METEOROLOGICAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21921, 3 October 1934, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

CLOTJDY TO OVERCAST || GENERAL IMPROVEMENT SOON . . The weather Teport and forecast for*! New Zealand, issued last evening by' the Government meteorologist, was a, follows:-—A cyclonic depression is now f centred east of Cook Strait-, and ari anti-cyclone, with its centre over Now South Wales, is moving on to the Ta*. man Sea. The indications arc for strongi northerly winds to gales at first along the east coast of the North Island; otherwise soutberlies prevailing,, of g a l« force at times in places in and north of Cook Strait, elsewhere light to fresh. Seas heavy in the Cook Strait area and rough elsewhere north of Farewell Spit and Kaikoura, moderate thence south, ward. In the eastern Tasman Se*, moderate to strong southerly winds, and moderate to rather rough, hut de. creasing, seas. The weather will be cloudy t,o overcast with further rain in the central and eastern portions of the Noxth Island and in the northern por, tion of the South Island, elsewhere scafc tered showers are likely. Thr-re will b| a general improvement soon. Temperatures cold, with some frosts ia the isouth Island. SPECIAL AUCKLAND FORECAST PASSING SHOWERS LIKELY | The Government meteorologist issued! to the Herald last night the follow., ing special weather forecast for thii Auckland Province: Moderate to strong; westerly to south-westerly winds. Th<! weather will be cold and cloudy with passing showers, but gradually improving. Seas rough on the west coast and! moderate on the east coast. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Auckland.—The weather was except tionally boisterous yesterday. During the morning the wind blew with gale! force from the north-west and continuous heavy showers were be>i tween midnighjjend eight o'clock.'After mid-day thei wind changed to the southwest and moderated considerably, and last night :it had decreased to a light breeze. After falling to 29.40 in at midday the barometer had risen .25in. by last night. The thermometer registered. 61 degrees at 4 p.m. Barometer, midnight, , rising .. 28.701n Midnight, Monday .. .. 29,701n! Wellington.—Yesterday was a cold, wet day, rain falling almost continuously, with a. strong southerly wind blowing. The amount of rain that felt between 9 si'.m. and 4 p.m. was 1.02 m," The temperature at 4 p.m. wan 43.0deg., and the maximum tempera*ture during the day was 45.2deg. Christehurch.—The weather was calm, and overcast, with rain in the morning, The maximum temperature was 46deg. The barometer rose, and last evening was steady at 29.70 i«,; • Dunedin.—A light isouth-westerh wind and fine weather prevailed, witl\ passing clouds and sunshine. The temperature at 3 a.m. was 40deg., and the maximum for the day was SQcleg, The following official report wa* issued at 4 p.m. yesterday:— Station "Wind Weather Bar. Ther. Norfolk Is., S.W.„ fr. br.. fine .. 23.91 68 Cape Maria, W.. gale, cloudy .. 29.67 58 Auckland. W.S.W., str. br., shr?. 29.6S S3 Cape Egmont, W.S.W., fr. br., showery .. ...... 29.52 63 JSapier, A.W., mod. gale, cloudy 29-35 66 "Wanganui, S.S.W.. gale, rain .. 25.40 51 Farewell Spit, 8.W., It. air,, ahowery 23.43 55; Stephen's Is., S.W., gen. br.. rain 29.40 43 Wellington, S.S.W., fr. br., rain . . 29.56 43 Cape Campbell, S., mod. gale, rain 29.41 43 Westport, S.W., si. br., cloudy .. 29.48 47 Greymouth, E.. mod. br., o'cast. 519.47 50 Akaroa Lt., S.S.W., It. air, drizzle i! 9.55 44 Nugget Pt., S., gen. br., cloudy .. 29.66 50 Puysegur Pt., 'E.S.E., gen. br., __ cloudy 29.45 72 Chatham Is., N.W., str. br., rain 29.42 56 Sydney, S.S.W., gen. br., fine .. 30.18 62 Hobart, N.W., gen. br., cloudy .. 30.00 59 RAINFALL RECORD Fall in City (Herald gauge): 24 hour# ended midnight. Oct. 2 .. .Sslrv Total for October up to 9 a.m. yesterday (Albert Park gauge) .'. .751n„ Average rainfall for October .. 3.65trv Record rainfall for October (1890) .. lOJilfn., Rainfall for year to date .. .. 53.331 a Average annual rainfall. 78 years.. «4,«ia, SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Rises, 15.56 a.m.; seis, 6.26 p.m. Moon—Jiw, 'October 9, 3.5 a.m.; first autl» I ter, October 16, 7.29 a.m. High Water— a.m. pjn . Ancklan4 .. .. 2.43 8.11 ' Manukau Heads ' 5.1S SAi Onehunga, Wharf .. 6.18 6.46