METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 58, 5 September 1914, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. SATURDAY, sth SEPTEMBER. THE STJU. Rose to-day— 6h llm a.m. ; sets Sh 29m p.m. Rises to-morrow— 6h 9m a.m. ; sets 5k 30m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday-— Morning, 2h 55m; afternoon, lh 30m; total, 4h 25m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.)

TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, C2deg. ; minimum, 41.4de;5. ; mean, 51.7deg. "To-day, at uoon— sldeg. RAINFALL. Total fall for the 24 hours preceding 9- a.m. to-day— o.3sin. Total to date during the month— o.77iffi Total Tainfall for August— l.l6m. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day — 10 miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— s p.m., 29.75. To-day— 9.3o a.m., SO.0B; noon, 30.07. NEW ZEALAND. •SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. The barometer has risen fast, and southwesterly winds, fetrong to gale, have prevailed. Squally and showery weather has been experienced in most parts of the country. Very heavy sea 3 have been reported on all the western coast. , TO-DAY 'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.p.

Bluff '.'.'. ".IWSW 1 13005 1 4ti I QDF Wind.— L, light ; br, breeze ; Ib, fresji bueeze ; in g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather.— l 3, 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; AI, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds ; P, passing showers ; Q, squally ; B, rain, continued rain; S, snow; T. thunder; V, ugly, threatening appearance 1 ; Zy hazy.

At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— ! Winds,— Southerly, strong to gale generally. Barometer.— Rise everywhere. Sea.— Very heavy on all the western coast; heavy southward of Castlepoint; rough elsewhere. Tides. — Good generally. Warning signa'lß for southerly gales at Cape Maria Van Diemen, Tiritiri, East Cape, Castlepoint, Capes Campbell, Farewell Spit, and Foulwind, and at Stephen Islaud,< Nugget Point, and Centre Island. Weather.— Cold and showery and a very cold night probable generally D, C. BATES.

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