METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 33, 7 August 1914, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

•WELLINGTON'S WEATHBR. FBIDAT, 7th AUGUST THE BUN. Hose to-day— Oh 03m a.m. ; sets sh, p.m. Rises to-morrow— 6h 51m a.m. ; sets 6h lm p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, 3h 10m; afternoon, lh 25m; total, 4h 35m. THE MOON.' (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. 'Full moon .. „ ..6 0 11 p.m. Last quarter 14 0 28 p.m. New moon •<•„.» . . 21 11 68 p.m. First quarter .... . . 28 4 22 p,ra, TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, 64.4deg. ; minimum, 48.2deg. ; mean, 51.3deg. To-day at noon— s2deg, RAINFALL. Total for the 24 hours preceding B a.m. to-day— Nil. Total to date during the month— Nil. Total rainfall for July— 2.49in. , WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hoUrg preceding 9 a.m. to-day— 20 miles per hour. BAROMI3TER. Yesterday— 5 p.m., 20.70. To-day— 9.30 a.m., 29.59 ; noon, 29.57. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOUBS. The weather has been dominated by a westerly area of low pressure, ahd the barometer fell to 29.30 at at the Bluff last evening. Unsettled and cloudy weather has b'eeu experienced with rain generally, and strong westerly winds have changed to south-westerly in most parts of the country. Conditions nave been particularly boisterous in the western and southern districts, and snow has fallen on the higher levels in the South. TO-DAT'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m.

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; fb, fre»b breeze; m g, moderate gale; i, whole or heary c»l«; w, (ale of exceptional severity. Weather^-B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passim clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; a, gloomy, dark. weather ; B, hail ; L, lightning ; M, misty ; O, overcast, the whole slay covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; It, rail, continued rain; S, iaow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazj.

FORECAST. At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast vu •sued for the subsequent 24 noun:— Winds.— Southerly winds prevailing, strong to gale at times. Barometer.— Rise everywhere shortly. Sea,— Heavy on the west coast southward of Cape Egmont, and between Castlepoint and Kaikoura; considerable on tho west coast of The North Island; moderate northward ol East Cape; rough elsewhere. Tides.— Good generally, , Warning signals for southerly gales are exhibited at Cape Maria Van Oiemen, Tiritirl, East Cape, Castlepoint, Capes Campbell, Farewell Spit, and Foulwind, at Stephen Island, Nugget Point, and Centre Island. Weather.— Squally, with heary showers in most parts of the country, and colder weather following. D. C. BATES.

Station. Wind. Bar. Ther. in shade Wtfth'r 3ape Maria V.D. Russell Sokianea Headn Kaiparfi Sig. Stn Vlanukau Heads Auckland riritiri lawhia L'aurangn faupo Sast Oape Sisbdrne ... .„ Napier 3astlepoint 3apo Palliser ... 3ape Etrmont ... 'atea rVanganui ?oxton rVellington Jape Campbell... ?arewellSort ... ilVestport jroymoutb. Bealey 3b.rlatcb.uroh ... Ucaroa, L.H. rimaru Oamaru Dunedin ... „, Queenstown ... Nuggets Bluff SWI SW 1 Sbr SW f b SW f b SWI Wf b Wf b SWI Oulm Wf b Wl NWI NW 1 NWf b WSWf b W br NW br Wf b NW 1 Wf b Sf b SW f b El Wl SW 1 SW f b BWI Oalm SW f b Nl f SW f b j WSWbr I 2990 29"87 2988 2988 2985 2985 29"85 2974 2978 2877 2971 20"68 2960 2969 28 - 59' 2074 2975 2972 2909 2852 2972 2968 2966 29 - 69 2951 2951 2955 2965 2951 29 - 60 2952 2955 53 65 65 51 46 54 62 50 52 48 55 52 60 50 50 60 48 48 50 50 47 44 40 415 32 40 45 43 41 45 I 34 35 ; 40 OMP O I BOP 1 OG OP O OQ BO BO §G BO B O P §0 o so c CJPG BO B O BO O BO BO BO BO P QH