METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 61, 14 March 1939, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL

MOON FOR MARCH,

Full moon, sixth day, 5.30 a.m.; last quarter, thirteenth day, 9.7 a.m.; new moon, twenty-first day. 1.19 P.m.: twenty-eighth day, 11.46 p.m. (Standard Time.)

TUESDAY. MARCH 14, 1939. The Sun.—Rose today 5.45 a.m.; sets 6.16 p.m. Rises tomorrow 5.46 a.m.; sets 6.14 p.m. (Standard Time.) ' ~ . ,o, . Bright Sunshine.— Yesterday : Morning, 4.Bhr, afternoon, 4.7 hr.; total, 9.5 hr. Temperature at 9 n.ni:, 59.7deg. Kelative humidity at 9 a.m., 83 per cent. Maximum temperature yesterday, 69.<deg.; minimum temperature last night, 51.9deg.; minimum temperature on grass, 45.6deg. Mean wind velocity for 24 hours ending 9 a.m. today, 1.8 m.p.h. Rainfall in previous 24 hours, nil; rain--fall to date this month, 0.96 in; rainfall to date this year, 2.53 in; rainfall average for March, 3.20 in; rainfall average from January 1 to the end of March, 8.84 in. ■ Barometer; 9 a.m., 30.3251n, 1027.0 millibars; noon, 30.334 in, 1027.2 millibars.

SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. j Apart from a considerable rise of pressure over Tasmania, there has been little change in the meteorological 'situation, an intense anticyclone over New Zealand and a depression oft the New South Wales coast both remaining | almost stationary. Light to moderate winds between south-cast and north-east have predominated and, except for a little local rain this morning in Westland and near Auckland," the weather has been fair and mild generally.

TODAY'S WEATHER. Station. -Wind. fres. Temu. Weather O. Maria V.D. KXE 5 30.24 67 CO ltussell ..... SK.S 30.27 (16 BC Holaangu Heads X 2 50.27 (18 BC Kaiiiara Si«. Sn. NX 3 07 UC Miinukiiu Hits. EN'K 1 • 07 B Auckland X 2 30.35 li 4 C Tlrltiri XXX r. —- 03 BC K-.vwhia NW 2 — t>4 CZ Tauratitfa .... Calm 30.37 05 B OpotiUi Calm 30.37 00 O Tuupu Calm 59 BC . East Cape .. SSK 1 30.38, 02 OG Gisborue ... KNW 3 30.40 00 B Napier ...'.... Calm 30.36 05 B Castlepoint .. XE 1 30.32 61 BC Capo I'alliser . Calm ——— 57 B New Plym'th ESK 2 30.35 65 C Cape Kmnont XE 1 30.31 62 BC Pntua Calm 63 C Wnncanui ... Calm — — BC Foxton - Calm • 66 O Wellington .. NXE 3 30.33 60 B Nelson S\V 2 30.33 54 B Cape Campbell NYV 3 30.27 59 B Farewell Spit . NW 2 30.32 (il BCM Wcstport Calm 30.32 61 O Greymouth E 3 30.30 57 O Arthur's Pass . Calm ——• 54 BC Kaikoura N 2 30.26 57 BC Christehureh . NR 3 30.24 Hi) BZ Akaroa li'house NW 1 30.24 64 B Timaru Sli 1 30.1!) 64 B Oamaru Calm 30.1S 62 BZ Duneclln . NW 1 30.10 59 BC Alexandra. —Not received. Qiieenstown. —Not received. Nuggets XI 30.16 62 BC muff Calm 30.17 58 C Puyseeur It. NNW 5 30.17 63 O Beaufort scale of wind force, with equivalent m.p.h.— 0. calm, 0-1; I, light air. 2-3; 2, slight breeze, 4-7; 3, geDtle breeze. 8-11; 4, moderate breeze, 12-16: 5, fresh breeze, 17-21: 6, strong breeze, 22-27; 7, bigh wind, aS-o3: 8, gale. 34-40; 9, strong gale. 41-4S; 10. whole Rale. 49-56: 11. storm. 57-65 ; 12, hurricane. Weather. —B, blue sky, cloud amount 0-3 tenths; BC, blue sky aDd detached clouds, cloud amount 4-8 tenths; C, cloudy, cloud amount 7-8 tenths; O, overcast, cloud amount 9-10 tenths; G, gloomy dull: D. ugly, threatening ; R, continuous *or steady rain; S, snow; JP, precipitation within sight of station; D drizzle: P, passing, showers; H, hall; Q. squally; L. lightning; T, thunder; F. fog; 51. mist: Z haze: X, boar frost I. Intermittent.

FORECAST. Winds.— -Light to fresh north-east to northwest, but a change to southerlies advancing later over the South Island. Seas.—Slight to moderate, but later rising somewhat in Cook Strait. Weather. —For the most part fair to cloudy but scattered showers or drizzline rain probable in western and southern districts of the South Island. Temperatures mild but cooler later in the soutli.