METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 120, 17 November 1932, Page 14

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

MOON FOR NOVEMBER, First Quarter, stb day, 6.20 p.m. Full moon Utn day, 6.5S p.m. Last quarter, 21st day, 7.2S p.m. New moon, 28th day, 12.13 p.m. THURSDAY, 17th NOVEMBER, 1932. p.m. Rises to-morrow 4.20 a.m.;' sets 6G2 P.m. (Standard time.) Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, nil; afternoon, 3hr 30min; total, 3hr 30min Temperature in Shade.—Maximum, U3.adeg; minimum, 51.2deg; mean, 57.3deg. Rainfall.—Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day, nil; total to date during the month, 0.73 in. Wind.—Velocity of the wind for the 21 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day, 5.4 m.p.h. Barometer.—Yesterday, 9 a.m., 30.25 in; today, 9 a.m., 30.13 in. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS! The anticyclone which has been responsible for the fine weather of the past few days still covers the Dominion, but pressure has commenced to fall in the far South. Conditions have been mild and pleasant generally, and the winds, variable and light to moderate, but northerließ have predominated from Cook Strait southwards, and by this morning- they had freshened somewhat about Cook Strait.

TO-DAY'S WEATHER.

Weather. —8., blue sky; 8.C., blue sky and detached clouds; C. cloudy; 0., overcast; G-, cloomy, dull; U., Ugly, threatening; R:. continuous or.steady rain; S., snow; D., drizzle; P., passing showers; H., hail; Q., squally; L., lightning: T.. thunder: F.. fog: M.. mist; Z.. haze. , ■ -. Beaufort Scale ot Wind Force with Equivalent" Velocities at 16ft above Ground.—O., calm, 0-1 m.p.h.; 1, light air, 2-3; 2, slight breeze, *-7; 3, gentle breeze; 8-11; 4, moderate breeze, 12-16; 5, fresh breeze; 17-21; 6, strong breeze, 22-27"; T, high wind, 28-33; 8, gale, 34-40; 9, strong gale, .41-48; 10. whole gale, 43-56; 11, ■torm, 57-65; 12, hurricane. - FORECAST. Winds.—Moderate and variable n&rth of New Plymouth, and Napier; elsewhere freshening northerly winds. Barometer.—Falling soon. Seas.—Becoming rather rough about Cook and Foveaux Straits; elsewhere smooth to moderate. Tides.—Moderate on the east coast of the South Island; elsewhere poor. .Weather.—Still fair, mild, and hazy in most districts, but scattered showers in Westland and the far . South,. and cloud gradually increasing generally.

Station. Wind Pres. Temp. Weather. Capa Maria V.D. S 3 30.22 Russell SE 2 30.27 Hoklanga Heads S 2 30.29 Kaipara Sg. Sn. SW 3 30.23 Manukaii Heads SW ! 30.23 Auckland W 3 30.13 Tiritiri SW 4 . Kawhia ..SW5 Tauranga SW 4 30.13 Opotikl ...... Calm 30.25 Taupo ....... W 4 —— East Cape ... KW 4 30.13 Gisborne ....NW2 30.21 Napier .. SW 3 30.21 Castlepoint .... Js' 2 . 30.17 Cape Palliser .. E 2 —— New Plymouth . S 1 30.27 Cape Egmont .. W2 30.28Fatea W 5 30.26 Wansanui .. KW 4 30.23 Foxtotl- ;. W- 4 Wellington -.-. KSW 5 30.13 C. Campbell NNW 3 30.0S Farewell Spit .. W 4 30.13 Vr'estport . .... SW 3 30.21 Greymouth ..... S 2 30.17 Arthur's Pass . NW 4 Kaikoura NE 1 30.0G Christchurch .. KE 4 30.04 Akaroa Lthsc. . E 2 30.07 Timaru Calm 30.02 Oamaru .... NE 2 30.00 Ouncdln Calm 29.00 Alexandra .... E 2 Queenstown .. SW 4 "30.06 Nuggets X 2 30.03 Bluff WNYV 2 •■' 30.01 Puysegur Point N 5 30.0S 60 ■ BO 63 C 51 BC 62 C 6U C 63 C 58 0 55 O 63 UC 67 BC 53 C 61 B 68 B 62 B 61 I! 65 BZ 59 C SB G 61 O 62 O U0 C 50 O 4S BZ (>r b 54 O 53 BO 55 O BO BC 5S UC 59 OP 61 BC 5S. ISC 61 C 53 IiC 5S 1!Z 5S BC 55 C