METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 80, 1 October 1938, Page 7

METEOROLOGICAL

SATURDAY, OCTOBER I, 1938.

Tha Sun.—Rose today, 5.26' a.m.;, Sets^ 5.5 i p.m. Rises tomorrow, 5.25 a.m:; sets, 5.57 p.m. (Standard time.)

Bright Sunshine. —Yesterday: -Morning, 4,'4hr; afternoon, nil. Total, 4.4hir. • .-> N .

Temperature at 9' a.m., 62.6degjrelatI.Ti humidity at 9 a.m., 80 per .cent. ' ; Maximum temperature yesterday, 62,6dejt; minimum temperature last night, 51.3deg; 'minimum temperature on i grass, 47;ldeg. '■;" ' .->. Mean wind velocity for 24 hours ending • a.m. today > 5.7 m.p.h. • : - - ' -i: ■;.: < , Rainfall in. previous 24.houi;s.. tjrace;, rainfall for September, 5.'941h; rainfall; to; date this year, 45.55iri. rainfall 'average' for' September, 3.201n; rainfall average from.-January 1 to the end of September, 82.87 in. ■ Barometer, 9 aim., 30.248 in, .1024;3 mlllibais; noon, 30.2541n, 1024.5 millibars. t

, - SYNOPSIS OF L^ST .24 .HOURS. . A slight disturbance crossed the South Island last night, but pressure, has since risen sharply. The anticyclone which has'been centred-in the far north for some days \ past'hasx remained stationary and intensified; somewhat. .'■-. Pressure is still low over south-eastern Australia. Though there has'been considerable cloud,-tfie weathe* has otherwise been fine In most districts. 0» the west coast of theVSottth'lsland,'however, ft few rather heavy . showers were experienced^ while vejry light falls .have been recoi4*d elsewhere in western districts from Taranaki souths wards arid: In 'the -far southb, ;\Vlnds; "bar* been light, to moderate, south-westerlies; predominating in the far north . and - elsewher* west to north-west. Temperatures-have b«__ mild. . ■- • : ;.-'■<; '.!"■:}}. > ■■'-..;

' TODAY'B WEATHER.

Winds-rr-Varlable in the far north.j.elsewher* west to, north-west -. predominating;, force, light to moderate, but gradually freshening -j about and south of Cook Strait. ''.'";', . Seas. —Slight to moderate, 'but- later<yisin# about Cook and Foveaux Straits. ! '. . Weather. —Cloudy to. overcast jon ,-the -were coast of tha South Island with sojae „ntfst oie fog and intermittent rath. Elsewhere..' fair to fine, but' unsettled conditions'.becoming .mo» widespread' tomorrow hr districts, with* a westerly aspect and the southern portion of tthe fSotitte. Island. • Temperatures; mild,. < '■•* -;- .

Station. Wted. :; Pres.'; Tiemp! WeaUMgt Cape Maria V.D. S3 30.39 ; 60 ; :B Kussell......;.. 'SI . . S0i38 .;59| ■ ,'B i Hokianga Heads SE 3 30.37 .59 ,,'BO Kalpara- S.S. ; WSW 2 . , 30.38 , 60.-, - C Manukau'Heads SW.,3. —-—, ,"64 . , BC Auckland ... WSW & ; 30.37 ' 67 BC Tlritlrl. ....... SSW 2 v —— , .55. - B KawWa ......... WI '-^— 57 O Tauranga'....4. W 2 . .30.30,:. .61'. X» '■■■ Opotiki.. SW 1. , 30.22 .58 B Taupo ........ SW'8 —— 60 . :BC East Cape .;. SSW 2 ' 30.25 : 59., BS Gisborne . NW 2-30.25 61 B Napier ........ Calm . 30.25. - .60 . ;BC, Castlepoint N 1, 30.24 . 67.,,; BC Cape Palliser WNW 4 . ■*-*- '62. ;> B^ New Plymouth WSW 3b 30,32 57 'BC , Cape Egmont ..PW2 ■'■■'. 30;si '57 ---O . Patea ....... WNW 5 -r— , 60 \ / O Wanganul ..'.. NW 2 30.36 57\ O j Foxton ........ Calm- ' 58 ■ v.-^- ; Wellington .... NW 3 .30.25 - 63 , B, Nelson Calm 30.26 ; 65 L,B Cape Campbell ..NS 30.23 . -55 V ,B« ' Farewell Spit . .'SW- 2, ' 30.24 ., 60, B» Westport ...... SW 2 '30.30 .57 ~ 0^ Greymouth ....... W. 1 30.30 , 55 , ; OW 'Arthur's Pass-. NW 2 -— 50 ' C^ Kalkoura .;..... N 2 30.24' - 59 -HC ; Christchurch .... S 2 30.24 . 52 OF Akaroa Light ... W-1 30122 51 OZ Timaru .-..;..... Nl: ,30.22.. :"55,,»OZ - - Oamaru ....... Calm 30.16 lt 50 , ; BC» Dunedin■'.,;....,NW1 30.20, 50 , O Alexandra, ...... NW 1 , —— - .57, ..,p Queenstown.—Not received. ' .' .-.'. " __ 'Nuggets ........ N 2 30.13 47; BC* ■■ Bluff...'.....;....Calm , : 30.11. : ,-56.; L BC*. Puysegur Pt. NNW.-7 30:11 .56 C FORECAST^ ;