METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 21, 24 July 1918, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER.

WEDNESDAY, 24th JULY.

THE SUN. Rose to-day-7h 7m a.m.; sets 4b 48m p.m. Eises to-morrow—7h 6ii a.m.; gets 4h 49m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Zf^^S^t 2h15m: afternoon- a THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.)

Last quarter x g p . m . New moon 8 7 £ g 1™ First quarter i 0 6 65 £ m W moon M 8 stm List quarter „ 31 0 44 a.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE 41det; rUm }e7n UX4^. "^ mi »™™>

RAINFALL. Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-das Total to date during the month— 4.64in Total rainfall during June—7.oßin. > WIND. Average velocity ol the wind for the- 2* howl preceding 0 a.m. t.o-day-10.4 miles per honr BAROMSTEU. Yesterday—9 a.m., 29.75 To-day— 0 a.m, 20.99; noon, 29.98 NEW ZEALAND. ; SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. Cold and changeable weather has prevailed with passing showers, especially along ' the easterp coast. Strong southerly" winds h«.va -ruled, and the barometer has risen crerywhere J TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m.

Wind.—L, light; br, breeze; f b fre3h breeze; m g, mpden-ts gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. ' Weather.—B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L,. lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; E, rain, continued rain; S, snow.; T, thunder; V, ugly, threatening, appearance; Z, hazy. . y FORECAST. At ? a.m. to-day the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds--Southerly, moderate to strong prevailing ..'■■, ■ . Barometer—Kisine tendency Seas—Heavy southward o? East Cape} rough northward of Kawhia; moderate- else- | where .

Tides—High southward of last Cape; poor in Cook Strait; moderate elsewhere >

[ Weather—Cold and changeable with . scattered showers. A very \:old night probable generally, with frosts inland and hard frosts in the South : D, C. BATES.

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