METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 27, 1 August 1939, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL

TUESDAY, AUGUST j, 1939,

The Sun.—Rose today 6.59 a.m.; sets 4.55 p.m. Rises tomorrow 6m>B a.m.; sets 4.5« p.m.

Bright. Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, 2.ohr: afternoon, 3.lhr; total, s.lhr. .. Temperature at 9 a.m., 42.0deg. V Relative humidity at 9 a.m., 81 per cent. Maximum temperature yfesterday, 45.4deg.J minimum temperature last night, 36.3deg.; minimum temperature on grass, 34.2deg.

Mean wind velocity for 24 hours ending • a.m. today, 14.25 m.p.h.

Rainfall in previous 24 hours, 0.42 in; rainfall ror. July, 6.50 in; rainfall to date this year, l".r"in; rainfall average for July, 4.80 in; rainfall average from January l" to the end^of July,f2s.74in.

Barometer, 9 a.m., 30.313 in, 1026.5 millibars; noon, 30.281 in, 1025;4 millibars. •

SYNOPSIS OF. LAST 24 HOURS

The, anticyclone from the Tasman Sea moved on to the extreme south of New Zealand terday afternoon and is still located there, while a series of shallow depressions formed to tha north of Cape Maria Van Diemen and moved away in a south-easterly direction. Strong southerly to south-easterly winds .to gales -prevailed between Banks. Peninsula, and East Qap« and about Tfcranakl, but decreased during the night. Elsewhere there were moderate southeasterlies 'which gradually became variable south of Westport and Kuikoura. The weather was fine in Westland but. elsewhere was cold with frequent showers of hail in most districts and some further snow.' Conditions improved oVernight, but, this morning there were still scattered showers, in eastern .-.districts* and the far north. Frosts were recorded in. Westland, Otago, and Southland. • ,

TODAY'S WEATHER.

Weather.— B, blue sky, cloud amount 0-3 tenths; BC, blue sky and detached clouds, cloud amount 4-6 tenths; C. cloudy, cloud amount 7-8 tenths; O, overcast, cloud amount 9-10 tenths: G, gloomy, dull; U, ufily. threatening: R. continuous or steady rain; S, snow; JP, precipitation within sight of station; D, drizzle; P. passing showers; H. ball; Q, squally; L. ilgntnins; T, thunder: F. fog; M. mist; z, haze; X. hoar frost; L Intermittent. Beaufort scale of wind force, with < equivalent m.p.b.—o. calm, 0-1; 1. light air. 8-3; 2, slight breeze, 4-7; 3, gentle breeza. 8-11: 4, moderate breeze, 12-6;-5, fresh breeze, 17-21; 6, strong breeze, 22-27; 7, high wind, 28-33; 8, gale, 34-40; 9, Btrong gale, 41*48; 10, whole gale. 49-59: 11. storm, 57-65; 12. hurricane. FORECAST. Winds. —Moderate to strong south-easterly is th» northern dnd north-eistem portions of the North Island and In Cook Strait; elsewhere light to moderate southerlies to easterlies, but winds soon tending northerly: in the south. Seas.—Bough from Cook Strait to East Cape, and east of the Auckland Peninsula, elsewhere mainly moderate. ■ • Weather.—Cloudy Avlth passing showers ill eastern and northern districts of the North Island; elsewhere mainly fair to fine. Temperatures cold with some sharp frosts.

Station. Wind. Pres. Temp. Weather. Millibars. Cape Maria V.D. SE 7 1016 46 OP Russell SSE 7 1015 50 OKQ Hokianga Heads . SE 6 45 BC Kaipara Sig. Stn. SE 5 1019 54 B Jlanukau Heads ENE 2 44 B Auckland SW 4 A 1020 43 . B Tiritiri SE 7 45 B Kawhia SE 1 45 B Tauranga SW 2 1019 47 B.Opotikl SSE 6 1019 45- B Taiipo SW 5 41 ' BO Easjt Cape. .'...-■ S 6 . 1019 - 47 Ci Gisborne SSW 5' 1021 47 OP Napier SW 5 1023 48 QV Castlepoint.—Not received. Cape Palliser .. S3 42 CO New Plymouth SE 3 1022 43 B Cape Egmont .. SE 4 1021 44 BC Patea ....... Calm . -—- 45. BC Wanganui .... KE 4 1024 39 BC Foxton El 38 BC Wellington " S 6 - 1026 42 O Nelson ■ Calm 1026 34 B Cape Campbell 1 S 6 1026 44 BC Farewell Spit . SE 1 1023 43 B Westport ..... S2 1026 40 B' Greymouth '. E 2 1027 35 B Arthur's Pass. —Not received. Kaikoura. —Not received. Christchurch . WSW 3 1030 38 O Akaroa L'house. —Not received. Timaru .. WNW 1 1031 34 BO Oamaru . . SW 3 1031 33 O Dunedin SW 1 1030 39 , 0 Alexandra KB 1 29 B Queenstown .... N 1 1030 24 B Nuggets W2 1028 37 Oil Bluff N 2 1031 36 B ■Puysegur Point NE 2 1029 — B