METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 48, 25 August 1917, Page 8

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER,

SATURDAY, 25th AUGUST.

THE SUN Rose to-day—6h 2Sm a.m.; sets Sh 18m p.m. Rises to-morrow—Bh 26m a.m.; sets 5h 19m p.m.

BRIGHT SUNSHINE Yesterday—Morning, 41i 40m; afternoon, 3h 22m; total, 81i 2m.

THE MOON

(Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) I). H. M. Full moon .. .. .. 3 * 41 p.m. Last quarter .10 7< 26 a.m. New moon 18 5 51 a.m. First quarter .. .. '.. 26 , 6 38 a.m, TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE

Yesterday—Maximum, 6O.'3deg. j minimum, 34.6deg.; mean, i'Adeg.

RAINFALL Total for the 24 hours preceding » a.m. to-day —Nil. Total to date during the month—3.2 Sin. Total rainfall during July—6.66in. WIND Average velocity of the wind for the 24 hours preceding 0 a.m. to-day—4.6 miles per hour BAttOMETER Yesterday—o a.m., 29.80 •To-day—9 a.m., 29.75; noon, 29.71 NEW ZEALAND SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS Atmospheric pressure has continued below I normal in the South, and strong westerly -winds have predominated, with '.a southerly tendency at times. Changeable conditions have prevailed, and scattered rainfall has been reported. The niaht was very cold, and frosts occurred in many districts ■ . • • FORECAST At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds—Westerly, strong, to gale, backing to southerly Barometer—Falling temporarily, but rising again soon Seas—Heavy on all. the western coast and between Catlepoint and Kaikoura; rough oft shore elsewhere Tides—Good generally Warning signals for westerly gales are exhibited at Cape Maria Van Diemen, Tiritiri, East Cape, Castlcpoint, Cape Campbell, Stephen Island, Farewell Spit, Cape Foulwind, and Nug get Point Weather—Squally, with heavy showers, and snow on the higher levels in the South; colder weather following

D. C. BATES.