METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 110, 5 November 1915, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

FRIDAY, stli NOVEMBER

i . THE SUN Hose to-day—4b 34m a.'m.; sets 6h 35ni p.m. Rises to-morrow—4h 33m a.m.; sets 6h 30m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE Yesterday—Morning, lh 40m; afternoon, nil. THE MOON (Calculated lor New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. New moon 7 ,7 22 p.m. Full moon '.'. '.. .'. 22 5 6 a!m. Last quarter 30 9 40 a.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE 'Yesterday — Maximum, 61.2(Jeg.; minimum, 47.6deg.; mean, 54.4deg. i To-day, at noon—Bldeg. RAINFALL Total fall for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—o.o7in. Total to date during the month—o.s2in. Total rainfall for October—2.soin. WIND Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—7 miles per hour BAROMETER Yesterday—s p.m., 29.2S To-day—9.3o a.m., 29.52; noon, 29.49 NEW ZEALAND ( SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS The barometer has risen in the North, but has fallen again in the southern districts for an other approaching westerly depression. The winds have veered to westerly, and have decreased in force since yesterday. Rain has fallen in many parts of the country, but a temporary improvement has taken place generally owing to the neutralising effects of the two depressions

TO-DAY'S WEATHER From observations taken at 9 a.m.

Ther Station. Wind Bar. in We'th'r f shade C.ipe Maria V.D. ;Not come! — i~~Z Z Russell SW f b 2976 B0 B Hokiauga Heads SW hr ! 2976 !B3 B Kaipara Sip. Stn. WSW f b 2075 59 800 Manukau Heads SW mg i 2073 56 O Auckland ...; WSW fbj 2973 •61 BO Tiritiri :SW f b 12973 :63 C Kawhia |W f b : 29'6'J 63 B C Tauranga ...jNW f b j 2968 '59 B C Taupo iSni |2963; 53 BC East Oape ...fW br 2952 ; 60 C Gisborne jW 1 29521 59 B Napier ... ... Wf b 2951! 60 B Castlepoint ...SW 1 2951: 66 B Cape Palliser ...IN 1 251521 63 C CapeEsmont ... WSW i b 2967 : 57 0 Patea iW br • 29'6l ■ 58 • B Wanganui ....W f b : 2909 60 BC Foxton Not come — ! — — Wellington ... KSW br ; 2952 61 B Cape Campbell... \V I i 2945 ' 55 13 Farewell Spit ... SW mS i 29' li(), 51) C Westport ...in 1 i 2963; 51 , OG F Greymouth ...iE 1 i 29'fi8; 57 I O liealey ... ... SW fb ! 21M3 :48 B C Christchurch .„ Ef h 12>JM2 '■■ 59 ! U Akuroii L.H. ...NEfb 20M2 59 B Tiniaru WE 1 29\H2 57 O G Oamaru <NE£b 2925 50 O DunetliuV !NE br 2911) 53 O Queeustowa ...Calm- . Sl'Sl 151 D Nuggets Nib I 2916 ! 52 G Bluit NNJj 1 ' 2915 55 O Wind—L, light; br, breeze; lb, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale o£ exceptional severity Weather—B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; 0, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M. misty; 0, clouds; T\ passing showerb; Q. squally; 11, ruin, continued rain; H, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy j

FORECAST At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds—Strong to gaie generally; westerly, northward of New Plymouth and Napier; northerly, backing by west to southerly, elsewhere Barometer—Falling tendency Seas—Very heavy on all the western coast; heavy between Castlepoint and Kaikoura, and in Fovoaux Strait; rough elsewhere Tides—Moderate on the cast coast of the North Island; good elsewhere ■Warning signals for westerly gales are exhibited at Cape Maria Van Diemen, Tiritiri, and East Cape; lor northerly nt Cape Campbell, Castlepoint, Farewell Spit, Fouhvind, Stephen Island, Nugget Point, and Centre Island Weather—Squally and unsettled, with rain following generally; heavy rain with rivers flooded in Westl.ind; indications for electrical disturbances in many parts of the country D. C. BATES