METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 69, 19 September 1917, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER,

WEDNEBDAY, 19th SEPTEMBER.

, THE SUN Rose to-day—sh 47m a.m.; sets 6h 43m p.m. Rises to-morrow—sh 45m a.m.; sets 5h 44m p.». BRIGHT SUNSHINE' Yesterday—Morning, Oh Om; afternoon, Oh 20m; total, Oh 20m. . THE MOON (li»lculat«d for New Zealand Mean limt.)

TEiMPERATTJEE IN THE SHADE Yesterday—Maximum, 50.2deg.; minimum/ 55.0deg;; mean, 57.Meg. RAINFALL Total for the 24 .hours preceding 0 a.m. to-day Total to date during the month—2.loin. Total rainfall for August—3.94in. WIND Average velocity of the wind for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—22.B miles per hour BAROMETER Yesterday—9 a.m., 3P.40 To-day—9 a.m., 30.37'; noon! 30.35 NEW ZEALAND SYNOPSIS OP LAST 24 HOURS Bigh northerly to westerly winds and boisterous conditions have prevailed, particularly in and southwards of Cook Strait. Rain has fallen in many parts, ajid flooded rivers were, reported m Westland this morning. High atmospheric pressure still persists In the north, durin"thiPmWt lwsed in ttla S«u^ern districts TO-DAY'S WEATOSJE. From observations taken at I ».m.

Wind.—L, light; br, breeze; f b fresh breeze; nt g, moderate gale; s> whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather—B, blue sky, bs the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D> drizzling rain; F, foggy; 6, gloomy, dark' feather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; E, rain, continued rain; 3. tnow;"T, thunder; TJ, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy.

At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— : Winds—Strong to gale; northerly northward of Kawhia and East Gape; westerly prevailing elsewhere. \ : Barometer—Unsteady, with a falling tendency Seas—Heavy between Castlepoinfc »ud Kaikoura and southward of Cape Egmont; rough elsewhere ,\ •■. . Tides—Moderate on the west coast of the North Island; high southward of Kaikoura; good elsewhere : . i Warning signals for northerly gales are exhibited at Cape Maria. Van Diemen, Tiritiri, and East Cape; and for westerly at Castlepoint, Cape Campbell, Stephen Island, Farewell Spit, Cape Foulwind, and Nugget Poiirb Weather—Squally and changeable generally; cloudy -to pvercast at times in the north, and heavy showers elsewhere, \ D. C. BATES.

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