METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 48, 24 February 1917, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER,

SATUBDAY, 24th FEBRUARY

| THE SUN Rose to-day—sh 24m a.m.; sets 6h 43m p.m. Rises to-morrow—sh 2om a.m.; sets 6h 42m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE Yesterday—Morning, fih 14m; afternoon, 6h Om; total, llh 14m THE MOON (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time,)

TEMPERATTJUE IN THE SHADE Yesterday—Maximum, 79deg.; minimum, 61.1deg.; mean, 70deg. RAINFALL Total for the 24 hours preceding 0 a.m. to-day —Nil. Total to date during the month—l.6sin Total rainfall for January—l.76in. WIND Velocity of the -wind for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—4.l miles per hour BAROMETER Yesterday—9 a.m., 29.56 To-day—9 a.m., 29.74; noon, 29.73 NEW ZEALAND SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS The barometer has fallen slowly everywhere, and warm and humid conditions have prevailed— cloudy and unsettled in many parts of the country, foggy on the oast coast and in the southernmost districts, scattered rainfall in several places. Northerly winds have prevailed

v.TO-DAY'S 'WEATHISR 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 clonds; 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; CR squally; R, rain, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; TJ, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy

a.t D a.m. to-day the following forecast -was issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds—Variable and strong breezes; northerly predominating and freshening, and changing by west to south .Barometer —Falling tendency; rising in tho South after from 10 to 24 hours Seas—Rough bet-ween Castlepoint and Kaikoura; increasing on all the western coast; moderate to rough elsewhere Tides Good generally Weather—Unsettled and cloudy,l -with rain following generally D. C. BATES.

'nil moon iast quarter x 7° ... 15 .. 22 XI. M. 1 23 p.m. 5 39 a.m.

Station. Capo Maria V.D. Russell Hokianga, Heads Kaipara Sig. Sta. Manukau Heads Auckland Tiritiri _ ICawhia Taurauga Taupo .-' East Capa Gisborne Napier Oastlepoint Cape Palliser ... Capo Egmont ... Patea Wansarmi ... Foxton WeUingtoa Oape Campbell... Farewell Spit ... "Westport Greymouth Bealey Christchurch ... Akaroa L.H. ... Tiniara Oamaru ... .;. Dunedin ... Queenstown ... Nuggets Bluff Wind , Wf b Not come Not come N f b Nf b Not come N £ t> B 1 N.I Calm IntVpted Wl N 1 NBI ■ SWbr SSEI E 1 NE 1 X 1 NW 1 Sf b NW 1 SW 1 S 1 w 1 SW 1 S 1 Calm E 1 ■■ ■ El Calm E 1 Nl Bar. 2970 Ther. in shade 95 We'th'r OE 2964 25T66 2TO 2D"64 2970 2972 2978 2074 2975 2973 2964 2972 2872 2973 2974 2)74 2978 2970 2075 2989 D9'Bs 2986 2082 2077 2079 2971 2978 2917 66 6J 09 71 G9 61 Oi 6G 72 Cl 70 ■73 60 70 C 6 63 7(1 67 63 6?, 65 62 68 63 60 63 58 69 OE a d~ B B BO 61? o a F C B Z B C B C F B B BO B O F O M O 0 M B 0 M OF