METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 104, 29 October 1913, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

♦ ■■ .WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. WEDNESDAY, 29th OCTOBER. THE SON. Kose to-day — 4b 42m a.m. ; sets 6h 27m p.m. Rises to-morrow — 4h 41m a.m. ; sets Oh 28m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, lh 35m; afternoon, Oh 6m; total, lh 40m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) / / D. H. \M. First quarter .. / -„< ..7 1 18 p.m. Full moon .. »., •.. 16 6 37 p.m. Last quarter, .. .. ..23 10 23 a.m. New moon .30 % 50 a.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday— Maximum, 69deg. ; minimum, 66.2deg. ; mean, 57.6deg. To-day, at noon— s9deg. RAINFALL. Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 i.m. to-day— nil. Total to date during the morfth— 4.69ln. Total rainfall for September— l.69m. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 0 a.m. to-day— 2o miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— 5 p.m., 2&.89. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 29.92; noon, 29.93. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. Cloudy and misty weather has prevailed generally, and much rain has fallen in the South Islnd and in the western districts of the North. Westerly winds have predominated, strong to gale at times southward of , New Plymouth and Napier. Barometric pressure increased in the extreme south last night, but has decreased since yesterday in the North. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations' taken at 9 a.m. „ _, , Ther. Station. Wind. Bar. in \ We'th'r shade Cape Maria VJ). NE 1 3019 C 7 BO Russell B-W 1 3013 63 BO Hokianga Heads SW 1 3013 65 B > Kaipara gig. Stn. W 1 3012 62 O Z Manukau, Heads NW br 3012 59 O Auckland ... W 1 3O'll 60 BO Tiritiri ... ... W 1 3011 65 BO Kawhia '... W 1 3012 58 B Tanranga ... W 1 3013 ,71 BO Taupo SW I 3007 'G7 BO EastOape ... NWfb 3COO 65 CZ Gisborne ... Wfi 2999 72 M Napier W 1 29'gG 71 BO Oastlepomi ... NWbr 29"9 lc? C Oape PaEiser... WNWfb 28*80 62 ' Z Cape Egmont... WNW I 3008 57 M Patea. NW 1 3005 ' 63 B Wangazmi ... Wfb 3002 65 80. Foxton NW f b 3000 62 O Wellington ... NW f B 2JT92 59 O Cape Campbell NW g 29"85 61 O .FaeawellSpii... Wfb 29"98 58 M Westcprt ... Wfb 29"94 59 F Groymouth ... NWfb 2986 59 OD Bealey NW 1 ( 28"81 59 O E Ohristchurch NW 1 2967 76 O Akaroa L.H. ... NW f b 29*68 75 O Timaru ... Sm g 29'7S 57 O Oamaru ... SM> 29T5 52 OP Dunedin ... SWbr 2979 56 R Queenatown ... Calm 2973 53 B Nuggets ... SE f b 2983 46 B Bluff ... BE 1 2985 49 OMB j Wind.— L, light; br," breeze ;~"t~b, fresh breeza; 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 ram; 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; R, rain, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy.

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rate on the West Coaßt of the South Island; good elsewhere. Warning Blgnals for northerly gales are exhibited at Cape Maria Van Dlemen, Tfritiri, and East Cape ; for westerly at Castlepoint, Fare well Spit, Capes Campbell and Foulwlnd, and for south-easterly at Nugget Point and Centre Island. Weather.— Unsettled, cloudy and misty with heavy rain in most parts ol the country, and rivers rising; snow on higher levels in the South. D. C. BATES.