METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 36, 11 August 1939, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

MOON FOR AUGUST. j Last quarter, eighth day, 8.48 p.m.; new moou, tlftccnth day. 3.23 p.m.; first quarter, twenty-second day. 5.51 a.m.; full moou, thirtieth day, 9.39 a.m. FRIDAY, AUGUST 11. 1939. Tlie .Sun.—ttose today 6.48 a.m.; sets 5.4 p.m. ltisos tomorrow G. 17 a.m.; sets 5.5 p.m. Urifiht Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, o.shr; afternooon, nil; total, O.Slir. Temperature at 9 a.m., riO.iUeu. Uclativc humidity at 9 a.m., 00 per cent. Maximum temperature yesterday, 52.ides. : : minimum temperature last night, 4S.2deg.; mini- | mum temperature on grass, 47.0d0g. ! Mean wind velocity for 24 hours ending 9 a.m. today, 13.3 m.p.li. Hainfall in previous 24 hours, 0.02 in: rainfall to date this month, 1.231n; rainfall to date this year, 19.0ftin; rainfall average for August, 3.93 in; rainfall average from January 1 to the end of August, 29.67 in. Barometer, 9 a.m., 2!KMTta, 987.0 millibars; noon, 29.0911n, 985.1 millibars. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. Minor disturbance? have continued to pass over the Dominion, and, although pressure is now rising in the south-west Tasman Sea, the main depression remains stationary over New Zealand. Moderate to strong north-westerlies prevailed from Nelson and Cook Strait northwards but over most of the South Island winds were light and variable, with south-easterlies predominating on the southern Otago coast. The weather was cloudy, to overcast and unsettled, with intermittent rain, more especially in western districts and In the far south. This morning southerltes have set in on the Canterbury coast, but otherwise conditions remain unchanged. Temperatures have been moderate. TODAY'S WEATHER.

FORECAST. Winds.—Northerly predominating over the North Island and southerly over the South, but a change to southerly extending slowly northwards and becoming general after 24 to 36 hours. Force mainly moderate at first but freshening from the south. g eas .—Rather rough north or Cape Egraont; elsewhere slight or moderate, but later rising south of Cape Palliser. Weather.—Dull and unsettled with, widespread rain or. drizzle. Snow on the ranges and snow extending at times to low luvels in. the South Island. Temperatures mild in the north, cold in the south, and later becoming cold generally.

Station. Wind. Pres. Temp. Weather. Millibars Cape Maria V.U. 'SY •', 1002 Russell . . . NNW r> 0»l Hokianga Reads' NW :; »8» K.iipara Sig. Stn. X 3 'J9-1 Manukau Htls. XNW 1 Auckland N S Ml Tiritiri >' -' Kawhia N\V 2 Tauranga Calm 99! Opotiki ... EXK -' 093 Taupo Calm East. Cape . XXW 5 993 Gisborne K 3 931 Xapicr N.E 2 990 Castlepoint ,.. N 1 USB Cape Palliser . NW 4 >'cw Plymouth XIs'E 4 089 Cape Egraont .. N 5 985 Tatca NW 4 Wauganui N 1 989 Foxton NW 5 Wellingtoa .. NNW 2 98" Nelson S. 1 987 Cape Campbell NW 1 986 Farewell Spit .. NW 4 988 Westport .... EN'E 3 986 Greymouth NE 2 9S7 Arthur's Pass . NW 1 Kaikoura S 5 985 Christchurch "... W 2 987 Akaroa L'house NW ;? 9S7 Timam S 4 990 Oamaru S 4 989 Dunedin SW 1 98i> Alexandra .. SSW 2 Queenstown E 3 9S8 Nuggets SW '2 988 Blurt SW 4 5<9O Puysegur Point SB il 990 ,">>) ."il 0 4 r,i :>s ■47 58 60 r.4 S3 .13 50 -yi 50 43 48 53 4S 45 45 43 43 40 3(5 34 35 35 3-1 39 O.I K OP OC OMR OR on OMB O o o OPR OUK B O OC CQ OK O OR OIR C OD C O OD OP OK It OF O o om OP OS o o o B CJP