METEOROLOGICAL WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 55, 6 March 1915, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

SATUKDAY, 6th MARCH THE SUN Eose to-day— sh 35m am. ; sets 6h 28m p.m. Rises to-morrow — sli 36m a.ra. ; sets 6a 27m p.m. BRIGHT -SUNSHINE Yesterday— Morning, Oh sm; afternoon, In 10m; total, lh 15m THE MOON (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. Full moon 4. ■.. ..263 a.m. Last quarter .. .. •.. 8 11 58 p.m. New moon 16 7 12 a.m. First quarter 24 10 18 a.m. Full moon 31 5 8 p.m. TEMPERATURE -IN THE SHADE Yesterday — Maximum, 66deg.; minimum, 57.6deg. ; mean, 61.8deg. To-day, at noon— f "deg. RAINFALL Total fall for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— o.ol in Total to date during the month— o.74in Total rainfall for February— lJsin. WIND Average Telocity for vie 24 hours preceding 9 a. in, to-day— l 6 miles per hour BAROMETER Yesterday— s p m., 29.48 To-day— 9.30 a.m., 29.49; noon, 20.53 NEW ZEALAND SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS The barometer has been unsteady, and strong west to south-westerly winds have predominated. Cold and changeable weather has prevailed with showers in many parts of the I country, and snow has fallen on some of the higher levels in the South Island j TO-DAY'S WEATHER | From observations taken at 9 a.m.

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; ib, fresh breeze; in 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 rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning: M, misty; 0, 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.

At 8 a.m. to-day the following forecast was > issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds— Southerly, moderate to stroua and squally at times, changing by west to northerly after from 24 to 36 hours Barometer— Kise temporarily only Sear— Heavy between Castlepoint and K.iik >ura ; considerable on all the western coast; moderate northward of East Cape; rough elsewhere ' Tides— High southward of Caetlcpoint : good elsewhere- / . Weather— Changeable and Showery weather .and « very cold aisht orobablo generally D, 0. BATES

Station. Wind. Bar. Tber. in shade We'th'r Cape Maria, VJD. Russell Hokianga Bends Kaipara Sig. Stn Manukau Heads Auckland Tiritiri Ka-whia Tauranga Taupo Bast Cape Gisborne Napier Castlepoint Cape Palliser ... Cape Bgmont ... Patea Wanganui ... Fozton ... ... Wellington Cape Campbell... Farewell Spit ... Westport Greymoutb Bealey Ohnstchurch. ... Akaroa L.H. Vinuvfu Oamaru Dunedin Queenstown Nuggets ... ... Bluff Wf b WSWbr Wf b Wfb Wf b NW 1 NW 1 Wf b Calm Wfb Wfb Wfb Nf b NW br Wfb WSW f b WNW br Wf b NWm t NW 1 Wfb Wm« SEf b SSW 1 Not come SW 1 SW mg Wl SW f b SW f b SEI • SW f b WSW 1 2990 2983 2983 29"83 2983 2<VB3 2983 25170 2975 2974 2970 2905 2960 29"50 2941) 2969 2966 2959 2956 29 - 49 2943 2963 29-65 2908 64 64 68 64 59 65 69 60 67 57 63 59 65 64 63 61 57 57 58 60 57 57 47 5G B 0 B B BCQ B B C O B C B C C Z B B C P P O OR O B C B B BCQ B 0 2048 2949 2950 2950 2950 29'(54 2858 2960 46 50 52 54 50 48 45 46 C BC BC BC O P QP