METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 75, 30 March 1939, Page 5

METEOROLOGICAL

THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1939

The Sun.—Rose today 6.2 a.m.; sets 5.49 p.m. Rij>es tomorrow 6.4 a.m.; sets 5.47 p.m. (Standard Time.) Bright Sunshine.— Yesterday: Morning, nil; afternoon, 2.Bhr. Total, 2.Bhr. Temperature at 9 a.m., oT.ldeg; relative humidity at 9 a.m., 67 per cent. Maximum temperature yesterday, Si.ldeg; minimum temperature last night, 43.8deg; minimum temperature on grass, 36.0deg. Mean wind velocity for 24 hours ending a a.m. today, 6.8 m.p.h. Rainfall in previous 24 hours, trace; rainfall to date this month, 0.99 in; rainfall to date this year, 2.56 in; rainfall average for Marcn, 3.20 in ; rainfall average from January 1 to the .•nri of March. 8.84 in. , Barometer, 9 a.m., 30.095 in, 1019.2 millibars; noon, 30.092 in, 1019.0 millibars.

SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS.

Pressure has risen over New Zealand with the advance of an anticyclone from, the west, but Is now beginning to fall again in the south under the influence of a shallow depression moving"across the southern Tasman Sea. Yesterday moderate to strong south-westerly to southerly winds were general. Light showers fell in eastern areas between Banks Peninsula and East Cape, but otherwise the weather was fine, though rather cold. There were some frosts last night in Canterbury and Otago. By this morning winds had become light to moderate in force with southerlies still predominating over the North Island and northerlies from Cook Strait southwards. The weather was fine generally. >

Beaufort scale of wind force with equivalent tn.p.h.-0 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. hlgb wind. 528-33; 8. gale. 34-40: 9. strong gale. 41-48; 10. whole cale. 49-56: 11. storm 57-65: 12. hurricane _ Weather.—B blue sKy. cloud amount 0-3 tenths: BC, blue sky and detached clouda, cloud amount 4-8 tenths; C. cloudy cloud amount 7-8 tenths; O, overcast, cloud amount 9-10 tenths: G. gloomy dull: D, ugly, threat ening: B, continuous or steady rain, H. snow; JP, precipitation within sight of Btatlon. D. drizzle; P. passing showers: B, hail, Q. ennaiiT- L lichtning: T. thunder; F, fog; M. mis?! Z. haze; £ hoar frost I. Intermittent

FORECAST

Winds.—Light to moderate south-westerlies or southerlies prevailing over most of Hie Auckland Province; elsewhere light to moderate but freshening northerlies. . Seas.— Slight to moderate, but rising in the far south and tomorrow also in Cook Strait. Weather.—Fair to fine generally at first with rising temperatures. Scattered showers developing, however, in the extreme south-west and later extending over western and far ■outhern districts of the South Island

Itatloii. Wlud Fres Temp. Weatbei C. Maria V.D. SSE 3 30.14 Russell S 1 30.12 Hokianga Heads S 3 30.10 Kaipara Sg.. Sn. SW 2 30.14 Manukau Heads.—Not received. Auckland .... SB 2 30.11 riritlri SSE 2 Kawhia E 3 rauranga ... SSW 1 30.1a Opotiki Calm 30.IB raupo Calm East Cape ... SW 3 30.16 Sisborne ... XXW 3 30.18 Kapier Calm 30.16 Castlepoint ... SE 1 30.10 Cape Palliser . Calm Cs'ew Plymouth . SE 2 30.07 Cape Egmont .. SE 1 30.01 Patea Calm —— Wanganui .... XE 3 30.12 Foxton ....... NE 3 ——- Wellington '.. NNW 3 30.10 Xelson * 2 30.09 Cape Campbell NW 4 30.0.) Farewell Spit . XW 3 30.10 Westport .. ENE 3 30.12 Breymouth ... NB 3 30.08 Arthur's Pass NW 3 _ - Kaikoura Calm 30.03 Christchurch . XNE 3 30.03 A.karoa Lthse. . N 2 20.92 rimaru N 1 30.01 Oamaru SW 2 30.01 Dunedin XI 30.00 Alexandra.—Not received. Queenstown ... Calm 29.99 Nuggets N 2 29.9u Bluff NW 3 2903 Puysegur Pt. NNW 8 29.92 62 63 65 71 60 60 62 59 59 52 59 63 55 51 56 51 58 53 52 57 63 56 57 57 52 45 55 50 56 50 48 52 45 45 47 53 OJR BZ CM BC 0 CM 0 O O O C 0 -BC BC B B B B BZ B BCZ C B O C o BC BC BZ B B B B O BCZ BCZ OQ