METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 38, 14 August 1917, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER.

TUESDAY, 14th AUGUST

THE SUN Rose to-day—6h 43m a.m.; sets 6h 7m p.m. Rises to-morrow—6h 42m a.m.; sets 5h 8m p. BRIGHT SUNSHINE Yesterday—Morning, nil; afternoon, Ih 45c THE MOON (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. Full moon .. .. ..3 4 41 p. last quarter .. .... 10 7-26 a. New moon „ .. .. 18 6 El a. First quarter 28 6 38 a. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE Yesterday—Maximum, 58.7deg.; minimu 44.9deg.; mean, 50.8deg.

. RAINFAU, ■ .. Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. -to-d —1.05ta. Total to date during the month—l.9 Bin. Total rainfall during July—G.66tn. WIND Average velocity of the wind for the 24 hoi preceding 9 a.m. to-day—lß.7 miles per hour BAROMETER-: Uesterday—9 a.m., 29.47 To-day—9 a.m.,' 29.79; noon, 29.82 NEW ZEALAND SYNOPSIS OF IABT 24 HOURS Unsettled and boisterous conditions he prevailed generally with westerly winds, stro to gale, changing to southerly during the nit in' and southwards of Cook Strait. Consid able rainfall has been reported, and also an on the higher levels in the South. Atnn pherlc pressure has increased rapidly in < South, but is still low in the northern d tricts

Wind.—L, light; br, breeze; f b fresh breed m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy ga w, gale of exceptional severity. : Weather—li, blue sky, be the atmaspK ; clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; . drizzling rain; F, foggy; 6, gloomy, di weather; H, hail; 1, lightning; M, misty; , overcast,. the whole sky covered with th clouds; P, passing showers; Q,. squally; E, ra continued.rain; S, .-now; T, thunder; U, ug threatening'appearance; Z, hazy.

FORECAST j At 9-Mi. to-day- the following forecMt-tf issned for tho subsequent 24 honrs^— I

Winds—Westerly, changing to sonttaaj strong to gale, northward of Kawhia. and E^ Cape; southerly elsewhere !■ | Barometer—Bise everywhere 1 Seas—Rongh northward ol Bast- Cap? sj. southward fcf Banks Peninsula; hewy ell where ' ' "' - I souttrwartof East C«pe; gflelsewhere- : ■'.'■ ■ . :: ■'^ • Warning signals tor westerly gales arej 1 hibited at Cape Maria Van Diemen and Tinfe and for southerly at East Cape, Castlepol Cape Campbell, Stephen Island, Farewell Si, Cape Foulwind, and Nugget Point, Weather—Cold and damp; ram probal generally; snow on the higher levels, and very cold night generally, with hard fro on th© West Coast of the South Mated

TO-Dj ITS WE. rations t; S.THBI iken a From obsei 9 «.i ' Station. Cape Maria VJD. Russell Hoteianga Heads Kaipßra S\g. Sta. Mtmukau Heads Aucldand Tiritiri Kawhin, Tauranga Ta"upo East Cape Glsborne Napier ... ... Castleuoint Cape Palliser ... Capo Egmont ... Patea Wan«anui Foxton ... Wellington Cape Campbell... Farewell Spit •"... Westport Gteymouth Beale? Ohrisfcchurcii ... AkaroaL.H. ... Timaru Oaraaru ... Dunedin ... Queenstown Nuggets a. 1-.. ... Bluff .... .. Wind. NWf b NW 1 NWf b NW f b WNW.fb KNWI HWI b Nl Wl Calm Wf b Calm SI Int'r'pted SBf b Calm 351 j Ebr I SI S rag SEf b SBf b ESE br Ebr SWI SW g swi.. SWf V Calm SWma sw.tb . Bar. 2954 2958 29-55 29-C3 2954 2907 2959 2948. 2958 2954 3969 29n4 39-59 sns 2955 2960 2a'67 2969, 2979 29T0 29-64 2973 2979 29"89 29t10 2990 2997 30-03 29^8 2993 2am 2093 Ther. in shade 52 sfi 65 60 49 55 53 53 54 52 58 54 53 49 51 50 53. 47/ 46 43 ' 48 49 45 37 45 43 .41 43. 42 36 4« 43 We'tt - C ' o OP, OP' 8 B: cp r OP BO o EC BO , ok G E O on OHI « B v C I B B P !■ OS HPI BCI