/4.5 hours humidity at 9 a.m., 98 per cent Maximum temperature yesterday, 55.6deg • minimum temperature last night, 46.0deg • minimum temperature on grass, 46.0deg Mean wind velocity for 24 hours encitns 9 a.m. today, 8.9 m.p.h. _ Rainfall in previous 24 hours, 0.83 in; rainfall to date this month, 2.79 in; rainfall to date this year, 42.40 in; rainfall average for September, 3.20 in; rainfall average from January 1 to the end of September, 32.87 in. Barometer, 9 a.m., 30.050 in, 1017.6 millibars; noon, 30.074 in, 1018.4 millibars. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. One depression crossed the centre of the country yesterday while another which was forming near Norfolk Island is centred rapIdly In the southern half of the South Island as the-result of the advance across the Tasman sea of an intense anticyclone. Southerly winds havo extended from Canterbury to about Cook Strait, while over the North Island winds have remained northerly. Wind force has been fresh to strong about Cook Strait and elsewhere light to moderate. Unsettled weather, which yesterday morning was confined to Westland has spread to all the Dominion, except Canterbury and the north-eastern parts of the North Island. Bains have' been very general, with some heavy falls in the western central provinces, where it is still raining. Temperatures have been moderate. TODAY'S WEATHER. Station. Wind. Pres. Temp. Weather. Cape Maria V.D. W 4 ,30.07 56 C Bussell ...... NW 5 30.06 56 B Hoklanga Hds. W 4 30.00 SS. BCP Kaipara Sig Sn NW 2 30.04 31 BC Manukau Hds. NW 5 ' — ' Si O Auckland NW 2 30.00 TO BC Tiritiri NW 3 — 53 OR Kawhia X 3 — 56 O Tauranga .... NE 2 30.02 55 OR Opotlkt SE 1 30.06 57 O Taupo NE 2 — 52 O East Cape .. NNW 4 30.08 58 C Gisborne SW 1 30.09 49 O Napier NNE 3 30.03 58 BC Castlepoint Wl 29-97 58 BC Cape Palliser SSW 4 — 54 OZ New Plymouth NE 3 29.94 52 OR Cape Egmont NNE 4 29.90 53 O Patea Calm — 55 OR Wanganul .... Calm 29.97 52 OIR Foxton Calm — 55 0 Wellington ..... S3 30.08 47 OR Nelson SW 2 30.00 50 OIR Capo Campbell SSW T 30.05 48 OPQ Farewell Spit .. E 6 29.94 50 OR Westport E 3 29.93 53 O Greymouth ..... E2 29.96 51 O Arthur's Pass SW 5 — 40 O Kaikoura SW 3 30.14 48 OR Christchurch .. SW 1 30.17 48 O ,Akaroa I/house SW 3 30.15 48 O Timaru SSW 3 30.19 50 O Oamaru SE 3 30.18 48 C Dunedin SW 1 30.20 45 OIR Alexandra S3 — 47 C Queenstown .. SE 2 30.19 44 O Nuggets vW 2 30.18 44 BC Bluff SW 1 30.21 50 BZ Puysegur Pt. SSE 3 30.23 48 C Beaufort scale of wind force with equlvalent 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 Bale, 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, cloudy, cloudamount, 7-8 tenths; 0,1 overcast, cloud amount 9-10 tenths; G, gloomy, dull; U, ugly, threatening ; 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. —Light to moderate northerlles at first in the central and north-eastern portions of the North Island and north-west to westerlies in the far north; elsewhere light to fresh south-west to south-east. South-west to south-east winds gradually becoming general, however, and increasing temporarily about Cook Strait and on parts of the east coast. S eas .—Rather rough to rough about Cook Strait and north of Farewell Spit; elsewhere slight to moderate. Weather.—Unsettled, with rain at first in most districts, but more especially the central provinces. Improving soon in western and southern portions of the South Island and a more general improvement probable by tomorrow. Temperatures cool, with some frosts inland in the South Island. C. W. Price and Co., 91 Dixon Street, will sell household furniture, c.p. ware, and glassware in the mart tomorrow, commencing at 1.30 p.m.- On Wednesday next, at 2.30 p.m., they will sell four-roomed dwelling-house and bathroom at 68 Waripori Street.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 60, 8 September 1938, Page 5
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METEOROLOGICAL Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 60, 8 September 1938, Page 5
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