METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 128, 30 May 1917, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER ' WEDNESDAY, 30th MAY \f THE SUN Rose to-day—7li 3m a.m.; sets 4h 31m p.m. > Rises to-morrow—7h 4m a.m.; sets 4h 31m p.m BRIGHT SUNSHINE Yesterday—Jlorning, nil; afternoon. Oh Bm. THE MOON (Calculated for. New Zealand Meaa Tint.) D. H. M. Full mocn .. .. ..7 2 13 p.m Last quarter 14 1, IS p.m -■'ew moon 21 9 17 p.m First quarter 2» 11 3 a.a TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE Yesterday—Maximum 55.2deg.; minimum 43.3deg.; mean, 49.2deg. RAINFALL Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-da3 —Nil.. Total to date during the month—s.Kin. Total rainfall during April—4.B€in. WIND Velocity of the wind for the 24 hours precei ing 9 a.m. to-day—lo.3 miles per hour V .BAROMETER Yesterday—9 a.m., 29.87 To-day—9 a.m., 29.77,: noon, 29.71 NEW ZEALAND SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS Strong southerly \ inds have given place ;t< more variable breezes since last evening. Cold! squally, .and showery weather was experienced! yesterday and during the night, but condition: have since improved, except in the southern most districts ' ■ • ; TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m. •

Wind—L, li(U&; br, breeze; fb, tresh breeze a g, moderate gale; t, whole or heavy gale w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather—B, blue Bky, be th« ttmospheri dear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, darl weather; H, hall; L, lightning; M, misty; 0, •vercast, the whole sky covered with thicl clouds; P, passing showers; Q. squally; R, rail centinued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; XT, ugly tkreateiisg appearance; Z, hazy.

FORECAST At $ a.m. to-day the following forecast w» issued for the subsequent 24 hours :— Winds—Westerly, moderate to strong an< squally at times, backing to southerly Barometer—Unsteady, with a rising ten deucy soon Seas—Rough on all the western coast, be tween Castlepoint and Kaikoura and in Foveau: Strait; moderate elsewhere Tides—Poor on the west coast of the Nortl Island; rgood elsewhere ■-.<-■■'■ ' . : • Warning signals for westerly;.gale are exhibit ed at Nugget Point Weather—Cool and changeable, with, soatter ed showers, especially on th« West Coast au< southernmost districts ; D. C. BATES.