METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 91, 19 April 1939, Page 17

METEOROLOGICAL

MOON FOB APRIL. Full moon, fourth day, 3,48 p.m.; last quarter, twelfth day, 3.41 a.m.; new moon, twentieth day, 4.5 a.m, { arst quarter, twentyseventh day, 5.55 a.m. (Standard Time.) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1939. The Sun.—The sun rose today C.24 a.m.; sets 5.17 p.m. ltises tomorrow 6.25 a.m.; sets 5.10 p.m. (Standard Time.) Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, 1.3 hours; afternoon, 3.7 .hours. Total, 5 hbura. Temperature at 8 a.m., 01.7 degrees. , Relative humidity at 9 a.m., 93 per cent. Maximum temperature yesterday, GS.ldeg; minimum tomperaturo last night, OS.fldeg; minimum temporaturo on grass, 57.1dcg. Moan wind velocity for 24 hours, ending 8 a.m. today, 13.7 m.p.h. Rainfall in previous 24 hours,. 0.141n; rainfall to -dftfe this month, 0.18 in; rainfall to date this year, 2.80 in; rainfall average for April-. ;}.64in; rainfall average from January 1 to the end of April, 12.4 Sin. Barometer, 0 a.m., 29.749tn, 1007.4 mllllbnrs; noon, 20.767 in, 1008.0 millibars. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. A depression with a long extension to the north-wost hiis been crossing the South Island. One centre passed lust night and another is now located over the Kelson Province, Further good rains have occurred in Otago and Southland and there have- been light falls In western districts us far north as Wanganui. Elsewhere the weather has been fair to cloudy and rather muggy. There were fresh southerly winds in the far south yesterday, and a new southerly change, accompanied by rapidlyrising bnromoters, had passed Foveaux Strait at 9 o'clock this morning; otherwise north to west winds have prevailed, with galea last night In the Cook Strait region.

TODAY'S WEATHER.

I tieuurori scale of wind (orce, with equivalent m.p.n.—o calm 0-1, 1. Ugbt aii 2-3; 2 slight breeze 4-7 •3, gentl* breeze 8-U i 14 moderate breeze. 12-16' 5 freab oreeza, 17-21 6. strong breeze 22-27; 3 bigb wind 28-S3 8 eale, 34-40; 9, strone gal«. 41-4 H. 10 whole rale 49-56 n storm 57-65. 12 Hurricane Weather ~-B blue suj clouo aoiouot i»-8 tenths BC blue sky and detached clouda, cloud amount 4-8 tenths; G. cloudy cloud amount 7-« tenths 0 overcast, cloud mnouoi 9-10 tenths G Kloomj dull V uoly threat pning R continuous ot steady rain; 8. (snow; iP orecioftHtlon within siehi of «t«tior. D drizzle P passing showers H nail 1} squally; L. llehtninß 1 thunder B fop M ! mist: Z haze X hnnr frnst I Intermittent FORECAST. [ Winds. —Northerly to north-westerly prevail* Ing at first In most districts; force mainly moderate but strong In some exposed positions Strong,sotitherlies in .the southern portion of the South Island, and extending over the remainder !of the Dominion before morninc. ! Seas.—UouKh about Cook Strait and south of Dunedln ; elsewhere slight to moderate, but later rising south of t'nstlcpolnt and north of Farewell Spit. Weather. -Cloudy to overcast and fairly preneiral rain probable. Snow on the ranges of the 'South Island and hail on parts of the coast. j Temperatures becoming colder.

A remand until April 26 was granted John Murphy, a fireman, who appeared before Mr. J. H. Luxford, S:M., in ' the Magistrate's Court today, charged with stealing from the person of Antonio Alfonso, on April 15, c railway ticket and papers and £16 in money, of a total value of £18 Os lid.

Station. Wind. Pros. Temp. Weather, Millibars. C(ipe- Maria XXE (i 1015 67 KtihKoll X 4 1017 68 Holdanga Heads X 4 1013 ■ 05 Kftitmru S. Sfn. W: 3 1017 = 63 Manuknu Heads ■ \V 2 -— 04 Auckland XI 1015 (12 Tlritlrl N\V :5 64 Knwliln X 2 60 Tauranga Calm 1011 CO Opotiki Culm 1010 5fl Taupo NB 2 59 Knat Cape \V 4 1014 61 (Jisborne XXW 4 1012 00 Napier Calm 1011 63 Castlepoint X 2 1010 08 Cnpe Palllser .. XW 3 OS New Plymouth .. X 4 1012 65 Cape Egmont X 5 1003 G6 Pafea XXW 0 65 Wanpanut XXW 3 1011 62 Foxtoii XW 2 „ 62 Wellington .. XXW 5 1007 62 Nelson X 2 1008 60 Cnpe Campbell XW 3 1005 61 Farewell Spit WSW 3 1000 00 Westport. X 2 1009 58 Greymoutli XW 3 100S 58 Arthur's Pass XW 4 — Kaikoiira X 2 1003 65 Christ church . . KXB 2 1001 61 Aknron L'houso K 1 1002 56 Timaru XI 1002 . 51 Oatnaru \V 3 1002 53 Duncdin XI 1000 54 Alexandra Calm 61 Quoeiistown .. XW .'! 1008 56 XiiKRCts W 3 1002 54 Bluff S.G 1002 51 Puysefiiir Pt. SSE 8- 1009 47 OQ OG cat c o o BC c B B O CZ 0 B O OG OU O 0 o o O1B o c OMD OR OR 0 O OZ O i' ' B B B BC BC OIR ORQ