METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 135, 5 December 1917, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER,

WEDNESDAY, sth DECEMBER,

THE SUN*. Rose to-day—4b lira a.m.; sets'Th llm D.m" Rises to-morro«—Urlim a.m.; set* 7h 12m p.m EEIGHT SCKSHISE. o?**' ou 2Sm; afteraooß'ft THE MOON. •■'' ■ (Calculated for Xew Zealand Mean Time.) Last quarter .. .. .. VH f 5V*., • Ifii ?SSUr •■ H I £S-i-Fum^on* ." ][ ." o\ « g£jTEMPERATURE IX THE SHADE 4sSe^-da^rSg. M-7deE-; —*"• RAINFALL. : _Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. faniajr Total rainfall to date during month-0.02in. ' lotal rainfall during November— 1.79 in WIND. Average velocity of the wind for the 24 h uro preceding 9 a.m. to-day-8.7 miles per hour BAROMETEH.N,, Yesterday— D a.m.. so.3i To-day— 9 a.m., 30.23; noon, 30.20 NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOPES TO-DAY'S WEATHEB, Fro'° observations taken at 9 ajn.

Wind.—L, 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, gleomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; il, misty; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers ;Q, squally; B, rain, continued rain; S, 3now; T, thunder; V, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy.

FORECAST.

At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast was issned for the subsequent 24 hours:—

Winds—Easterly prevailing, moderate to strong, and changing to northerly Barometer—Falling tendency Seas—Rough swell on the east coast of the North Island; moderate elsewhere

Tides—Poor on all the.western coast; good elsewhere

Weather—Warm and humid conditions, with increasing cloud and haziness'

D. C. BATES.

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