METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 147, 23 June 1915, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER WEDNESDAP, 23rd JUNE THE SUN Rose to-day— 7h 16m a.m.; sets 4h 28m p.m. Rises to-morrow— 7h 16m a.m. ; sets 4h 28m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE Yesterday— Nil THE MOON _ " (Calculated lor New Zealand Mean Time.)"^ D. U. M. last quarter re ,* :. 5 4 2 a.m. New moon „. M ..13 6 27 a.m. First quarter »-- w ..21 1 54 a.m. Ful l moon -. -.? ..27 S 67 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE Yesterday — Maximum, 52.8deg.; -minimum, 48.2deg. ; mean, 50.5deg. To-day, at noon— s2deg. RAINFALL Total fall for the 24 hours preceding » b.h. to-day— O.Olin Total to date during the month— l.oßin Total rainfall for May— l.l2in WIND Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding D a,m. to-day— ll miles per hour BAROMETER Yesterday— 6 -p.m., 29.70 ToJay— 9.3o a.m., 20.72; noon, 29.68 NEW ZEALAND SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS High northerly and easterly winds have predominated, and the weather has been unsettled^ cloudy, and misty generally. Rain has fallen in most parts of the country, and snow on some of the higher levels in the South. A disturbance of considerable magnitude and intensity is now apparently located to the westward of the Dominion TO-DAY'S WEATHER From observations taken at 9 a.m. Station. ' Wind. Bar. in Wo'th'r "* shade

Wind— L, light; br, breeze; tb, fresh breeze; m t, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity Weather— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; O, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds ; P, passing showers ; Q, squally ; R, rain, continued rain; S, scow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threat-sain; appearance; Z, hazy

At * ».m. tcday the following forectst wu issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds—Strong to gale generally; northerly northwards of New Plymouth and Napier; easterly, changing to northerly, elsewhere Barometer—Expect very low barometric pressure Sea—Heavy northward of East Cap*, between Caatlepoint and Kaikoura and in the Weefc Coast of the South Island; rough to considerable elsewhere Tides—Low on the west coast of the North Island; moderate on the west coast of the gouth; good elsewhere Warning signals for northerly gales are exhibited at Cape Maria Van Diemen, Tiritiri, and East Cape, and for easterly at Castlepoint, Cape Campbell, Farewell Spit, Cape Foulwind, Stephen Island, Nugget Point, and Centre Is land Weather—The -weather is lfkely to become very stormy generally/ Expect heavy rain •with rivei-s flooded, and considerable snow in the back country of the "South Island and on the higher levels in the North ■D. C. BATES.

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