METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 70, 20 September 1939, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

MOON FOR SEPTEMBER. Last quarter, seventh day. 7.54 a.m.; new moon, thirteenth day, 10.52 p.m.; first quarter, twentieth day, 10.4 0.m.: full moon, twentyninth day, 1.57 a.m. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1&39. The Sun.—Rose today 5.46 a.m..; sets 5.44 p.m. Rises'tomorrow 5.44 a.m.; sets 5.45 p.m. , Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, l.Tiir ; afternoon, —; total, I.7hr. Temperature at 9 a.m., 56.6deg. Relative humidity at 9 a.m., 79 per cent. Maximum temperature yesterday, 57.3deg; minimum temperature last night, 49.2deg; minimum temperature on grass, 47.2deg. Mean wind velocity for 24 hours ending 9 a.m. today 12.5 m.p.h. I Rainfall in previous ■24 hours, trace; rainr fall to date this month, 2.72 in ; rainfall to date this year, 25.93 in ; rainfall average for September, 3.20 in; rainfall average from January 1 to the end of September. 32.87 in. Barometer, 9 a.m., 1017.7 millibars; noon, 1017.2 millibars. | . •" ■ . ————— SYNOPSIS'OF LAST 24 HOURS. The anti-cyclone to the north lias been moving slowly eastwards, being centred this morning beyond Cape Maria Van Diemen. In the south, westerly depressions have continued to pass. One rather more extensive one crossed the South Island and the southern half of the Xorth Island yesterday, bringing with it some light rain, but the weather was mainly fair to i cloudy generally with somewhat milder temperatures. Winds yesterday were chiefly moderate and from a westerly quarter, but were strong, in force in the Cook Strait region. This morning winds are light to moderate and rather variable with north-westerlies predominating. Apart from some scattered showers in the area west of Taihape the weather is fair to fine. TODAY'S WEATHER.

Weather.—B. Dive sky, cloud amount .0-3 tenths: BC, blue sKy and detached clouds, cloud amouni 4-6 tenths. C. clouds- cloud amount 1-H tenths. O overt ..st. cloud amount 9-JO tenths G. Eloomy ' full :I) uply threatening. R continuous or steady rain. S. snow; JH. precipitation within sijiht ot station. [I drizzle: V. passing ohowers li. nail, U squally. l> liEhtninu . T thunder I< fog. M I mist; Z haze. X (mat Croat I intermittent Beauforl scale of wind force with eauiva lent m.p.h —0 falm 0-1 . 1 lieht air Z-'i t slight breeze 1-7 3, centlt breeze s-ll 4. moderate breeze 12-16. 5 fresh breezy 17-21. 6 strong breeze, 22-27, 7 hicri win>l 28-33; 8. caie. 34-40; 9, strona eale. 41 4S 10. whole cale 49-56 ■ H storm 57-H5 VI hurricane FORECAST Winds. —Light and variable in the northern half of the Xorth Island; elsewhere noctherltes to westerlies prevailing, and later becoming strong at times in exposed positions from Cook Strait southwards. Seas. —Rough about Foveaux Strait; elsewhere slight or moderate, but, rising later south of Cape Egmont anrl about Cook Strait. Weather. —Fair at first almost generally. Becoming, unsettled soon, however, in the extreme south-west and srattere* rain later extending along western districts of the South Island and to Southland and South OtaßO. Temperatures mild.

Station. Wind. F<es. Temp. Weather Millibars. C. Maria Y.D. WSW 2 Russell SW 1 Hokianga Heads .. X 2 Kaipara Sg. St. VFXW 2 Manukau Heads XW 2 Auckland .... XX W 1 Tirltlri . WSW 2 Kawhla .. XW 1 Tauranga ...... XW 1 Opotiki .... ..XW 1 Taupo Calm East Cape .. WSW 2 Gisborne .... XXW 4 Xapier .... SE 1 Castlejoint ... XW 2 Cape Palliser .. XE 3 New Plymouth WXW 5 Cape Egmcmt WXW 2 Patea XW 3 Wanganui . /.. ' XW 2 Foxton :.. XAV 2 Wellington XW 2 Xelson. —Xot received. Cape Campbell . SW 1 Farewell Spit SW 3 Westport Cairn Greymouth E 4 Arthur's Pass . XW 5 Kaikoura : X 2 Christchurch . XXE 2 Akaroa L'house XW 1 Tiraa*u ...... XXW 2 Oamaru ....;. XXE 3 Dunedin Nl Alexandra Calm Queenstown. .... XW 1 Xuggrets f. X 2 Bluff XXW 3 Puysegur Point XW 8 1024 1024 1022 1023 1021 iO21 1019 1020 1019 10 IS 1020 1023 1020 1013 1017 1018 1019 1021 101G 1017 10115 1014 1015 1014 1014 1011 1011 1008 56 .53 . 57 58 . 57 54 . 55 56 58 52 50 58 56 56 61 56 59 56 57 57 57 50 49 48 51 47 52 53 ' 54 52 48 45 50 50 52 0 B BC ' C 0 O BCZ fiX> TJC 0 0 BCZ BC C 0 BC OJP B O 0 0 BC B B BCZ BC BC BC BCZ B B B BC 0 E BCZ B CQ