METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 72, 27 March 1933, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER'

MOON FOR MARCH,

.-f' rs' quarter, 4th day, 9.53 p.m. Full moon, lah day, 2.16 p.m. Last quarter. 19th day. ?SUn££ time" m°°n< l6th. *"• V SO "^ MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1933. setai "f un-~l\ e. sun r°se today, 6. a.m.;, sets 0.,)3 p.m. Eises tomorrow, 6.1 a.m.: sets «j.t»i p.m. _ Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, 4hr ~ ' afternoon. 51ir. Total,- 9hr 54min Temperature in Shade.—Maximum, 70 Idee •= Minimum, 58.2deg.; mean, 64.8deK ■ " Kainfall.—Total fur 4S hours - preceding 9 month tod 9afoin nU; total t0 date du^B tha , Wind.—Velocity of the wind for the 4S hour*.' precedlnc 9 a.m. today, 8.7 m.p.h Barometer.—Yesterday, 9 a.m;, 30.05 in; to--day, 9 a.m., 2O.S9in; noon, 29.87 in. . SYNOPSIS OF LAST 48 HOURS. During the weekend the meteorological situation was dominated by an anti-cyclone, arid the weather was mainly fair on both Saturday, and Sunday a few isolated showers only having fallen in the South Island. The winds were light to-moderate and variable.. Since last night, however, a shallow depression has ad-, vanced on to the Dominion, and winds betweeii north and west hare freshened in and south of Cook Strait and have been accompanied by; rain in the western aud far southern district* of the South Island. . '

Weather.—B, clue s&y; BC blue sky and' detached clouds; C, cloud;; 0, overcast; G, gloomy, dull; D, ugly, threatening; B, con*' tlnuous rain; S, snow; D, drizzle; P, passt,' ing showers; H, ball; Q, squally; L, lights ulng; T, thunder; F, fog; M, mist; Z, haze. Beaufort scale of Wind Force with Equivalent velocities at 16ft above Ground.—o, calm. 0-1 m.p.n.; 1, light air, 2-3; 2, slight breeze^ 4*7 S 3, gentle breeze, 8-11; 4, moderated breeze. 12-16; 5, fresh breeze, 17-21; 6, atrona; breeze, 22-27: 7. high wind, 28-33; 8, gale/ 31-40; 9, strong gale, 41-48; 10 whole eale/ 49-56; 11, Btorm, 57-65; 12,- burridane.

TODAY'S WEATHER. Station. Wind. Pres. Temp. Weather. Cape Maria Y.D. SB 1 30.03 66 BCZ "•"sell SE 2 30.08 67 - B Hoklanga Hds. XE 1 30.U 66. '. BC Kaipara Sig. Stn. S 2 30.06 69 BC Manukau Hds. SSW 2 30.10 : 69 C Auckland ..'. SSW 2 30.07 67 BC Tirltirl S 4 —: 65 Cti kawhia ...... S1V4 — 66 BC Tauranga .... SW 2 30.10' 70 B OpotlM OT1 30.10 65 B Tauno Calm — S7 O East Cape .... SW 1 30.00 61 B Gisbornc XW 3 30.03 68 B SE 1 ■ 30.02 • -65 - F Castlcpoint j... X 4 29.9U 70 C Cape Palliser XW « — 69 BC Xuw .Plymouth Calm 30.04 64 . BC Cape Egmout .. W2 '30.07 '; "56= ' BC patca WXW 4 30.05- 6e; ; -0 WaiiKauui X\v 1 30.04 ': 68 - O Foxton \y 4 — 65 O Wellington . XXW 2 29.89 '6S C Cape Campbell WXff 3 29.83 ' '60 : ~ 0(1 Farewell Spit .. W 4- 20:97 . - 6S C Wesiport KE 3 29.97 ; 60 - OK Greymouth E 2 29.90 55" E Arthur's Pass I"XW 4 . — 52 R Kaikoura XI " 29.S2 5S BC Christchurch EXE 5 29.77 60 . B Akaroa L'house XE 1 29.S2 57 " C Timaru" NXW 2 29.S1 54 - BC Oamaru .... x\V 1 , 29.7S: 55 . B Dunedin SW 2 29.75 56 O Alexandra E 2 — 50 " B Queenstown w 4 29.81 54 B ~" ' Xugfcets ... TOiy 4 29.S0 53 • BC i Bluff W.W I 29.80 50 BCP j Puysegur Pt. .. W 5 29.97 51 CPQ