METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 140, 16 June 1939, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL

MOON FOR JUNE

Full mnnn second daj 2+l am , last quar (er tenth day. 337 p.m.. new moon eight eenth da.v. 1.7 a.m : flrst quarter twenty-fourth flay 4.5 D.m FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1939. The Sun.—Rose today 7.14 a.m. ; sets -1.2S p.m. Rises tomorrow 7.15 a.m.; sets-4.2S p.m. Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday.:.Morning. 3.71ir ; afternoon. 2!_llir ; total, (t.Ghr. _ TemperaUi:x at 9 a.m., oMcg.; relative humidity at !) !»,m., 73 per cent. Maximum temperature' yesterday, 56.2c1eg.; minimum temperature last night, 4-l.Sdeg.; minimum temperature on grass, 36.5deg. M«rti. Winn i'eli)t-it\ foi 24 t.ours ending :< a.m. today, 2.4 m.p.h. Kamtail n previmi.- 24 nours. nil; raintall to dale this month. 2.041n : rainfall to date this year 9 S9in • rainfall average for June. l.Slln average from lanuarv 1 ?o pqd of Jimp ->n 89in Barometer, 0 hours, 29.9ti8in, 1014.S millibars : noon. 29.947 in, 1014.1 millibars. • SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. A moderate anticyclone covers the Tasman Sea and northern Xew Zealand. Shallow westerly depressions have been passing in the south causing winds over the South Island to vary between north-west and south-west. Southwesterlies have! continued in the north. Strong winds have occurred at times near Foveaux Strait, but otherwise the force has been light or moderate. The weather has been rather changeable in the south with occasional rain, and a few light showers have occurred elsewhere in western districts, but for the most part conditions have been fair and the temperatures moderate.

TODAY'S WEATHER I Station. Wind Pres Temp Weather ! Millibars I ("ape Maria A.U. S 4 102H 57 BC Russell SW 3 1024 54 0 Hokianga Heads SW 4 1023 57 BCP Kaipara Sig. Stn. \V 4 1024 57 BC Manukau Heads.—Not received. Auckland .. WSW 2 1022 55 BC Tiritiri SW 2 ,"i CP Kawhia AA' 2 .AS BC Tauranga Calm 1020 51 BC Opotiki S 2 1020 47 C Taupo.—Not received. East Cape ... AY 3 1017 51 B jCisborne Xff 2 1017 47 B I Xapier SAY 3 JOHi 55 B I Castlepoint .;. XW. 3 1013 50 BC Cape Palliser X\V fi 57 BQ Xew Plymouth AVSAV 4 1020 55 C Cape Egmont .. AY 4 1020 56 C Patea AY 4 —— 5C BC, AVanganui ... X\V 4 1019 49 BC. Foxton ...... XAV 2 52 BC AA'ellington ... X 2 1015 55 C Nelson' SW 4 -10Hi 52 BC Cape Campbell XAV 3 1011 52 BC farewell Spit AVSAV 4 1016 52 XC Westport SW 3 1020 53 OIR Greymouth .. . SW 5 1018 53 BC Arthur's Pass . XAV (i 55 R Kaikoura .... Calm 1010 47 O Christchurch XXW 2 1009 50 OZ Akaroa L'house XW 4 1006 60 OQ Timaru ... AVSVV 3 1006 53 O Oamaru N 2 1007 47 BC Dunedin XAV 3 1004 53 BC Alexandra E 2 - - 50 C Queenstown ... SAA' 7 1 "'S 55 O.TP Xuggets . W 6 . _ .•!:. 52 BC Bluff W 7 I'iin 51. OR Puysegur Pt. WXAV 8 1 .",)',! 50 OPQ i\eaitit>i B bun- sky. ciuud amount 0-8 t-iiths, B(. blue ky and detached clouds •iiiua uiiouni 4-6 tenths; C, cloudy. dou<' amount f-t> ' lier'ths O. overcast, cloud amotiri' si io tenths G gloomy dull; U. ugly threat enlng R continuous or stead; ralu, S '-.now" jr precipitation within sight ot station I' drizzle . P passing showers H. nail Q squally 1. lightning I thunder C fog, M mist 7. haze X' hoar frost i intermittent Beaufort scale of wind force, with equlva u-nt m ph. 0 calm 0-1 1 light air 2-3 'l flight breeze 4-7 3 gentlt breeze S-li 4 moderate breeze 12-16. 5 fresh oreeze I! 21 6 strong breeze. ?2-27 ( hlgri wind 'I* S3, t), gale 34-40 9, strong gale 414* 10 whole eale 49-56 11 storm 57-65: 12 hurricane

FOKfcCASI AVinds. —From a westerly quarter: west to north-west predominating cast of, the ranges aud west to south-west elsewhere. Later, however, tending more northerly generally. Force strong at times in exposed positions from CookStrait southwards, otherwise moderate.

Seas.—Rough from Cook Strait to Taranaki and about Foveaux Strait. Moderate elsewhere on the west coast, arid slight to moderate on the east coast. '

AA'eather.—Fair to fine in eastern districts with showers, however,\ extending temporarily to Otago. Changeable ln western districts with rain at times, but little in those of the North Island. Temperatures becoming milder.