METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 1, 1 July 1939, Page 15

METEOROLOGICAL

SATURDAY, JULY I, 1939,

Tho Sun. —Bpse today 7.17 a.m.; sets 4.32 p.m. Rises (jomorrow 7.17 a.m.; sets 4.32 P.m. , I BrlElit Sunsliine.—Testerday : Moraine, 2.2 hr; afternoon, 4.ohr; total, 7.2h£ ■ ' /Temperature at 9 a.m.. 53:4dcs. , I Maximum temperature yesterday, 60.4deg; ittluiiauin. temperature last night, 48.4deg; mlni--l mum temperature on 40.6deg. . - Mean wind velocity for 24 hmir? ,««ding 9 a.m. today, 0.4 m.p.h. Hainfall in ptovioua 24 hours, trace; rainfa IJ to date -tills month, 3.421 a; rainfall to date this year, 11,271n; rainfall average tor June. 4.Slin; rainfall average from January 1 to end of June. 20.891n Barometer, 9 a.m., 29.469 in, 997.9 millibars; noon, 26.427 in, 996.5 millibars.

SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS,

The depression which was In the north passed eastwards. Consequently, winds remained easterly over the North Island and1 scattered light rains fell in the Auckland and Hawke's Bay Provinces. The weather elsewhere was fair to cloudy but a few isolated showers fell in the South island, where light to fresh winds between north and east prevailed Temperatures were mild with a few light frosts last night in the South Island During last night north-easterly winds prevailed over the, Dominion with the approach of a disturbance from the Tasman Sea. Skies were overcast thi3 morning and-rain was falling la most western1 districts

Weather. — B .(Hue sky, cloud amount 0-3 tenths BC. blue sky and detached clouds, cloud amount 4-6 tenths, €. cloudy cloud amount 7-8 tenths. O. orercast, cloud amount 9-10 tenths G gloomy dull. 0 ugly threatening. R continuous or steady rain; S snow; JP. precipitation within sight of station. U drizzle, P. passing showers, B. bail; Q. SQUally, L, lightning: T thunder P fog, M. mist Z haze. X. boar• frost. I Intermittent Beaufort scale rf wind force, with eoulva lent ra.p.b —0 calm, 0-1. .I, Hghl air 2-8. 2 slight breeze, 4-7, 3, gentle breeze 8-11. 4. moderate breeze. t2«J<5; 5r fresh breeze. 17-21; 6, strong breeze 12-37 T hig» wind 28-33; 8, gale, 34-40, 9, strong gale, 41-48; 10. whole cale 49-58: 11. storm 57-65: ll

TODAY'S WEATHER. Station. Wind. Prei. Temp. Weather. v Millibars. Cape Maria V.D. W 4 999 59 BCJP Russell . v—NE 4 089 56 OME Hokianga Heads —Not received. Kaipara Sig. Sn. N 5 1000 53 OR ManukaU Heads .. N 2 57 O Auckland -NNE 2 998 5T OR Tlrltlrl ........ N.2.- 57 OK Katfhia NE 2 : — 58 O Tauranga NE 2 1001 60 CIR OpoOki NE 3 1001 58 CU Tanpo—Not received. .. , East Cape NE 5 1002 59 OU Gisborne iCalin 1002 51-0 ■ Napier Calm 1001 53 O Castlepoint '■'.... . NE 2 1001 55 O Cape PaliiSer .. NE 3 54 OG New Plymouth .. NE 5 997 60 OIR Cape Egmont ... NE 3 996 55 OR Patea ...;..... Calm —— 57 O Wanganui ...... NE 1 999 51 O Poxton... .11 54 C Wellington ..... Calm 998 53 OZ Nelson ........Calm 897 54 OIR Cape Campbell NW 1 997 52 ; O Farewell Spit ... W 3 996 53 OR Westport ..... NE 5 53 OR Greymouth E4 995 50 OIR Arthur's Pass, NW 2 o Kaikoura «—N 6 994 53 O Chriatchurch ... NE 5 993 53 OZ Akaroa L'house NE 6 995 56 OUQ Timaru ....... SW 1 992 44 O Oamaru ....... NE 2 992 O Dunedln N 6 991 50 OAlexandra ..... Calm —— ' 45 O Queenstown ..... N 1 993 44 OP Nugirets ...... NE 2 990 49 OMD Bluff ......... NW 2 1 990 51 O Puysegur Point NW 6 / 992 49 OPQ