METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 75, 26 September 1917, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER,

WEDNESDAY, 20th SEPTEMBER.

THE SUN Rose to-day—oh 35m a.m.; bets 5h Sum p.m. Rises to-morrow-5h 33m a.m.; sets Sh filmp.itti BRIGHT SUNSHINE Te3terday-Moraing, Oh lm; aft«r»oon, nil. THE MOON (Calculated for New Zealaid Mean Time.)

TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE Yesterday—Maximum, 60.9deg.; ' minimus, 57deg,;' mean, GS.Sdeg. RAINFALL Total (or tie 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-du —1.521n; Total to date during the month—3,6 Bin. Total rainfall for August—3.Win. WIND Average velocity o! the wind for the 24<iours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—2l.9 Miles per hour.. KAROMETER Yesterday—9 a.m., 20.80 To-day— 8 a.m., 29.36; noon, 28.34 NEW ZEALAND . SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS 'The barometer his fallen considerably since! yesterday, and northerly winds' have increased strong to gale. Unsettled, cloudy, and misty, weather has ruled, and rain has fallen generally . ' . TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at S a.m.

Wind)—L, light; br, breeze; f b fteeh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or htavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather—B, blue sky, be th» atuosphera clear or heavy; 0, clouds, passing, clouds; D. drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark ; veatber; B, hail; L, lightning; Si, misty; 0, ; overcast, the whole sky covered with thick ] clouds; F, passing showers; Q, squally; X, rain, ! continued rain; S, mow; T, thunder,; U, ugly, i threatenisg appeajaice; Z, haiy. '

'At 9 a.m. to-day the following tontuxbi-mati issued for the subsequent -24 hours :— Winds—Northerly, strong to gale, .backing,l to southerly Barometer—Falling. Wndency, but ri«e everywhere 'soon Seas—Very heavy southward of Cape lgmont; rough between East Cape and Kaikoura; heavy elsewhere 1 Tidos— Good generally Warning signals for northerly gales are exhibited at Capo Maria Van 'Diemen, Tiritiri, East Cape, Castlepoint, Cane Campbell, Stephen Island, Farewell Spit, Cape Foulwlnd, and Nugget Point Weather—Unsettled and cloudy; heavyirain probable generally; rivers flooded D. C. BATES.

Full moon Last quarter New mcon First quarter i>. M., M. . • • ..; .. 1 11 54 p.m.. ■ •••'.. * 6 85 p.m. .. ... ... 18 » . 57p.M. •• ..,' •• 24 g 11 p.M.

Cape Maria V.D. Russell ... - ... Hokian^a Heads Kaipara Si«. Sta. Manukau Heads Auckland. Tiritiri ■... f ... Kawhia ... i.. Taitranga Taupo ... ... EastOape ''„.. Gisborne... ... Napier Oastlepotet Cape Palliser ... Cape Ettmont ... Patea Wansanui; , ... 'Foxton ... Wellington Cape Campbell... Farewell Spit..... Westport : ... Greymouth ... Bealey Christcliurch. .- AkaroaL.H. ... Timaru ... Osunaru ... Bunedin ... Queonstown .... ■NTuggets ... ... Bluff ... ... . Station.. '.: '•Wind. Nfb . NNWf b NEfb WNW gN,f b Nmg ' NEfb N nig -^ NW 1 NWf b NNWfb E 1 NE 1 .-■ Nfb Nfb Nmg Nbr Nl .;■.,', Ng Smi NWs . Nmfi Nfb NWf b BWI vr-i si- , SEfb 3Ef b NWI NEe ' Ef b . Bar. 2975 2965 2967 2960 ?J'67 3T09 2070 29' CO 2965 2960 3950 2f1'43 293* 2943 2939 WM 29-35 2936 29-24 !29'48 -20 2917 2932 2917 2919 29-22: 2935 29-S4 2918 2933 29^2 Thor, in: shade ■■60---66 67 65 64 64 '•■ 61 68 63 59 , 60 71 ■70 83 64 B8 63 ■66 • 62 60 67 61 59 ; 67 42 58 66 63 52 51 50 .35 .'« Np'tn'r, R OMK OR OB C OB OME" "\OR B 0 Z OZ 0, p CP O ' o G O a MR a OR MR ■ E O F OD OD OR 6 S OE