METEOROLOGICAL
MOON FOR JUNE. Full moon, second day, 2.41 a.m.; last quarter, tenth day, 3.37 p.m.; new moon, eighteenth day, 1.7 a.m.: first quarter, twenty-fourth day, 4.5 p.m. TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1939. The Sun.—Rose today 7.13 a.m.;. sets 4.2S p.m. Rises tomorrow 7.13 a.m.; sets 4.28 p.m. Bright Sunshine. —Yesterday: Morning, 1.3 hr. Total I.3hr. Temperature at 9 a.m., 42deg. Relative humidity at 9 a.m., So per cent. Maximum temperature ' yesterday. 46.8deg; minimum temperature last night. SS.Odeg; minimum temperature on grass, 34.6deg. Mean wind velocity for 24 hours ending 9 a.m.. 9.2 m.p.h. Rainfall in previous 24 hours, 0.19 in: rainfall to date this month, /.7Sin; rainfall to date this year, 9.63 in; rainfall average for June, 4.31 in; average from January 1 to end of June, 20.89 in. Barometer, 9 a.m.. 29.610 in, 1002.7 millibars; noon. 2ft.Gl6in, 1003.9 millibars. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS.
"With very low pressure south-east of New Zealand, south-westerly winds have prevailed ancl increased from the south to strong or gale force by this morning. The weather has been very cold and squally, with passing showers, often accompanied by hail and occasionally by thunder. Snow has fallen on the higher levels of both islands. This morning there was au improvement over Westland but elsewhere frequent showers continued.
TODAY'S WEATHER,
FORECAST. 1 ' Winds.—South-westerly to southerly, strong and squally generally and of gale force in exposed positions north of Canterbury and Nelson. Decreasing gradually, however,. in--the South Island.
Seas. —Very rough north of Wanganui and between Banks Peninsula and East Cape; moderate south of Farewell Spit; rather rough elsewhere.
Weather. —Fair on the west coast of the South Island; otherwise stormy and changeable with snow on the higher levels and hail in places. Improving gradually, however, from the south and west. Temperatures continuing very cold, with hard frosts in tha South Island.
Station. Wind. Pres. Temp. Weather, Millibars. Cape Maria V.D.—Xot received. Russell.—Not received. Hokianga Heads SW 7 1002 53 Kaipara Sig. Stn. —Not received. Manukau Hds. SSW 4 — 46 Auckland SW 5 1001 44 Tiritiri SSW 7 — 46 Kawhia NW 3 — 47 Tain-anna Calm 908 49 ■ Opotiki SW 2 091? 46 Taupo SW 4 — 42 East Cape .S 5 993 46 Gisborne ... WSW 4 997 44 Xapier SW fi 999 44 Castlepoint S3 1001 44 Cape Palliser S5 — 44 New Plymouth . S 3 1002 56 Cape Egmont ... S C 1002 47 Fntea S 7 — 46 Wanganui S S 1002 46 Foxton • S 5 — 44 Wellington .. SSE 5 1003 42 Nelson S 5 1003 38 Capo Campbell SSW S 1003 43 Farewell Spit SSE 4 1002 47 Westport SW 2 1002 43 Greymouth ... EXE. 3 ' 1009 38 Arthur's Pass . SW 2 — — Kaikoura S 7 1005 45 Christchurch ... S 6 1009 42 Akaroa I/house SW 8 1008 45 Timaru S 5 1012 40 Oamaru SW 4 1013 39 Dunedin S 6 1012 42 Alexandra SI — 41 Queenstown ... SE 1 1016 40 Nuggets W3 1012 41 Bluff SSW 3 1015 35Puysegur Pt. ... N 4 1017 54 CMP O OP CQZ BC BC O BC CPQ OR O O OPQ BC, BC O CP B OIR BC OPHQ B BC BZ S OTIH CPH O BC CP O C O BC BCZ O
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 137, 13 June 1939, Page 11
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