METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 99, 23 October 1913, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

4 WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THURSDAY, 23rd OCTOBER, 1013. THE SUN. Rose to-day — 4h 51m a.m. ; sets Oh 20m p.m. Rises iio-morrow— 4h 49m v.m. ; sets 6b 21m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, 4h 26m; afternoon, 3h 46m. Total, 8h 10m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. First quarter 7 1 16 p.m. full moon .. .. ..15 6 37 p.m. last quarter 23 10 23 a.m. New moon 30 1 69 a.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday— Maximum, Cs.2deg. ; minimum, 51.4deg. ; mean, 68.3deg. To-day at noon — 56deg. RAINFALL. Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— t).7oin. Total to date during the month — 4.35 in. Total rainfall for September— l.69ln. WIND. _, Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— C miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— s p.m., 29.89 in. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 29.841n.j noon, 29.82 in. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. Cloudy weather has prevailed with much mist and fog, and ruin has fallen in many parts of the country. The barometer has shown a falling tendency, and moderate to strong westerly winds Jiave prevailed northward of Cook Strait, and. variable breezes elsewhere. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m.

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; Ib, fresh breeze; m g, moderate 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; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; It, rain, continued rain; 3, snow; T, thunder; V, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. FORECAST. At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast was issued for the subHequent 24 hours :— Winds.— Westerly, moderate to strong and increasing, northward of New Plymouth and Castlepoint ; strong and variable winds elsewhere. Barometer.— Falling tendency everywhere. Sea.— ttough on the West Coas.t ol the North Island, and between Castlepoint and Kaikoura; moderate elsewhere. fides.— High southward of Ea«t Cape iind northward of Cape Egmont; moderate northward of East Cape r good elsewhere. Weather. — Dull and misty weather with rain in inobt parts of the country. D. C. BATES.

Station. Wind. Bar. Ther. in shade We'th'r Cape Maria YD. Russell Hoklanga Heads Kuipara Sig. Stii. Manukau Heads Auckland Tiritiri Kawhia Tauranga Taupo ... ... i East Cape Gisborne Napier Castlepcrint ... Capo Palliser... Capo Egmont... Patea ... Wanganui Foxton Wellington ... Cape Campbell Farewell Spit... Westport Greymoath ... Bealey Christchurch. Altaroa L.H. ... Tfmarii Oamaru Dunedin Queenstown ... Nuggots Bluff Wbr vruwi "VWVVfb SW f b WSWf b Wfb isrsv 1 Wfb SSWbr Intet'pt'd NB 1 Nl NE bill 1 NW f b NW br Wfb NE br SI SI E 1 ESEI Ebr * SEf b El NEI NE 1 N-Bfb Nbr Calm Nl NW 1 I 3019 30 - 08 30"08 3004 3001 3000 30 - 00 2904 2999 29"80 i 65 C 3 (53 58 56 110 60 58 OH 53 o , o c O M O F OR FD R BCP R 2985 29 - 86 29"87 l 2988 29'8-l 29*83 2982 W&i 2984 29 - 9o 2983 2971) 2970 2988 2988 2988 29*90 29' DO 2984 2983 291H 2988 50 68 G'i 49 57 SB 59 55 sti 47 53 51) 57 I 49 57 53 55 54 58 58 52 51 D R R R R R R R OR M R OR OR OP O O G BC BO B O BC C O Z