METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 105, 31 October 1933, Page 12

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

: MOON FOR OCTOBER. [ Full moon, fourth day, 4.38 a.m.; last quarter, twelfth day, 4.16 a.m.; new moon, nineteenth day, 5.15 p.m.; first quarter, twenty-slit' day. 9.5? a.m. .;. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1933. The Sun. —The sun rose today 4.38 a.m.'; seta 6.30 p.m. Rises tomorrow 4.38 a.m.; sets. 6.31 p.m. (Standard time.) • ■ ' Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Mgrnlnjj, 6hr SOmln; afternoon, 2hr 54mlu. Total, 9hr 21 mln. Temperature in Shade.—Maximum, 57.9deg.; minimum. 4li.0deg.; mean, 52.0deg. Rainfall.—Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. todey, nil. Total to date during the month. 2.17in. • ! ■ ■- Wind.—Velocity of the wind for the 24 hour* preceding 9 a,m. today, 13.2 m.p.h. Barometer.—Yesterday, 9 a.m., 29.741in. Today, 9 a.m.; 30.093in; noon, 30.14in. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. The depression mentioned yesterday crossed the Dominion very rapidly and by 9 a.m. thij morning the wind had backed 'to the southwest again .practically everywhere. Both'the northerly and the southerly reached gale fores at times. The weatiier was generally threatening the depression passed, but precipitation has been light and scattered only. la the south there were some hailstorms. Temperatures have fallen and the interior of th« South Island experienced some frosts. An anticyclone is now approaching across the Ta»man Sea. TODAY'S WEATHER. Station Wind. Pres. Temp. Weather, Cape Maria V.D. N 1 30.08 60 B Russell N2 30.11 58 BO Hokianga' Hds. SW 2 30.09 .59 BC Kalpara Sig. Sn. W 5 30.04 64 OM Manukau Hds. WSW 2 30.05 61 ■ OP Auckland .... WSW 3 30.05 62 C Tiritiri WSW 3 — 58 OO Kawhia SW 3 — 70 B Tauranga .... NW 2 29.95 62 O Opotiki Calm 30.05 65 O Taupo S 2 — 61 BC East Cape ...... N 1 29.99 59 BC Gisborne SSW 5 30.05 57 C Napier S 2 30.07 58 OP Castlepolnt .... S 4 30.02 53 BC Cape Palliser . SW 6 — 57 BC New Plymouth SW 4 / 30.00 63 B Cape Egmont .. SW 3 30.03 57 BC Patea S 5 30.03 58 B Wanganui S 4 30.04 60 BC Foxton Nl — ■■'■ 59 BC Wellington SE 5 30.09 51 O Cape Campbell .. S 5 30.07 52 BC ' Farewell Spit .. E 4 30.03 61 V. Westport SW 2 30.05 52 BC Greymouth E2 30.09 52, B Arthur's Pass • NW 1 -r ' 42 B Kalkoura SW 3 30.10 o4 BC Chrlstehurcb .. SW 6 30.ll 50 B Aharoa I/house.—Not received. Timaru Calm 30.14 47 B' Oamaru SW 4 30.08 50 BO Dunedin SW 3 30.05 47 . B Alexandra .... SE 1 — 49 B " Queenstown .... Calm 30.15 47, B Nuggets S5 30.08 45 BC* Bluft SW 2 30.08 49 CZ ' Puysegur Pt. .. Calm 30.21 ■ 48 O Weather.—B. blue «ky; B.C., blue «ky and detached clouds; C, cloudy; 0, overcast; Q, gloomy, dull; V, ugly, threatening; R. continuous or steady rain; S,. snow; O, drizzle; F, passing showers; H, hall; Q, squall;; L, lightning: 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.h.; i, light air, 2-3; 2, slight breeze, 4-7; 4, moderate breeze. 12-16; 5, fresb breeze, 1721; 6, strong breeze, 22-27; 7, bigb wind, 28-33; 8, gale, 34-40; 9, strong Bale. 41-48; 10, whole gale, 49-D6; 11, storm, 57-65; 12. hurricane. F0RECA8T. Winds.—Moderate to strong but decreasing south-west to southerly winds. Barometer.—Rising. Seas.—Rough about Cook Strait -and rather rough generally south of East Cape, but later moderating; elsewhere moderate. Tides.—Poor on the west coast; moderate oa the east. - Weather.—Fine in most districts, with cool temperatures, but a few isolated showers at first in casern and far southern districts; somt frosts Inland. , ' - /