METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 148, 22 June 1917, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. FBIDAY, 22nd JUNE •;,■.• ■ .',' '. ■ :■■ ■. THE SUN; .-■ ''•'• -'■■'.. '"' '. Rose to-day—7h 16m a.m.; sets ih 28m' p.m. Rises to-morrow—7h 16m a.m.; sets 4h 28m p.m. . BEIGHT SUNSHINE : ;. ■; :■■ Yesterday—Morning, 31m;.. afternoon, 16m; ■ total,'47m. " v •''-"..'•.'■:•..■ ..■•'..■ .;■■;,' ;■'..-. the moon ■.'■..,■■ •; ; ,■ . (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) ', •' .■•■■",: ' ■ ■•'■' .•■••■•• ,D.- h. Jti.'-: v '::■(.. Full moon ;.-', .. .. 0 .; XT 37 a.m. Last quarter „.';■ .. .. 12 • C ! p.m. , New moon .. .. .. 20' . 0 32 a.m. First.quarter .. •.. .. .28. 8 38 a.m. '. TEMPERATURE IN/ THE SHADE . ', Yesterday—Maximum, 59.5deg.;":. minimum, 51.2'ieg.; mean, 55.3deg. .. ■'.-''■;■,'. ".. .-•'■. , RAINFALL '-: . :■■/■ '.'■., '.: W" >..■'■ ' Total for the 21 hours preceding 9 a.m."-to-d»y ■•'■.: —0.51 in. ■ ' , • ■;.■ . . ' ' : ■•■. „••'., ' Total to date during the month—4.l4fn. ■"' ' Total rainfall during May—s.Blin. .-■ .■:".-, ■„'.; ■■ , v wind.■'..,' .;.' ■■• ' ;■■':.;■ ■■' . .^Average' velocity for the past 24 hours 1 pre-": ■■; ceding 9 a.m. to-day—ls.7 miles per.hour '[■ .■•.•-. BAHOMETEEv ' . .: ' . Yesterday—9."a.m.,>29.Bs .. '■ ; . To-day—9 a.m., 30.07;. noon, 30.10 :-".; ; '„' '•■' ,; NEW ZEALAND . '',:':': ■ SYNOPSIS OF IAST 24 HOTJK?f ■.'■■'-.'■: Unsettled conditions have continued, with rain in most.parts of the country.. iModerate . to strong westerly iunds-have given place to southerlies and easterlies . since last' evening. The barometer ha 3 risen, eEpecially in'the South.- but there are evidences this morning of a disturbance to the^ north-west of the Dominion' ■ ■ y ■•• . '■ ■ : ■•'•' ■ TO-DAY'S WEATHER.. . • From .observations taken at 9 a.m.

Wind—li, ligui; br, breeze; fb, fresh breeze; ra c, moderate, gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w; gale of exceptional severity., r- :. •'■ •• - We&ther—B, blue slty,\ be the atmosphere clear or he»*v; C. clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzlin,'. rain; F, foggy; , G,, gloomy, vdark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered; with thick : clouds; V. p»ssin» showers; Q;.squally; X, rain, c«ritihiie^ rain; 8, snow; T,~ thunder; U, ugly, threatening appe»r»Bce;Z, hazy... • :

At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast" arafc . issued fofthe subsequent 24 hours:— • ■■ Winds—Easterly, -strong -to' gale northward of Bast Cape and Kawbia; south-easterly, increasing thence to farewell Spit and Kaikoura; southerly, moderate to strong, elsewhere : Barometer—Fall in the North; little, move- ; ment in the South ,■■'.•■•■■ ■- ; ." Seas.—Heavy northward of' East Cape; rough . thence to Kaikoura ;■ considerable on air the., western ■ coast; moderate elsewhere ■■. .. : Tides—Poor on the west coast of the North Island; moderate c-n the west coast of tho South Island; good elsewhere Warning signals for, easterly gales are ex- ; hlbited at Cape Jlaria Van Diemen, Tiritin, and East Cape ' '. .•• " - '■■'.. . , Weather—Cold and changeable in the south- , erninost districts, but cloudy and unsettled— generally;. foggy in ■ parts,. with rain, and . heavy rain may be ; expected shortly-northward of East Cape and Kawhia ;

Station. Wind. Nf b KEb NEf'b ' NE 1 NW 1 ENE 1 . NE 1 NET NE br Calm „ Calm ' •• Wl ' Calm..' W1... . SI „ ' Nl .-■■••, Caltri N'E 1 Calm . SI . . s'f i) ■■;• Wl .. El ■..: El. Not come SW 1 Oalm . Calm : BW.L- . SWI NW 1 Not come IWSWbr Bar. 'I . atcbo sn-03 SO'ol ao-oi 3004 30TO SOW 2097 30,03 3008 3010 3005 30TO 3001 30-00 3002 30-01 30TO 3003 SOW SOW. 30-05 3000 3005 3011 M'lo 3008 :!o'os 30' OS 30-03 30' Or. in . shade «s 57 54 • 53 fiO 58 . 54 52 55 59, '■ 56 • .57. 57 53 .. 57 : .55 ■ •■.63 ■ . 53. .52 : 50. 58 .53 55 'm 4ii 39 39"" . 44 37 . 46. We'th'r . Cape Maria Y.D. Eussell ... , ... Hotiangn. Heads Kaipara Sis. Sta. Maniikau Hoads Auckland • ... Tiritiri ■ ..... ... Kawhia ... Tauraaaa Tajipo . ... East Cape Gisborae... Napier ... ... CastleDOlnt " ... Caps Palliser •... Cn-pe Esmont i.. Pateu, ... . ... Wanjanui " ... Foiton., ... ... Wellington t -, "... Capo Campbell..'. Parev/cll Spit, ... Westport .1 ... tGreymouth ' ... Sealer . ... . :;. Christchurch ... Alcarca L.H. ... Timaru ..-• ... Oamaru ... , ... Dunedin ... , ... QueenstWh\ ... Nugsets .., ■••'... Bliifl' 1 ..... ..-1 O O o : C- ,■- a BO ■■BOii_ y -.• c •. B Z BO ■ C, ■;■ . D-.:-■ ■ G O. ' BOO OD ■ D :■'. '■?■■■:■-, ;D O iBO B- . B ■'B • BO::