METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 74, 25 September 1917, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER.

TUESDAY, 25th SEPTEMBER

■ THE.SUN

Hose to-day—sh 3Gm a.m.; sets 5h 49m p.m. Jtiscs.to-tiiQrro.\v—sh 85m a.m. !j»ets sh'som.'p.m., BRIGHT SUNSHINE Yesterday—Morning, Oh 22m; afternoon, nil;: .total, Oh 22m. ' . .THE MOO.N (Calculated fpr New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. Full moon .. .. .. 1 n 68 p.m. Last quarter .. „ „ 8 6 35 p.m. New moon ... .'. .. 16 ' 9 67 p.m. First quarter .. ... .. 24 6 11 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHAJDE ■yesterday—Maximum,' S9.Bdeg.; minimum, 57Jdeg.; '.mean, s§.9deg. BAINffAUi Total for the Zi hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day -rO.oain. • • Total to date during the month—2.l6in. Tqtat rainfall for A-uguat^-3.B^in.' ' WIND "^ 'Average velocity of the yind for the 24 hours preceding 0 a.m. to : day—W.s miles per hour Yesterdaj-—9 a.m., 2?.9S To-day—9 a.m.," "20.80;" noon, 29.79 ■ NJSW ZEALAND ' SVNpPSIS OF -LAST 24' HIOU^S , Strong northerly winds have prevailed, 7and .the weather has been' unsettled' and cloudy, with rain in many parts. The barometer hM falleir steadily' ' ' :'■ • '.' ";- ' TO-DAT^S WEATHEK. From observations .taken at 9 ii.m.

Wind!—L, light; br,"-breeze; t b fresh breeze; m g,"modera.te'gale; g', whole ,br hcsiyy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather—B,- blue' sky, be .the atmosphere clear pr'Beavy; "C," clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling ' r»in; *, foggy; G, slopmy, 1 dark yeather; H, hail J t, lightning; M, raisty; 0, overcast, the 'whole sjiy covered with thick clouds';'P;>pa6sinj; showersy.Q, squally; R, rain, continued .rain; S, Mibw;'T,\thujiier; V, tfgly, itbreateniag appearance; Z, h^y.':

FORECAST At 9 a.nj, to-day the following forecast was 1 issued (or the subsequent 2i hours:— Wiiids—Northerly prevailing, moderate to' strong ai^d increasing ' Barometer—Fall in the North; unsteady in the South ' Seas—Generally moderate Tides—Poor on the west coast of the North Island; 1 moderate southwards; good- elsewhere \Veathejr—Bull and misty, with drizzling fain in many [iartE \ ot tlie Bpmipipn D. C. BATES.

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