METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 45, 21 August 1913, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THUKSDAY, 21st AUGUST, 1913. THE SUN. Rosa to-day— 6h 34m a.m. ; sets 6h 14m p.m. Rises to-morrow — 6h 32m a.m.; sets 5h 15m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, 4h 20m; afternoon, 3h ,65m; total, 8h 15m. the Moon, Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time. D. H. M. 'New moon •,«■ „ „, 3 o 28 a.m. First quarter „ „ „9 3 33 p.m. Vul\ moon 17 1 67 a.m. Laftt quarter .. .. „ 25 11 48 a.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday— Maximum, 59.4deg. ; minimum, 96.6deg. ; mean, 48deg. To-day, at noon— Sldeg. RAINFALL. , Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. 1 to-day— O.oiin. Total to date during the month— l.6 Bin. Total rainfall for July— 3.lsin. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9'a.m. to-day— l mile per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— s p.m., 30.33. To-day— 9.30 a.m., 30.26; noon, 30.23. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OP LAST 24 HOURS. Except in the northernmost districts, where unsettled and wet conditions have ruled, fair to cloudy weather has been experienced. The barometer has ahown a falling tendency, and moderate to strong easterly and northerly winds nave predominated, but gales were reported yesterday in the far North. TO-DAY'S WBATHBR. from observation^ taken at I a.m. Station. -m*a. Bar. uT'We'tk 1 * .. Sk*de C»p« M»ri» V.B, Nf b 2997 66 CZ ' Bttwiell .. E fb 30-C3 56 OP Hoki«ng» Heads SB 1 30-07 56 BCD Kaipara Sig. stn Not com* - - -- MaunkauHetds Kb* 30-J5 49 BCZ .Auckland ... Efb 30-15 58 O Tmtiri ... N Bfb 30-15 55 oQ Kawhia ... Efb 80*16 5t O Tautanga ... ESE br do'lß 54 O T«upo ... c«lm 30*34 48 SO J.»st Cape ... NE f b 30*22 53 O Z Gisborne ... Calm 30*25 48 o P papier ... Culm 30*29 50 O Castlepoint... 8K 1 30*28 49 C Cape 1-alliser N1 . 30-U8 40 B CapeEgmont Calm 30*23 56 C £nte« ... NE 1 JO-20 54 O I W«D**irai ... NJB 1 30-25 5* B C Foxton ... £ 1 ao-26 48 B welliugton ... NE 1 30*26 47 B Cape Campbell W 1 3U"33 45 B Z £arewell Spit SB 1 30*32 61 O ' "Westport ... SB 1 8023 44 B C Greymonth ... ESE br 30*19 45 B C Bealey ... Calm 30*21 33 B Wmstchurch NE 1 30*18 40 B " Akatoa L.H. N 1 30*18 46 B TiflMtfn ,„ Calm 30*20 34 B Oamartt ... Uulm 3021 37 B Dnnedin .... fl br 3017 43 B Qtteenstomi Calm 30*14 31 B Nuggets ... Nbr 30*14 38 Z Pint! ... N 1 30*12 42 B Wind.—!, light; br, breexe; f b, fre»li breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weatner.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear of heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; Q, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty j 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. FORECAST. At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours;— Winds.— Moderate to strong and increasing generally ; easterly, veering to northerly, northward of Kawhia and East Cape; northerly prevailing elsewhere. Barometer.— Pall everywhere. Sea.— Rough northward of East Cape and between Castlepoint and Kaikoura; moderate elsewhere. Tides.— High oa the east coast of the North Island; poor on all the western coast; moderate elsewhere. Weather.— Changeable and showery in the northernmost districts; fair to cloudy, with increasing cloudiness elsewhere, for a change probably following shortly. D. C. BATES.