METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 41, 17 August 1917, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S. WEATHER,

FRIDAY, 17th AUGUST

THE SUN Rose to-day—6h 39m a.m.; sets 6h 10m p.m. Rises to-morrow—6h 38m sum.; sets 5h llm p;m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE Yesterday—Morning, 4h 25m; afternoon, 4b 85m; total, 9h om. THEMOOK (Calculated for K«w-7ieal«nd Mew Time.) D. H. M. Pull moon .. >. „ s 4 <i p.m. Last qnarter .« •.. ■„ 10 7 26 ».m. New moon .. .. .. 18 6 61 a.m. First quarter .. ..... 26 6 88 a.m. ' TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE Yesterday—Maximum, £B.9deg.; minimum, 45.Meg.; mean, 49.5deg. RAINPAM, Totel for the 44 hours preceding » »,m. to-dey Total to date daring the month—2.o6in. Total rainfall during July—6.«6in. ■WIND Averaga velocity of the wind for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—lo.6 miles per hour BAROMETER Yesterday— 9 a.m., 30,24 Tc-day-8 a.m., 30.22; noon, 30« NEW ZEALAND j SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS Easterly and northerly breezes have predominated, and anti-cyclonic pressure lias ruled with fair weather generally. A small westerly depression passed in the South during the night TO-DAY'S WEATHER. i

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Wind.— l, light; br, breeze; t b 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 clouds; D, ■ drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark . weather; H, hail; t, lightning; M, misty; 0, 'overcast, the. whole sky covered with thick . clouds; V, passing showers; Q, squally; X, rain, continued rain; 5,.-now.;'T, thunder; TJ, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, haey. ■. »

At 9 a.m. to-day the following forec»at was issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds—Variable; moderate to strong easterly prevailing northward of New Plymouth and Castlepoint; northerlies elsewhere . . Barometer—Little movement Seas—Moderate generally Tides—Moderate on the west coast of the North Island; good elsevhere Weather—Cool and changeable generally, bal unsettled and cloudy at times in the nori.hP.Mi and southernmost districts; a very cold nigli probable generally

D. C. BATES.

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