METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 44, 20 August 1913, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

■ »" '» '■' ' WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. WEDNESDAY, 20th AUGUST, 1913. , THE SUN. Rose today— 6h 35m a.m. ; sets 51i 13m p.m. Bises to-morrow— fih 34m a.m. ; sets 6h 14m p.m. BRIGHT StJNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, 4h sm; afternoon, 3h lorn; total, 7h 16m. the Moon. Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time. * D. H. M. New moon .. „ ..3 0 28 a.m. First quarter % 9 3 33 p.m. Full moon 4 11 7 57 a.m. Last quarter 25 11 48 a.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday— Maximum, 69deg. ; minimum, 40.2deg. ; mean, 49.6deg. To-day, at noon— 62deg. RAINFALL. Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day- Nil. Total to date during the month— l.s7ln. Total rainfall for July— 3.lsin. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— 2 miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— 5 p.m., 30.36. To-day— 9.30 a.m., 30.41; noon, 30.40, NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. Moderate to strong easterly winds have prevailed generally, but strong to gale at times '■ northward of Kawhia and East Cape. Unset- i tied weather, with much rain, has fallen in the northernmost districts, and scattered coastal showers have been reported along the east coast, but fair weather has predominated. A disturbance is located to the northward of New Zealand, but the barometer is high everywhere over the Dominion. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at t a.m.

Wind.— i, !ight; br, breeze; fb, fresh / breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavj i gale; w, gale of exceptional se?rrir,y. Weather.— B, blue sky, be f-hp atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing cloud3j I». drilling fain; V, foggy; O, gloomy, dark weathff; H, hail: L, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, the *hole sky coveted witli thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued ruin; S, snow; I', thunder, U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. FORECAST. At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast waa issued for the subsequent 24 hours • - Winds.— Easterly, strong to gale, northward of Kawhia and East Cape; moderate to strong easterly, veering 10 northerly, then increasing elsewhere. Barometer.— Little movement at present, but tailing after from 16 to 20 hours. «)«■— Bough on alt the eaStefn coa4 fc. con . * 1 r J able on fche w«stern coast. Tides.-Lqw between Cap^Egmont^mi Fox-

ton; moderate ou all the western coast ; high on the eastern coast. , Warning signals for easterly gales are exhibited at Cape Maria Van Diemen, Tiritiri, and East Cape. Weather.— Dull and misty with rain probable northward of Kawhia and East Cape, and on the east coast of the North Island; fair, but with increasing haze and cloudiness elsev. here. ». C. BATES.

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