METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 47, 24 August 1939, Page 5

METEOROLOGICAL

MOON FOB AUGUST. Last quarter eighth day. 5.48 p.m.; new moon, fifteenth day 3.23 p.m. ; first quarter, twenty-second day. 8.51 a.m : full moon, hirtleth da? a 39 a.m. THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1939. The Sun.—Rose today, 6.30 a.m.; sets. 5.17 p.m, Rises tomorrow, 6.28 a.m.; sets, 5.18 p.m. Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning: O.( hours; afternoon, 0.9 hours. Total, 1.6 hours. Temperature. 9 a.m.. nSdeg. Relative humidity, 9 a.m., S3 per cent. Maximum temperature yesterday, 59.3deg. ; minimum temperature last night, 47.0deg. ; minimum temperature on grass, 44.Ides. Mean wind velocity for 2-1 hours ending 9 a.m today, 5.9 m.p.h. Rainfall in previous 24 hours. 0.20 in: rainfall to rla^e this month, 4.13 in; rainfall to date this year, 21.43 in; rainfall average for August 3 93in : rainfall avprase from January 1 to the end of August, 2!).G7in. Barometer. 9 a.m., 29.551 in, 1000.7 millibars; noon, 29.545 in, 1000.6 millibars. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. During the night a slight disturbance crossed the South Island. The cief centre of lowpressure has advanced slowly, being located this morning midway between Tasmania and Xew Zealand. Indications are that this centre is filling up slightly. Light to moderate northeasterly winds predominated yesterday Occasional scattered rain fell but the weather was fliiefly fair to cloudy with temperatures moderate in the south and luild in the north. ! Today, north-easterly winds prevail in the ; outh and northerlies in the north, and they have freshened somewhat. The weather Is fair to fine generally, although there are some patches of fog on the east coast of the South Island. TODAY'S WEATHER. Station. Wind. Pres Temp Weather Millibars Cape Maria V.D. XE 2 1001 38 OZ Russell E 3 1004 56 O Ho'.:ianga Hds. .. X 5 1000 55 BC Kaipara Sig. Stn. X 3 52 BC Manukau Hds. .. XE 1 1003 58 BC I Auckland EKE 3 1004 51 F Tiritiri XXE 3 55 BZ Kawhia XW 1 57 B ; Tauranga Calm 1004 53 B Opotiki SE 1 1005 50 B Taupo Calm 47 BC East Cape ~.. NXW 4 1003 56 BC Gisborne XXW 4 1003 -57 B Xapier WSW 2 1002 56 B Castlepoint .. XW 1 1000 57 BC Cape Palliser. —Xot received. Xew Plymouth X 2 1002 56 BCF Cape Egmont X 4 1001 53 C Patea Calm 54 B Wanganul XI 1003 55 B Foxton XW 3 53 BC Wellington .... XW 4 1001 53 -BC Kelson S\V 2 1001 4S BC Cape Campbell XW 1 1000 50 B Farewell Spit .. Calm 1000 50 BC Westport E 3 1000 53 BC Greymouth E 3 1000 48 C Arthur's Pass .. XW 2 — O Kaikoura XE 2 998 46 BC Christchurch .. XE 1 999 47 OZ Akaron L'house XE 1 1000 49 BZ Timaru W 2 998 46 BZ Oamaru W 2 99S 48' B 'Dunedin XE 1 998 44 O Alexandra Calm 40 BC Queenstown .... Calm 99S 39 C Nuggets XE 4 997 45 OM Bluff XI 996 46 B Puysegur Pt. .. XE 3 996 47 B 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. 0, ugly threatening; R continuous or steady rain; S, snow; -IP. precipitation within sight of station: D. drizzle; P. passing showers: H, hail; Q. squally: L lightning: T thunder: F, fog; M mist. Z. haze; X hoar frost: I tutermitteni Beaufort scale of wind force, with euulvalent m.p.h —0 calm 0-1: i. light air 2-3. 2 slight breeze. 4-7. 3. gentle breeze. 8-11; 4 moderate breeze, 12-16; 5, fresh breeze, 17-21 ; 6. strong breeze, 22-27 :7. high wind. 28-33; S. gale, 34-40; 9, strong gale. 41-48: 10. whole cale. 49-56: 11. storm. 57-65: 12. hurricane.