METEOROLOGICAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 6 September 1935, Page 1

METEOROLOGICAL

CAWTHRON INSTITUTE METEOROLOGICAL STATION Report for 24 hours ending 9 a.m.: Friday; 6th September, 1935. Rainfall: Nil. Week ending 9 a.m. Sunday, Ist: Nil. Month to date: Nil. Year to date; 33.73 in. Temperature at 9 a.m.: 52.0 deg. Max. shade temp.: 55.1 deg. Min. temp, in screen: 43.1 deg. Min. temp, on grass: 34.8 deg. Soil temperatures at 9 a.m.: lft. depth: 47.5 deg. 3ft. depth: 48,1 deg. Barometer, 9 a.m.: 30.27 in. Wind, 9 a.m.: N.E., light air. Sky, 9 a.m.: Blue and clouds, Bright sunshine (sth): Nil.

GOVERNMENT RESEARCH ORCHARD REPORT Report for 24 hours ending 9 a.m.: Friday, 6th September, 1935. Rainfall: Nil. Week ending 9 a.m. Sunday, Ist: Nil. Month to date: Nil. Year to date: 38.31 in. Humidity, 9 a.m.: 65 per cent. Max. shade temp.: 55.8 deg. Min. temp, in screen: 42.3 deg. Min. temp, on grass: 34.9 deg. Wind, 9 a.m.: S., light air. Sky, 9 a.m.: Blue and clouds. •BSERVATIONS ELSEWHERE Manukau Heads: Bar. 30.16; ther. 47; wind, S.E., fresh breeze; sky cloudy: bar moderate. Auckland : Bar. 30.71; ther. 51; wind E., gentle breeze; blue sky and clouds; trace rain. Cape Palliser: Bar. —; ther. 49; wind calm; blue sky and clouds; sea slight; 9 points rain. Cape Egmont: Bar. 30.24; ther. 49; wind, N., gentle breeze ; blue sky and clouds; sea moderate. Wanganui: Bar. 30.30; ther. 52; wind calm; blue sky and clouds; bar smooth. Wellington: Bar. 30.37; ther. 50; wind, calm; blue sky and clouds; sea slight; trace rain. Cape Campbell: Bar. 30.27; ther. 48; wind, E., slight breeze; blue sky and clouds; sea slight swell. Farewell Spit: Bar. 30.25; ther. 51 ; wind, S.E., moderate breeze; blue sky and clouds; sea moderate. Westport: Bar. 30.17; ther. 48; wind S., slight breeze; blue sky; bar slight; slight frost. Greymouth: Bar. 30.24; ther. 23; wind, E., moderate breeze; blue sky; bar moderate swell, Christchurch: Bar. 30.24; ther. 49; wind, E.N.E., fresh breeze; sky cloudy. Puysegur Point; Bar. 30.17; ther. 43; wind" N.E., slight breeze; blue sky; sea smooth. TO-DAY’S WEATHER FORECAST WELLINGTON, This Day. An anti-cyclone still covers New Zealand, but is moving gradually eastwards iand a depression is advancing across the Tasman sea. The forecast is for moderate easterly backing to northerly winds and freshening. Weather fine and milder but cloud gradually increasing. Seas smooth to moderate. THE MOON—SEPTEMBER

P. H.M. First Quarter 6 1.56 p.m. Full Moon 13 7.48 a.m. Last Quarter 20 1.53 a.m. Now Moon 28 4.59 a.m.