METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 38, 13 August 1915, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER FRIDAY, 13th AUGUST THE STJN Rose to-day— 6h 45m sum. ; sets 5h 6m pjn. Rises to-morrow— 6h 44m a.m. ; sets 5h 7m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE Yesterday— Morning, 4h 30m; afternoon, 4h 32m; total, 9k 2m THE MOON (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. Last quarter .. .. ..3 8 57 a.m. New moon c 11 10 22 a.m. First quarter ... .. '..18 1 47 p.m. Full moon .. ... ..25 9 10 a.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE BHADE Yesterday — Maximum, 58deg. ; minimum, 35.Gdeg. ; mean, 46.8deg. To-day, at noon— Mdeg. RAINFALIi T-)tal fall for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.ra. to-day— Nil Total to date during the month — 6 40in. Total rainfall for July— S.SSin. WIND Average velocity for the 24 hours pr«eedin( 9 a.m. to-day— 3 miles per hour BAROMETER Yesterday— s p.m., 30.20 To-day— 9.3o a.m., 30.30; noon, 30.28 NEW ZEALAND SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS High barometric pressure has continued OTer the Dominion, and fair weather has ruled. A very cold night was experienced generally, and frosts occurred in various districts. Easterly and northely beezes have predominated TO-DAY'S WEATHER From\ observations taken at 9 a.m.

Wind — L, light; br, breeze; 1 b, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity Weather— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; 0, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain ; F, foggy ; G, gloomy, dark neather; 11, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; F, passing 6howers; Q, squally; 11, rain, continued rain ; §, snow ; T, thunder ; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy

At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast wa* issued for the subsequent^ hours;— Winds— Moderate to strong easterly winds, veering to northerly, northwards of New Plymouth and .Napier; northerly prevailing and increasing elsewhere Barometer— Unsteady -with a falling tendencj Sea— Considerable swell between Castlepoint and Kaikoura and on the west. coast of the South Island; moderate elsewhere Tides— Moderate on all the western coast; good elsewhere '• Weather— Fair to cloudy weather", with Increasing haze and cloudiness probable generally P. C. BATES

Station. \ Wind. Bar. Ther in shade We'th'r Oape Maria V,D. Russell ... Hokianga Heads' Kaipara Sip.Stn.l Manukau Heads Auckland ...I Tirltiri Kawhia ... ... Tauranga ... Taupo ... ... East Oape Gisborne ... Napier Castlepoinfc ... Cape Palliser ... Cape Egmont ... Patea Wanganui Foxton "Wellington Cape Campbell— Farewell Spit ... Westport Greymouth ... Bealey Christchurch ... Akaroa L.H. Timaru Oatnaru Dunedin Queenstown ..." Nuggets Bluff I NE 1 iSE f b ijW br Ine i i NE br NE 1 NEI Efb Calm Calm SEI SWI SWI NE 1 E 1 NEfb E 1 NE 1 NE 1 Nbr N f b E br ESEI El W 1 . NEI NW I Wl NE 1 NEfb INW 1 INI . INI ' 3026 3026 3029 8031 .'W32 30 32 3032 30"30 3033 30"32 3028 -3035 3037 3032 30"30 3028 30"28 3028 3029 3030 30"25 3028 3027 3028 30*23 3017 3017 3014 3012 3004 3000 3004 3005 50 04 50 58 49 55 57 48 50 41 52 47 45 53 46 52 47 50 44 51 4S 40 44 48 43 49 40 43 44 4ti 44 44 46 B C B B B 0' B 0 B C B B O B C 0 O BO B 0 . Z 0 o G Z B O B G O G O B C B'C C B 0 B C B C O ■ Z o