METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 121, 18 November 1932, Page 10

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER : MOON FOR NOVEMBER. /irst quarter. sth day, 6.20 p.m. Full moon 13th day, 6.5S p.m. Last quarter, 21st day. T. 28 P.m. New moon. 28th day. 12.13 p.m. FRIDAY, 18th NOVEMBER, 1932. The sun rose to-day, 4.20 a.m.; sets, 6.52 p.m. Rises to-morrow, 4.19 a.m.; sets, 6.53 P.m. (Standard ttoe.) . Bright .Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, 4hr; afternoon, 6hr 6min; total, lOhr 6min. . Temperature In Shade.—Maximum, 62.7deg; minimum. 49.9deg; mean, 56.3deg. Balnfall.—Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day, nil; total to date during the month, O.T3in. Wind.—Velocity of the wind for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day, 8.3 m.p.h. Barometer.—Yesterday, 9 a.m., 30.13 in: today, 9 a.m.. 30.01 in. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. The centre of the present anti-cyclone Is now passing east of northern New Zealand, while a fairly steady fall In pressure has been taking place in the far South with the approach of a westerly depression. So far, however, the lattor has had very little effect, except to cause northerly winds to freshen at times in and south of Cook Strait: ' In the northern half of the North Island winds have been southwesterly and mainly light to moderate. Fine, Pleasant weather has continued to prevail over the Dominion as a whole, and temperatures have been gradually rising. TO-DAY'S WEATHER.

Weather.—B blue sky; 8.C.. blue sky and detached clouds jC. cloudy;. O." overcast • G gloomy, dull; D... Ugly, threatening; E., continuous or steady rain; S., snow: D., drizzleP., passing'showers; H., hail; Q.. saually; L lightning: T., thunder: P.. foe: It/mist: Z. baze. >

Beaufort Scale of Wind Force with Equivalent Velocities at 16ft abova Ground.—o., calm 0-1 : .m.p.h.; 1, light air, 2-3; 2, slight breeze 4-7; 3, gentJe breeze, 8-11; 4, moderate breeze, 12-16; 5, fresb breeze, 17-21; 6. strong breeze, 22-27; 7, high wind, 28-33; 8, gale, 34-40; 9, strong gale, 41-48; 10. whole gale, 49-56: 11. ttorm. 57-65; 12. hurricane. FORECAST.' Winds.—Freshening generally; westerly veering to northerly north of New Plymouth and Napier; elsewhere northerly. Barometer.—Fall slowly. Seas.—Rough in the Taranafci Bight and about Cook and Foveaux Straits; elsewhere moderate, but rising ou the west coast of the South Island. Tides.—Moderate. Warning signal for a northerly gale is exhibited at Nugget Point.

Weather.—Mainly fair to cloudy, but becoming unsettled soon in the western and far southern districts of the. South Island, with scattered.rain, and clouding over generally in districts with a westerly aspect.' Warm temperatures. ■ . ■ • ' • ■ . . "

Station. Wind Prea Temp. Weather. C. Maria V.D. WSW 2 30.17 61 BC Russell Calm 30.21 61 BC Hokianga Heads S 2 30:21. ;. -61 ••.- BC Kalpara Sig, St. SW 4 30,18 ''■ G1 ■ BC Manukau Heads XW 3 30|18 62 O Auckland SW 3 30.15 64 BC' Tiritirl SW 4 — 60 ■ BC Kawhia SW 4 60 0 Tauranga SW 4 30.03 67 BC Opotiki SW S 30.11 G2 ' B Taupo SW S 59 B East Cape S4 30.05 CO B Gisborne .. Sri 30.11 60 BC Napier NE 3 30.11 63 B Castlepbint ■, .. NW 4 30.06 64 B Cape Palliser .. E 2 67 B New Plymouth WSW 2 ' 30.17 61 C Cape Egmont . NW 2 30.12 62 G Patea W 5 30.12 61 O Wanganui .... NW 4 30.12 63 C Foxton ... W4 61 C Wellington ...... N4 30.01 62 'C Cape Campbell NW 2' 29.98 S7 B Farewell. Spit.. W 4 30.03 67 BC Westport Calm 30.07 57 B Greymouth E 2 30.06 58 B Arthur's Pass NW 3 52 BC Kaikoura ...... NE 2 29.95 61 B Christchurch . KB 4 29.94- 62 BC Akaroa Light... W 3 29.97 58 F Tlmam KE 2 . 29.91 58 B Oamaru ..•:.. ..NE2 29.SS, 59 B Dunedin NE 1 29.85 62 B Alexandra.—Not receiTed. Queenstown .. Calm 29.S9 5S B Nuggets N.2 29.82 64, Bz Bluff N 1 29.71 60 B Puysegur Point. N 2 29.84 59 C