METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 42, 18 August 1917, Page 8

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. \ : SATURDAY, 18th AUGUST. % THE SUN . '■•;', Hose .to-day—Oh 3Sm a.m.; sets 5h llm p.m. Xises to-morrow—6h 37m a.m.; sets 5h 12m p.m. :, BRIGHT SUNSHINE % Yesterday—Homing, oh 40m; afternoon, 2h ''■'. 40m; total, Sli 20m. ;.'..' THE MOON :> (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) V:; D. H. M. \'\ Pull moon 3 4 41 p.m. : Last quarter 10 7 20 a.m. New moon 18 5 51 a.m. : First quarter 26 6 38 a.m. : TEJIPERATPKE IN THE SHADE .' Yesterday—Maximum, 55.1deR.; minimum, 46iieg.; mean, 50.5deg. RAINFALL Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day ■ Total to date during the month—2.o6in. Total rainfall during July—6.6Cin. WIND Average velocity of the wind for the 24 hours' i preceding 9 a.m. to-day—B miles per hour ■■ BAROMETER . Yesterday—9 a.m., 30.22 To-day—9 a.m., 30.15; noon, 30.13 ; ; NEW ZEALAND ' SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS U Easterly ami northerly breezes have pre- i' dominated, and little change in atmospheric pressure has taken place since yesterday. The weather has been fair generally, but dull skies have ruled in many parts TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 8 a.m. '.'

Wind.—L, light; br, breeze; f 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; 0, gloomy, dark ■weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; 0, \ overcast, the' whole sky covered with thick j clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; E, rain, ■ continued rain; S, rtiow; T, thunder; 17, ugly, ; threatening appearance; Z, hazy. ,

FORECAST f At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast was ; issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds—Moderate to strong and Increasing easterly, changing to northerly, northward ot Farewell Spit and Kaikoura; northerly, increasing, elsewhere Barometer—Fall everywhere . iSeas—Generally, moderate Tides—High northward of East Cape; good elsewhere - Weather—Unsettled and cloudy, with rain following D. 0. BATES.

Station. □ape Maria V.D. EusseU FToWnnaa Heads KaiPiTft fiia. Sta. M»rml;au Heads Auckland Tiritivi Kawhia FauranEa raiipo East Cape Gisbome Napier CJastlenoint 3ape Palliser ... 3ape Egniont ... Pate;t VVanganui Foxton Wellington □ape Campbell... Farewell Spit ... West-port Greymouth Bealey Ohristchuxch ... Aiaroa L.H. fimaru ... Damaru Dunedin Queenstown Nuggets Bluff Wind. Nl El N f b NE 1 N E b N-R 1 NEEb E 1 SWI Calm Nbr Calm S 1 SWI SWbr N\V 1 NE 1 NE br Nl SEI SI SW 1 SE 1 E 1 Wl SWI Calm Calm Calm N 1 NWbr N 1 NWI Bar. 3013 30'13 .3010 3011 3018 SOU 30'09 3010 3013 3009 :W2O 30'21 3015 3014 3016 3015 3014 3013 3014 3015 3016 3015 3016 3015 3010 30TO 30'09 3010 30'25 3010 3018 3ffO7 3U05 Ther. in shade 54 58 58 54 50 57 51 62 55 50 55 49 52 54 50 52 52 51 51 50 40 51 49 46 39 43 47 45 47 43' 35 38 37 We'th'r | 8 o oz o ■ OP c BO BO O O B Z B C O G O G O O G G BO BO B O '■ 0 BC BO B BO M BZ