METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 36, 11 August 1914, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHBR. , TUESDAY, Uth AUGUST. THE BUN. Rose to-day— 6h 48m a.m. ; sets 5h 4m p.m. Rises to-morrow — 6h 46m a.m. ; sets 5h 5m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning 4h sm; afternoon, 4h 20m; total, 8h 25m. THE MOON. ■ (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time ) D. H. M. Full moon i.. „ :. 6 0 11 p.m. Last quarter ■.. •.. ..14 0 28 p.m. New moon 21 11 56 pm. First quarter .. .. ..28 4 22 p.'w. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, 67.0deg. ; minimum, 34.8deg. ; mean, 40.2deg. To-day, at noon— sldeg. RAINFALL. Total fall for the 24 hours preceding 9 am, to-day— Nil. Total to date during the month— B 41n ' Total rainfall for July— Z.49in. ' ' ' WIND. • Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— s miles per hour. / BAROMETER. Yesterday— s p.ra,, 29 76. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 20.86; noon, 2&.81. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. Strong westerly winds have predominated, and squally ami showery conditions have been experienced in the Western and southernmost districts. Fair to cloudy weather has continued on tne eastern coasts. Barometrifc pressure is still below normal In the South. ' TO-DAY'S WEATHEK. From observations taken at 0 a.M.

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; Ib, fresh breeze; rat,a t, moderate gale; g, whole or hear; gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. * Weather.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D,' drizzling rain; F, toggf,' Q, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, the vhele Bky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued rain; 3, snow; T, thunder j 17, Ugly, threatening appearance ; Z. hazy.

FORECAST. ■At 0 a.m. to-dny the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds. — Westerly, moderate to strong and increasing, northward' of New Plymouth and Kapler; (strong to gale elsewhere, Barometer. — Unsteady, with falling tendency southward of New Plymouth and Napier, Sea. — Heavy on all the western coast and in Cook and Fovenux Straits; rough between Castlepoint and Kaikoura; moderate elsewhere. Tides.— Moderate northward of East Cape and southward of Kaikoura; good elsewhere. Warning signals for westerly gales aro exhibited at Castlepoint, Capes Campbell, Farewell Spit, and Foulwind, and at Stephen Island) Nugget Point, and Centre Island. Weather.— Fair to cloudy on the east coast of the. North Island ; .changeable and squally elsewhere, with rain in the western and southern dfctrfcta. ft

Station. Wind. Bar. Ther. in shade We'thT Oape Maria V/D. Bussell Hokianga Heads KaiparaSig. Stn Manukau Heads Auckland Tiritirl „ Kawhia ... ... Tauranga ... Taupo - East Cape Gisborne Napier Caßtlopoint Oape Palliser ... CapeEgmont ... Patea, Wanganui ... Foxton Wellington Cape Campbell... Farewell Spit ... Westport Greymouth Bealey ... ... Christchurch ... Akaroa L.H. * ... Timstru ... ... Oamaru Dunedin Queenstown Nuggets Bluff 8E 1 SE 1 81 . SSWI Sbr SSW 1 Wfb NBI Calm 81 81 ■ Wl W 1 NWI NEI Wtb W br Wbr Calm NW br Wfb SW f b SI E 1 Wl . Calm Nl NWf b NWk N br Calm NWf b NW br 3000 3002 80' OH 3003 3O'GI 3000 SO'ol 29 - 94 ?9'96 2997 WdO 2989 2989 29-85 2984 2996 2999 2992 3989 2987 2981 2993 2902 2994 2974 2972 2972 29 - 63 2960 2958 2C64 29n6 20-63 62 51 52 60 47 52 50 47 45 45 50 40 46 48 47 50 49 50 42 49 43 40 39 40 37 40 47 43 48 47 40 30 44 o z B B BO 0 B 0 BO O ' B 0 BC E B B B Z O B B 0 BO BO 0 BO OP O B 0 B B O BC BO BO 0 B