METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 11, 13 July 1914, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. MONDAY, 13th JULY. THE SUN. Rose to-day—7h 13m a.m.; jsets 4h 38m p.m. Rises to-morrow—7h 13m a.m.; sets 4h 30m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday—Morning, 2h 50m; afternoon, 3h 10m; total, Gn om. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) ! I

TEMPERATURE IN THE* SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, SG.Odeg.; minimum, 42.6deg.; mean, 49.Cdeg. To-day, at noon—s2deg. RAINFALL. Total for the' 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—Nil. Total to,date during the month—o.B2in. Total rainfall for June—3.B4in. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—B miles per hour, BAROMETER. •Yesterday-^5 p.m., 29.37. To-day—9.3o a.m., 29.61; noon, 29:62, NEW ZEALAND. \ SYNOPSIS OF LAST 48 HOURS. ' Squally and wet weather has prevailed in all the western districts, and also in the southern portion of the South Island. Elsewhere conditions have been changeable, with scattered 6howers. The barometer lias risen feince yesterday, and moderate to strong westerly to'southwesterly winds have predominated. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m.

Wind.—L, light; br, breeze; fb, fresh breeze; m g, moderate galel; g, whole or heavy gale,\ w, gale of exceptional severity. * Weather.—B, blue Bky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing cloudi; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, mistj; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued r«in;/3, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy.

At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast waa issued for the subsequftnt 24 houra:— Winds.—Southerly winds, strong to gale at times. Barometer.—Rise everywhere. Sea.—Heavy on all the western coaot, and between Costlepoint and Kaikoura; considerable northward of East Cape; rough generally elsewhere. . Tides.—High northward of Cape Egmont aud on the east coast of the South Island; good elsewhere. Warning signals for southerly gales are exhibited \A Capu Manu Van Diemen, Tiritiri, East Cape, Castlepoint, Capes Campbell, Farewell Kpit, and Foiilwind, mid at Stephen Island, Nugget Point, and Centre island. Weather.—Changeable and equally generally, with heavy shnwm in most purU of the countiy, aud uculluT becoming coldci.

rirat quarter 'till moon .asfc quarter few moon 'irsfc quarter .. 1 .. 8 .. 15 .. 23 ..,30 n* in. 6 64 a.m 1 80 a.m. 7 2 p.m. 2 8 p.m. 11 21 ti.m,

Station. Wind. Bar. frher. in shade We'th'r Cape Maria V.D. Russell Hokianga Heads Kuipara Slg. Stn Manukau Hearts Auckland Tlritiri Kawhia ... ... Tauranga ... Taupo ... ... East Capo Gisborne Napier CRstlepoint Cape Palliser ... Capeßgmont ... Piitea Wungantii , ... Foxton Wellington Cape Campbell... Farewell Spit ... AVestport Greymoutb. Bealey Ohrifetchurch ... Akaroa L,H. Timaru Oamaru ... Dunedin Queenstown ..i Nuggets Blul? Wf b SW f b " SW f b SW m g WSWfb SSWI SW f b SW f b Wf b SW f b Wf b W 1 Oalm SW 1 Wl SW f b W br Wbv SWI Calm ■ Si Wbr SW 1 El W 1 SWI SW f b Cnlm SW 1 fiW 1 Nl H fb SI am 2987 288(! 29-84 2980 2880 aa-80 3970 29 - 672962 2B'CO 2958 2958 29-60 2960 2972 29T.8 2063 29*02 29' GO 2901 29 - 58 29-66 2960 29'6i 2958 29'D8 2957 29-57 2962 29-60 2P'6O 2961 67 55 55 54 50 55 S5 52 54 48 55 49 51 Dl 51 52 51 53 52 47 48 45 49 34 44 46 43 46 4(i 37 42 45 B 0 r 0 P OQP B 0 B 0 O B B B O P B BO B BZ B O > o n OR B O P O G O OR B O P OMU