METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 18, 22 January 1916, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER SATUKDAY, 22nd JANUARY THE SUN Rose to-day—4h 41m a.m.; Bets 7h 22m p.m. Rises to-morrow—4h 42m a.m. j sets 7h 21m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE Yesterday—Morning, 21i 30m; afternoon, 2b 10m; total, 4h 40m ' 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 .. ;t ..20 7 69 p.m. Last quarter 28 0 6 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE Yesterday — Maximum, 68.Gd.eg.; minimum, 57deg.; mean, 62.8deg. To-day, at noon—64deg. RAIKFAHT Total fall for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—O.OSin. Total to date during the month—o.2oin. Total to date during the month—O.lOin. WIND Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—9 miles per hour BAROMETER Yesterday—s p.m., 3(1.03 To-day—9.3o a.m., 30.16; noon, 30.18 NEW ZEALAND SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOUKS The barometer has been unsteady, rising in the. southern districts, {ailing slightly in the north, and the weather has been mild aryl humid with drizzling rain in' many parts of the country, especially about Cook Strait. Easterly to south-easterly breezes have predominated TO-DAY'S WEATHER From observations taken at S a.m.

Wind—L, light; br, breeze; Ib, fresh breeze; m g, moderate galej'g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale ol exceptioßil severity Weather—B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear er heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continue* raia; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearasce; Z, hazy.

'At 0 a.m. to-day the following forecast -w»b issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds—Variable, easterly, moderate to strong, northward of Hokitika and Lyttelton; south-easterly, changing to northerly, elsewhere Barometer—Rising tendency in the North; falling in the South after from 24 to 36 hours Sea—Rough swell between Castlepoint and Kaikoura, and moderate elsewhere Tides—Good on all the eastern coast; poor on all the western coasts Weather—Dull and overcast at times, with misty rain probable in many parts of the country D. C. BATES.

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