METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 148, 24 June 1915, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER THUBSDAY, 24th JUNE THE SUN Rose to-day— 7h lGm a.m. ; sets 4h 2Sm p.m. Rises to-morrow— 7h 16m a.m. ; sets 4h 29m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE ! Yesterday— Nil THE MOON (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) "* D. H. 11. Last quarter „ .. -„5 4 2 a.m. New moon „ .. 4 . 13 6 27 a.m. ■ First quarter 21 1 64 a.m. Ful" moon 27 3 57 p.m. , TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE Yesterday — Maximum, 55.4deg. ; minimum, 48.8deg. ; mean, 52.1deg. To-day, at noon— s2deg. RAINFALL Total fall for the 24 hour 3 preceding 9 a.w. to-day— o,44in. Total to date during the month— l.s2in. Total rainfa'l for May— l.l2in WIND v Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— 6 miles per hour BAROMETER Yesterday— s p.m., 20.67 To-day— 9.30 a.m., 29.59; noon, 29.55 NEW ZEALAND SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS The weather has been gloomy and unsettled, and mists and fogs have been prevalent. Rain has fallen in most parts of the country, and snow on the higher levels. Moderate to strong north-easterly winds have predominated. The barometer has had a falling tendency, but the distribution of atmospheric pressure has not altered appreciably since yesterday TO-DAY'S WEATHER From observations taken at B a.m. ' ~ Thir Station. "Wind. Bar. in We'th'r shade

Wind— L, light ; br, breeze ; fb, fresh breeze ; ra g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional seventy ' Weather — B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy ; C, clouds, passing clouds ; D, drizzling ram ; F,. foggy ; O, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; F, passing ehowcrs; Q, squally; R, rain, continued rain; S, snow'; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatenins appearance; Z, hazy

At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast iru issued for the subsequent 24 hours: — Winds— Northerly, strong to gale, generally Barometer — Fall everywhere Sea— Heavy northward of East Cape, tween Castlepoint and Kaikoura, and hi Foveaux Strait; considerable on all the western coast; rongli elsewhere Tides— Good " Warning signals for northerly gales are exhibited at Cape Maria Van Diemen, Tiritiri, East Cape, Castlepoint, Cape Campbell, Farewell Spit, and Foulwind, and at Stephen Island, Nugget Point, and Centre Island Weather — Conditions continue threatening, and a continuance of dull weather is probable with miet and fog in parts, and much rain generally, also snow on the higher levels , D. C. BATES.

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