METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 27, 1 August 1917, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER*

WEDNESDAY, Ist AUGUST

. . . THE SUN. • . -■..,- : . Rose to-day—«h s»m a.m.; sets 4h 55ia p.m. Rises to-morrow—6h 58m a,m.; sets 4h 56m p.M« ■ BRIGHT SUNSHINE ''■■'..■ Yesterday—Morning, 2h 30m; afternoon, 31* 25m; total, 5h 65m ■."■', ■'■■■.".

..... THE MOON ;•".!., ,■',-.. ' .'- ---(CalculaUd for New Z«aU»d Mean That.) . • ' '' ■■■ . ■ '..' '• ' • D. H. M. , Full moon. .. ..- „ 3 1 41 p.m. last quarter .. .-.«■ „ lo 7 26 a.m. New'moOn' ' .. .. „ 18 5 61 a.m. First quarter !.. «■. ...28 ;:6" 38 ».m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE Yesterday—Maximum, SB.2deg,; minimum, 45deg.; mean, ( 51.6deg. ' . - ■;: ■'. :., ■■ RAiNFAix.... •./.;;.■:'. 1;'- '■ Total tor the 24 hours precedfn( » ».«. to-daj Total to date during the month"—Nil.; Total rainfall. during July—6.66in. : ;

.... ' .' WIND : ■:,■ '.:-;„. Average velocity of the wind for the 24 hours preceding 8 »-m. to-day—6.S miles' per hour ■ i BAEOMETEE ■>': '■■ -;-■- Yesterday—9 a.m., 30.32 ; To-day—9 a.m., 30.46; noon, 50:45 : :

NEW ZEALAND v . 'SYNOPSIS OF I.AST 2* HOURS Anticyclonie pressure has ruled, and the centre is now located off the East Cout of the North Island. Fair weather' has :*tieen experienced generally, and moderate ■ and Tartable winds have prevailed; .....;• ■'. ;■ TO-DAY'S WEATHER. : > v'\ From observations, taken at V«a«. ...

Wind— l, light; br, breeze; fb, fresh breeze; m f, moderate cAle; %, whole or heavy :gale; w,; gale'of exoeplional severity, .._ We»ther—B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, pasjinu clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy ;,d, flpowy. dark weather; H, hail; 1., lightning; M, mistyj.o. overcast, the whole sky covered wlth\thick clouds; V, passing showers; Q, squally; R, ram, continued rain; S, snofr; T, thunder; XT, ujly, tbreateßing appearance; Z, haiy. 3

At 9 a.m. to-day the following fOTee»!i"H«» issued for the subsequent 24 hours:—

Winds—Northerly winds, increasing strong to gale at times, north of Kawhia and Baet Cape; variable, with moderateto strong northerly prevailing and freshening elsewhere: ■•■••'. Barometer—Falling tendency - ' Seas—Moderate swell north of East Cape and between Castlepoint and Eaikoura; moderate elsewhere ■.■■•' . .-■ ' ' :• '■'. Tides-rModerate on all the weetem eomft; good elsewhere ' ' . " ■'.■'*.. Warning signals for northerly g«ta are exhibited at Cape Maria., Van Diemen «nd Tintiri ■' •' '■' ;. ""' ■ ,' ■ . '■••'' Weather—Fair to cloudy, but with, increasing haze and cloudiness generally, ana:run following in the northern and Boufhernmosß districts, and drizzling rain in part* elsewhere . B. •V, PEMBESTON.

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