METEOROLOGICAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22465, 8 July 1936, Page 8

METEOROLOGICAL

STORM CENTRE PASSING , - SHARP INLAND FROSTS iff

The weather report and forecast f|pf New Zealand, issued last evening K»lr iho Government meteorologist, were aa follows: —The present westerly disturb, ance is moving fairly rapidly eastward oif the Dominion and an intense anti. cyclone covering eastern Australia i» advancing on to the Tnsman Sea. forecast is for south-westerly southerly winds, strong to gale force generally, but gradually moderating, Seas in New Zealand waters high of the I'last Cape, elsewhere rough with a heavy southerly. swell, morQ especially on the east coast. Eastern Ta.srnan Sea: Strong southerly winds and rough seas, but wind and sea moderating shortly. The weather jj likely to be mainly fair in western dis. tricts from Taranaki southward, other, wise changeable with occasional p ass . ing showers, but an improvement gradu, ally setting in from the westward. Ternperaturcsj will bo cold with sharp jjj. land frosts. SPECIAL AUCKLAND FORECAST SQUALLY, BUT IMPROVING " The Government meteorologist issued to the Hkrai.d last evening the follow, ing special forecast for the Auckland Province: —Strong south-westerly ivinds of gale force at places, but moderating to-morrow. Weather cold, changeable and squally, with some passing showers but conditions gradually improving. Seas rough. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Auckland. —There was a continuation of stormy westerly weather early yes. terday and frequent squalls with'heary rain were experienced during the morning. After mid-day the conditions improved considerably, the squalls being less frequent and the showers not aa heavy. At a late hour the wind had de« creased to a light breeze. The tempera, ture at 4 p.m. was 55 degrees. The barometer rose rapidly after 6 a.m. f the rise recorded by midnight being .55in. Barometer, midnight, rising .. 29.901n, Midnight, Monday .. - 29.35)^ Wellington.—The weather was cloudy and threatening in the early morning' but most of the day was fine although cold with a strong southerly wind to gale. Tho minimum temperature on Monday night was 43 degrees and the maximum yesterday 46 degrees. Christchurch. —A south-westerly gale blew all night and yesterday morning with squally rain. The gale moderated somewhat in the afternoon. The weather was cold with a maximum temperature of 43.5 degrees. The barometer was rising fast last evening when it read 29.90 in; Dunedin.—Cold weather with a strong south-westerly -breeze was experienced yesterday. The minimum temperature was 3-5 degrees. Pressure rose sharply and the barometer registered 29.70 in. last evening. j The following official report wag issued at 4 p.m. yesterday:— Station Wind Weather Bar.Ther. Norfolk Is., S.S.W., st. br., o'cast 30.09 61 Cape Maria, W., gale, p. cloudy 29.85 57 Auckland, S.W., m. br.. p. cloudy 09.69 55 East Cape, S.W., h. wind., p. cl'dy 29.54 54 New Plymouth, S.W., si. br., clear 29.63 54 Napier. S.W.. fr. br.. p. cloud v 29.56 53 Wanganui, S.S.W., mod. br., clear 29.68 4<J Farewell Spit, S., fr. br., clear 29.61 51 Stephen's Is., S., tilt, br., clear 29.69 47 Wellington, S., st. br.. p. cl'dy 29.66 45 Cape Campbell, S., fr. br., p. cl'dy 29.67 ' 46 Westport, S.E., light air, clear 29.67. 50 Greymouth, S.E.. mod. br., clear 29.69 49 Akaroa Lt., S.S.W., fr. br., o'cast 29.69 42 Nugget Pt., S.W., m. br.„ p. cl'dy 29.69 43 Bluff, S.W., fr. breeze, cloudy 29.81 44 Puysegur Pt., S.S.W., g. br., cl'dy 29.86 46 Chatham Is., S., mod. br., cl'dy 28.94 45 Sydney, S.S.W., gen. br., cloudy 30.36 68 Hobart, N.. light air, clear .. 30.36 55 RAINFALL RECORD Fall in City (Herald gauge): 24 hours ended midnight, July 7 .. ,29ta> Total for July up to 9 a.m. yesterday (Albert Park gauge) . .. 1.591 R. Average rainfall for July .. .. s.Olin. Record rainfall for July (1935) .. IO.SSIn. Rainfall for year to date .. .. 26.17 m. Average annual rainfall (SO years) . 44,!»0in, SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Rises. 7.3 a.m.; seta, 4.48 p.m. Moon—Last quarter, Sunday, 3.5S a.m.; new, July 19, 2.49 a.m. High Water— a.m. p.m. Auckland .. 9.26 9.55 Manukau Heads . Onehunga Wharf 12 45 1.1