METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 134, 3 December 1915, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

FRIDAY, Srd DECEMBEB

THE SDK Rose to-day—4h 12m a.m.; sets 7h 8m p.m. Rises to-morrow—4h llm a.m.; sets "h 9m p.m. BEIGHT SUNSHINE Yesterday—Morning, 6b 10m; afternoon, sb. 55m; total, 12h 85m THE MOON (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. New moon .. ~ ..7 5 34 a.m. First quarter .. .... 13 11 8 p.m. ,Full moon 22 0 22 a.m. Last quarter 30 0 29 a.m. TEMPERATURE IK THE SHADE Yesterday — Maximum, 61.6deg. j minimum, 54deg.; mean, 57.8deg. ► To-day, at noon—62deg. EAINFALL Total fall for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—Nil Total to date during the month—o.o2in. Total rainfall for November—s.soln. WIND Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—l 7 miles per hour BAROMETER Yesterday—s p.m., 30.11 To-day—9.3o a.m.,. 30.07; noon, 30.09 NEW ZEALAND SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. Moderate to strong westerly winds have predominated, and the barometer has fallen slowly in the South. The weather has been fair generally, but cloudiness has increased in the West Coast and southernmost districts of the South Island TO-DAY'S WEATHER From observations taken at 9 a.m. Station. Wind Bar. in We'th'r I t^f I Cape Maria V,T). Calm 3029 63 B I Ensrell SE 1 30'2G CO B Hokianga Heads Calm 3027 01 B Kaipara Pip. Stn.'SW 1 30"28 50 B C Manukau HeadslSWbr 3026 f>9 O Auckland ... SW 1 3026 02 BO Tiritiri 's f b So'2l> 05 O Kawhia Wf b 3021 CO B C Tauranga ... S 1 3023 50 B C Taupo ICalm 3020 50 — East Cape ...We 30-05 04 C Gisborne W1 30"08 67 B Napier Calm 3010 (SI B Castlepoint ...|NW 1 SOW 65 B Cape Palliser ...IW 1 30'0S 68 Z CapeEgmont ...ilnter'ptd — — _ Patea, i\V br 3021 82 B Wanganni ...!W br 3020 lil B C Foxton 'NWfb 3015 60 BO Wellington ...NNWmg 3007 60 B C Cape Campbell... Nf b 30'0-i 52 O F:n-ewell Spit ... W{ b 3016 03 B Westport ...iK br 3020 59 B C Greymouth ...-E f b 3026 58 BO Bealey W 1 3009 50 O Christcburch ...'E 1 SO'ol 66 B AkaroaL.H. ...'Calm 3002 71 B Timaru Calm 2990 02 B C Oamaru Calm 2a'Bli 64 Z Duuediu _. ...<NE 1 aTBO 81 B C Quuonstown ...IW 1 2996 55 O Nuggets <NW br 20 76 64 P Bluff >WSW 1 2975 55 C P Wind—L, light; br, breeze; {b, Iresh 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; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rsin; F, foggy; G, gloomy, darkweather; H, hail; L, lightning; 11, 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

FORECAST At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast wsu issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds—Westerly winds prevailing, moderate to strong, northward of New Plymouth and Castlepoint; strong to gale at times elsewhere Baromcte.-—Falling tendency Seas—Rough on the west coast of the South Island anil between Castlepoint and Kaikoura; moderate elsewhere Tlde3—Good on the west coast of the South Island; madcrato elsowhers ' _^£nto£ signals for westerly galu are ex>

hibitcd at Catlepoint, Cape Campbell, Farewell Spit, Cape Foulwind, Stephen Island, Nugget Point, and Centre Island

Weather—Unsettled and cloudy with rain in the West Coast and southernmost districts of the South Island; increasing haze and cloudiness elsewhere, and change following generally D. C. BATES