METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 127, 25 November 1938, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL

MOON FOR NQVfcMßtfi full uiuua. .-IK-jUt (_aj. ».p3 4IP t-isi atteeutb day; 3.&U tt.tu., urw 'nyou tweiji.v j«comJ (iai 11.35 «.m lasi luiiriei >i.i|-i|e'ii. lav S.^H oin (Standard 'Inies i FRIDAY, NOVEMBER *_5, 4938. The J-un.—Uost toUaj i.lo a.m.,. sms 7 (..in Hia«& tomorrow 4.15 a.ni.. acts 7.J p.m. icii.iUiiatO lime,} i Bright Sunshine. — Vest«tuay . AJornms, y.Tln-. afteiuoou, 5.41ir. Total iI.J Ur. *" Temperature at U a.m., (jU.tfUua; relative Uumiiiltj at !i a.ih,. 88 per cent. Masimum temperature yesterUa.y. o_.3iies. minimum temperature last nifht, sa.7deg; mini- 1 mum temperaiuru ou grass? oy.OUejj. Mean wind velocity for -''44 liom-s «ndlri« a a.m. today g5.1 m.p.b. Hatnfall in previous 24 Uours, O.liiiu, ruiutal! to dale this mouth. 1.71 m j rainfall to date this year, 50.51iu; raiutall ■ average for November, -l.yuiii, rainfall average trotu January I lo the end of November, 3S*.*.7in. Barojneter, 0 a.m.—29.87t.in, 1011.7 millibars; noon. 2D.855in; 1011.0 millbars. SYNOPSIS UF LAST 24 HOURS. Pressure has fallen considerably In the _ar south but has remained htifh in tae north and is risim; rapidly over the western Tastaai? !sea. A weal, disturbance Which was developing yesturuay over the North Island has moved in a south-westerly direction and is now centred oh* the west coast of the' South Island. Light to moderate north-easterly to northerly winds prevailed yesterday and have freshened north of Greymouth and .Kalkoura. Except for scattered ram in the southern half of the No-rth Island, yesterday was fair to fine and warm generally. Conditions have since become unsettled in western districts south of Taranaki and in the far south, and there have been some heavy rainfalls ln Westland.

Beauturi scale ji wluo force, witb euuivaieni m.p.h —0 calm, 0-1; I. light air Z-3. 2. slight breeze 4-7. 3, gentle breeze •*-11; 4 ; moderate breeze 12-ltt. 5. fresh breeze. 17-21. «,• strode breeze 22-27. 7 high wind. 2»-33 t ~ gale S4-40. I*. strong t:ale 41-48; 10. whole sale 49-58 li storm *>7-t}s: 12 hurricane Weatner.'—B blue sKy, ciouo amount 0-3 tenths, BC blue sky ano detached clouds, cloud amount 4-e tenths. C. cloudy cloud amount, 7-8 tenths. O overcast cloud amount ft-10 tenths; G gloomy dull. 0 ueiy threatening ; It. continuous or sf»ady rain. S snow: JP. precipitation tvithiu signt of nation: D drizzle; P passing showers. -H nail; Q Squally; L, lightning, T. thunaer; F fog ■M. mist. Z. haze: S hoar frost: I intermittent s fORECASI Winds. —Moderate to strong northerlies or north-westerlies north cl Christchurch and Hokitika, reaching gale force at times in exposed positions. Moderate but freshenint! southerlies or south-easterlies thence southwards, and southerlies gradually extending northwards to beyond Codk Strait. Seas.—Rough about Cook Strait and north ot Hokitika, elsewhere slight to moderate but rising in the far south and later on the ea-Rt coast of the South Island. Weather.—#air to cloudy in northern and eastern areas of the North Island, elsewhere cloudy to overcast and unsettled with rain at times in most districts and some heavy fails in the central provinces. Temperatures warm in the north, cold ln the south.

Station. Wind. Pres. Temp. Weather. TODAY'S WEATHER. d Maria V.D NE 5 30.U1 06 BCZ Russell £2 30.05 71 Hi. Hoklanga Heads . N 3 29.!iJi 69 BC Kaipara S.S ...NE 3 30.U4 65 BC Alanukau Heads .. N 3 68 BC Auckland .... NNE 3 30.03 60 O Tirltlri NNE 4 '■ 66 BCKawbia N 2 68 BC Tauranga N 2 30.04 68 B Opotiki NE 1 30.09 70 O Taupo NE 3 65 O East Cape .. NNW 4 30.10 67 O Gisborne .... NW 2 30.05 72 BC Napier NW 6 29.97 73 B Castlepoint N 5 29.91) 72 B Cape Palliser NW 7 ' 65 CGQ New Plymouth .. N 5 30.01 65 C Cape Egmont .... N 7 29.93 65 BC Patea N 5 68 BC Wanjfanui N 4 29.97 70 B Foxton N 1 68 BC Wellington ., NNW 6 29.88 61 O Nelson :. N 4 29.89 61 O Cape Campbell NW 6 29.78 66 BC Farewell Spit .. NW 6 2U.90 59 OZ Westport .... NNE 5 29.81 58 O Greyruauth .... N 8 29.73 60 OB Arthur's Pass ,. NW 6 53 R Kaikoura .. NNW 2 29.62 64 O '-. Christchurcti N 3 29.55 73 y C Akaroa Light .... N 3 29.53 71 BC Timaru ...... NNE 2 29.44 69 BC Oamaru NE 2 29.48 61 ■■■•• B Dunedin NE 1 29.46 59 BCJ1 1 Alexandra.—Not received. Queenstown ... Calm —— ,58 OR Nuggets N 1 29.47 50 OMR Bluff .. .... S 2 29.48 52 OR Piivcoo-lir Pt NTMW fl 90 Kfi _IQ r_