METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 6, 8 January 1916, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER SATURDAY, Bth JANUARY THE SUN Rose to-day—4h 26m a.m.; sets 7h 27m p.m. Rises to-morrow —4h 27m a.m.; sets 7h 27m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE Yesterday—Morning, lh 46m; afternoon, 3h 35m; total, 6h 21m THE MOON (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time) D. H. M. New moon .. .. .. 6 4 15 p.m. First quarter .. .. '„12 3 8 p.m. Full moon .. .. .. :20 7 59 p.m. Last quarter 28 0 6 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE Yesterday — Maximum, 60.4deg.; minimum, 52.2deg.; mean, 56.3deg. To-day, at noon—6ldeg. RAINFALL Total fall for the 24 hours preceding t a.m. to-day-Nil Total to date during the month—O.lOin. WIND Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—l 3 miles per hour BAROMETER Yesterday—s p.m., 29.83 To-day—9.So a.m., 29.89; noon, 29.85 NEW ZEALAND SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS Variable breezes were in evidence this morning, and a south-east gale was reported at East Cape. The weather has been dull at times generally but little change in"atmospheric presiure has taken placesince yesterday

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

Wind—L, light; br, breeze; fb, 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; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whoia sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threateaißg appearance; Z, hazy

At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds—South-easterly to easterly, strong to gale, northward of Farewell Spit and Kaikoura; easterly, moderate to strong, elsewhere. Barometer—Fall everywhere shortly Tides—Very high on all the eastern coast; good elsewhere Seas—lncreasing, rough to heavy northward of Kaikoura.; considerable elsewhere Warning signals for south-easterly gales are exhibited at Cape Maria Van Dlemen, Tiritiri, and East Cape, and for easterly'at Castlepoint, Cape Campbell, Stephen Island, and Farewell Weather—Dull and misty generally, with much rain following over the North Island and on the east coast of the South Island, and rain probable elsewhere Note.—A storm appears to bo developing in the tropics northward of New Zealand, and likely to appear in the North after from 24 to 36 hours . D. C. BATES

Oapo Maria V.D. Eussell ... ... Hokianga Heads Kaipara Sig. Stn. Manukau Heads Auckland ...I Tiritiri ... Kawhia I Tauranga ...| Taupo i East Caps Gisborno Napier ... ; ... Castlepoint Cape Palliser ...I CapeEgniont ... Patea Wanganui Foxton I Wellington ...! Cape Oampbell... Farewell Spit ... Westport Greymouth Bealey Christchnrcb. ... Akaroa I/.H. ... Timam ' OamaTU ... Dunedin Queenstown Nuegets Bluff Station, SW I b SE 1 Sbr SW1 iSWbr 1ST SEl ISE1 |NW 1 Calm SE g SSW f b SW f b SW1 INotcoma SI SE 1 NE1 Js i !SSE br SI N f b N 1 E 1 E.I Calm ■ SW 1 INEI . INE 1 NE 1 Calm SW 1 'W£ b Wind Bar. I 2O'S9 29'85 2O'S7 29TO 2S'SK> 29'90 2990 29'84 29-80 39-79 2975 23'S4 29-85 29'87 29'88 29'8G 29'82 29-80 29'S9 29'86 20-93 29S9 29'86 2979 29-84 29'84 29'85 29-85 29'80 29'88 2981 29-85 Ther in shade 64 66 70 63 62 .63 65 03 61 57 I. 58 I 58 ! -58 01. TTe'th'r B B B BCZ B B G O B B. B C O B 0 6~ O a b c o 58 •58 62 59 60 57 59 60 60 59 57 58 61 81 53 6056 54 ■ o B O B C B B O B B C B C B C BC O O