METEOROLOGHCAL

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 31, 6 February 1935, Page 4

METEOROLOGHCAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

MOON FOR .FEBRUARY. New moon,* fourth day, 8^57 a.m.; first quarter, tenth day. 8.55 p.m.; full moon, eighteenth day, 10.47 p.m.; last, quarter,'.:: twenty-sixth day, 9.44 p.m. (Standard time.) < ,'• v WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY, 6, 1935J The Sun.-^-Rbse today 5.2 ''a.m. ;■ sets 7.8 p.m. Rises tomorrow 5.3 a.m.; seta-7.7 p.m. (Standard Time.) , ; ' Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday:; Morning;"Sbi 18mln; afternoon, 6hr _42mln. Total, 12hr.' Temperature In; Shade. —Maximum, 82.3deg; minimum, 65.0deg; mean, 73.6deg.T . - • . Eainfall.—Total for 24 hours preceding D .a.m. today;• nil; .total: .to-date during the month, nil. --.■■■■■■ --i.' ■ '-'i■',■'-...'..-I : ; -' H> ; ■-'■■ ' Wind.—Velocity of the wind for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. .today, 7.6 m.p.h. * .Barometer. —Yesterday, 9 a.m.,.30.0511n; today, 9 a.m.; 30.0251n; noon, 30;08In;\ ' C ,' SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. ; Very slight7 disturbances hayo ■. been ' crossIng the Dominion during the past twenty-four hours. Pressure' has risen again in the south and a southerly ■ change has extended over most'Of the South Island. There has been an increase of cloud, but very little rain lias been reported', and the fall of temperature' is: only slight. '-- •-,■■'■■■■ '■■■ : " ■-'■ ', ■-: '■-'':■'%<

- ; todays weather; r

Beaufort scale of .wind' force, with equivalent m.p.U.—l, light a!r, 2-3 s2, sllglit breeze,' 4-7; 8, gentle breeze, 8-11; 4, moderate breeze, 12-16; 5, fresh breeze, 17-21; 8, strong breeze, 22-27 ;■ T high wind, 28-33; 8, gale, S4-40; 8, strong gale, 41-48; 10, whole .gale, 49-56; 11, storm, 87-66; 12. nurrlcane. .:-..-.- .-:.•;'..■!.'■- ;>.: '"■■.-■■., Weather. —B, blue slty; BC, blue sky and detached clouds? C, cloudy; O, OTercast: O, gloomy, dull; TJ," ugly,. threatening:;.B; continuous or steady rain; S, snow; D, drizzle; P, passing showers: H, hall: Q, squally: L, lightning; ,T. thunder: ;F; fog; 11, mist; Z. haze.. " „■ ',;.-/ .. '. '. ..... ■~' V; FORECAST. ' .': Winds.—Variable at first'over the North Island, with north-easterlies predominating; elsewhere moderate southerlles prevailing and gradually becoming' general. ■ i \ / • Barometer.—A rising tendency., .-.;•■■' Seas.—Smooth to-.modertae.., ,v - '■ Tides..—Poor. ' '■ ' ;.,-..- ' * Weather.—Still for the most part fair and warm, but scattered rain and thunder probable.

Station. ; Wind. Pre». v Temp. Weatner. Capo Maria V.D. SE 4 30.05 72 B Russell SE 4 30.00 73 C Hokianga Heads SE V 30.12. v 69^ BC Kalpara Sig Stn. N2 1 30.10 76 BC Manukau Heads SW, 1 30.08 70 C Auckland ....... E 2 30.07 ' 75 BCZ TIrltlrl NE 3 — 73 BC Kawhta SE 1 — 73 C Tauranga ..... Calm 30.06 .75 ■ BC Opotlkl ....... Calm 30.10 72 B Taupo W 1 — 62 C East Cape .... SE 3 30.06 72 BC Gisborno ' S3 30.10 71 B Napier E 2 30.06 73 B Castlepolnt ... NE 3 29.90 70 B Capo Pallisor:.:. N 1 — 78 B New Plymouth Calm r 30.08 ' :7C :; B Capo Egmont ,". W. 2, 30.08 .70 B Patca ..'. N2 30.04 73 B Wanganui v... NE 1 -30.02 70 BZ Foxton W 1 . — 72 BC 'Wellington i... NW 2 30.03 73 , BC Nelson i.. NE 1 30.00 72 BC Cape Campbell '. N3 30.03 07. BZ Farewell Spit . NW 3 30.03 73 B Westport NE 1 30.01 «!) BCZ Greymouth E 2 30.03 68 G Arthur's Pass'. 1 NW 1 — G2 B Kaikoura' S2. 30.02 72 BC Chrlstchurcb.' .. SW 6 30.00 64 O AkaroU .Ii'hso WSW 5 30.03 ■ 62 OU TLmaru., S4 30.10 66 C Oaraaru S 1 30.11 68 O Dunedin ...... Calmo 30.13 68' r O Alexandra. —Not Tocelved. Queenstown .. SW 1 30.03 65 B NuKKcts Calm 30.08 74 O Bluff WSW 2 30.11 61 O Puysegur Pt. WNW 4 '30.05 .63 BC