METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 41, 16 February 1918, Page 8

METEOROLOGICAL

! ; WBLPNGTON'S WEATHER. ;i! ' &A!FUHBAY;;iOthJ FEBRUARY. >' ■ THE "SOT. Jtoie to-dflj^sh 14m, n.m.; sets eh 56m p.m. /Blsas'to-morrow—sh 15m a.m.; sets-Oh Sim p.m. j ' BiB^GHT: SUNSHINE. \\;\ THE,^ MOON. ! f (Calculated for NewfZealana Mean Time.)

Fall moon .. ... ,j !« 9 6 a.m. I • ,■ • TEMEERATURE IN THE SHADE. /^Yesterday—Maximum, 61.4deg.; minimum, B7i6deg.; mean, 69.4deg. RAINFAIL. ( Totalvfor thei24:. hours preceding 9 a.m. to-dajr MUlin. Total, to datetrdnring the month—4.soiß. ; Total jainfall' during January—l.73ln. ' ; wind. I : !Average> velocity of the wind for the 21 hours iiifcceding.fl'a.m. to-day—l 3 miles per hour BAROMETER. j '"Sesterdaji—9 ,a.m., 29.77 Tbrday—9\a.m., 29.73; noon, 29.71 NEW ZEALAND. ; ; synopsis of last 24 hours. 1 High northerly winds have changed to westerlies northward of Kawhia and East Cape, arid easterly to south-easterly winds strong to gale have ruled elsewhere. Boisterous ; coneditions have been experienced and heavy rain hais fallen generally, causing flooded rivers in many parts of the Dominion. The centre of slow atmospheric prestsiro is still located west>ard of. New Zealand ' FORECAST. : 'At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— 1. ,Winds—Westerly, strong to gale northwards !Of East Capo and Kawhia, variable and strong 'elsewhere; easterly to south-easterlies prevailing 1 Barometer—Unsteady 1 Seas—Heavy northward of ■ Kaikoura; considerable elsewhere ) Tides—High northwards . of. Kaikoura; increasing on tho west coast of the North Isiland; good elsewhere v I Warning signals for westerly gales are exihibited at Cape Maria .Van Diemen, Tiritlri, !»nd East Cape I • Weather—Dull and misty, foggy in parts, (With mild and hazy conditions generally, and further heavy rain probably following I ■ . D. C. BATES.

toast '■'quarter .-.„ iNew'jnoori First quarter •.. Fall mnon D. H. M. ..4 7 22 p.m. ..11 9 S6 p.m. „18 0 27 p.m. ..28 9 S a.m.