METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 51, 29 August 1917, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER.

WEDNESDAY, 29th AUGUST.

THE SUN ■ , ■ Rose to-day-^fili 22m a.m.; sets Ch 22m p.m. Rises to-morrow—6h 20m a.m.; sets 5h 23m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE ( Yesterday—Jlorning, 4h; afternoon, 4h 60m; total, '8h 50m THE MOON (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. Full moon .. .. .; 3 4 41 p.m. Last quarter ,10 7 2« a.m. New moon .. . 4 ... IS' 5 51 «.m. First quarter 26 6 88 a.m. ''TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE Yelterday—Maximum, 56deg.; minimum, Sl.ldeg.; mean, B3.sdeg. RAINFALL Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day

Total to date during the month—3.93in. Total rainfall during July—6.66in. : WIND Average velocity of the wind for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—B.o miles per hour ' BAROMETER Yesterday—9 a.m., 30.22 Yesterday— 9 a.m., 30.13; noon, 30.13 NEW ZEALAND SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS Anticyclonic conditions have ruled, with fair weather generally, and the winds have been moderate and variable TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 s.m.

Wind.— h, 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; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; S, rain, continued rain; S, mow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z,"hazy.

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j FORECAST At 9 a.m. to-day the followinj forecast **• issued for the subsequent 24 hours:—

Winds—Westerly, moderate' to strong, veering to northerly Barometer—Little movement, but falling shortly Seas —Generally moderate Tides—Poor on all the western coast; good elsewhere . ...

Weather—Fair to cloudy, with increasing cloud and haziness generally; showery on the West Coast and in the southernmost districts D. C. BATES.

Station. Cape Maria V.D. Russell Hokianga Heads Kaipara Sic. Sta. Manukau Headu Auckland \ ... Tiritiri Kawhia Tauranga Taupo ... ... East Cape ■ ... Gisborne ... Napier Castlepoint Cape Palliser ... Cape Egmont ... Patea Wauganui Foxton Wellington Cape Campbell... Farewell Spit ... Westport Greymouth. Bealey Christchureu. ... AiaroaLH. ... Timaru ... . ... Oamaru Dunedin Queenstown Nuggets Bluff • Wind. Wl SW 1 Calm WSW 1 WSW br Wl' SW 1 NW 1 W-l SW f b NW- f b 1 N 1 SI NW br N 1 W I NW br Wbr E 1 SI S 1 SWf b S 1 NE 1 Wbr SW 1 NW 1 Calm Calm SW 1 NW 1 SW f b WSW I b Bar. 3038 3033 30T.0 .W37 So'2B 3022 3020 Ho'lß 30-14 301S arm 30-13 3012 SOU 30'2fi F,0'20 so'in 3016 30"13 3010 3018 30-25 3020 3017 3010 3011 3011 3013 3010 3015 30'0'J 3008 Ther. in shade 55 51 51 52 50 55 51 53 52 sti !il> 5.i 50 55 ■ 51 53 53, 51 53 56 49 .51 45 49 43 44 • 49 42 48---42 47 50 Wa'th'r 0 . O - a o c o c o BO .o ■ B 1$ D B B O 0 o OM BC B B BCP BC B ,B0 B BC BC BC B C BOIP