METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 46, 23 August 1939, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL

r MOON FOR AUGUST. • Last quarter -eighth' clay, SAB p.m.: n.ew 3 moon, ttfteentb day. 3.23 p.m.; first quarter, f twenty-second day, 5.51 a.m.: full moon. hirtieth day I) ,39 a.m ' 1 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1839. 3 The Sun.—Rose today 6.31 a.m.; sets 5.16 , p:m. Eises tomorrow 6.30 a.m. ; sets 5.17 . p.ni. Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, 3.S ;- hours; afternoon, 4.lhours. Total, 8.5 hours. ;, Temperature at 9 a.m., 51deg. it Relative humidity at 9 a.mi, 75 per cent. Maximum temperature yesterday, 59.6deg; - minimum temperature last night, 44.4deg; mini--8 mum temperature on grass, 36.8deg.. s Mean wind velocity for 24 hours ending 9 ,! a.m. today, 2.0 ra.p.h. Rainfall in previous 24 hours, nil; rain- - fall to date this month, 3.93 in; rainfall to " rlate this year, 21.23 in; rainfall average for r August 3.93 in; rainfall average from January 1 to the end of August, 2&.67 in. Barometer, 9 a.m., 2!).nl3in, 999.4 millibars; •' noon, 20.493tn, 9!>S.S millibars. V ■ ■ __ SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. a- A very sligh* depression has advanced across t the Tasman Sea on to .New Zealand, while the deep depressiou which has been centred neitr - Tasmania has made little progress eastwards. ¥ Yesterday winds were mainly light to moderate i with directions between north-east and north predominating. The weather was fair gene- - rally, although cloudy in places. Some rain - fell in scattered districts, chiefly In the Auck- - land Province and the west coast of the South Island. Little change .has taken place in ■' the weather this morning, bnt in the Auckland Peninsula and in Westland there have been i • thunderstorms. Rain is falling in the north- . west parts of the South Island and there are scattered falls in the north of the Xorth Island. ' South of Chrlstchurch there are coastal fogs. Temperatures hare continued mild. 3 TODAY'S WEATHER. c Station, Wind. . Pres. Temp. Weather i Millibars. 0 Cape Maria V.D.—Sot received. Russell ........ X\V 4 im>l .o7 OIL t Hokianga Heada XW 4 998 '- 5S BCP . Kaipara S. Stn. X 3 1000 a3 O '• Manukau Heads NE 2 ob B _ Auckland .... XXE 3 1000 u6 BC | . Tlrltlri SXK 3 oB BC 1 Kawhia 1 -— »? Bt-H ■ ' Tauranga XX 2 1002 ob O | 'SSS1:::::::. fcS I- » « l^oSr.::::::v^. | g K i Cape Egmont .... N 997 54 C [• Snnul KB} *™ jg gC '• Foxton - 1» - —~ o IR Wellington .....Calm r.9 |1. Offi I, Nelson ,>• f ; 7° X X Cape Campbell .. W 1 ..9 49 O Farewell Spit .. > ; B I }.■■' ?\ gB Westport ENfc 2 ; ;•;•. -1 » | Grey mouth ..:•■ >A ■* ■■•■' 43 j Arthur's Pass •• <-alm — g \ - K;iil:oiira • > 2 |»' *' X Christchurch .. MA 1 998 4o O . Akaroa L'house >E 4 999 51 O i» o"™ ••••.•;: Iws 0991o 9 9 1 Sod i£S V.V...-NE4 998 45 O . Alexandra .... Cam -— 3o | Que^stown .... C£m 99, 3^ B y t Bluff ...'•'.' B 1 99G 45 Z f Puysegur Point SE 1 995 42 B ~Weaiher. —B. blue sky. cloud amount 0-3 - tenths: BC. blue sky and detached clouds, 8 cloud amount 4-6 tenths; C. cloudy, cioud . amount 7-8 tenths; O, overcast, cloud amount ] 9-10 tenths. O. slonniy dull: U. ugly, threatening ; R continuous or steady rain-; S, snow: IP. precipitation within sight of station: 3 b drizzle; P. passing showers'; H. hail; U, , squally- L. lightning; T thunder: F. fog; M. mist:'z, haze; X. hoar frost; I. Intermittent. B.eauforl scale of wind force, with equivalent m.p.h -0. calm, 0-1. i light air 2-3. >' 2 siisht Breeze.'4-7, 3, gentle breeze. v-H: 4 moderate breeze. 12-16; 5. fresh breez*. - 17-21; 6. strong breeze. 22 T 27 .7. high wind. ' 2S-33; S. eale. 34-40; 9. strong gale, 41-48: 10, whole gale. 49-SG: 11. storm. 57-65; 12. - hurricane. 6 ■ " FORECAST Winds.—Xorth-west to north-east Prevailing; 1 light, to- moderate •in force at first, but later 1 gradually freshening. „•,...,. - Seas.—An easterly swell south of Hawke h Bay; otherwise seas slight to moderate, but. later rising. ~, . „..„,. 1 Weather/— Cloudy and rather unsettled over » the South Island with rain at times lai mobt • districts. Mainly fair over the Xorth Island, p but with scattered showers likely. .Tempera- . tures moderate to mild. ? .