METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 42, 18 February 1918, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER,

MONDAY, 18th FEBRUARY;

- THE SUN. ■ . Rose to-day—sh 17m a.m.; sets Oh 58m p.m. Ri6es to-morrow—sh 18m a.m.;., sets 6h Elm p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday—Morning, Oh 8m t afternoon, Oh 4m; total, Oh 12m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) / D. H. M. Last quarter .. .. „ i 7 22 p.m. New moon U g 85 pan. First-quarter .. .. '.. IB 0 27 p.m. Full moon .. .. ..26 0 5 a.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADJ,'. Yesterday—Maximum, 69.2deg.; minimum, (J3.3deg; mean, 66,2deg, . x . RAINFALL. Total for the 48 hours preceding 9 t-.m. to-day —o.Boin. Total to data during the month—4.Bom. Total rainfall during January—l.7Bln. W.IND. Average velocity of the wind for.the,24.hour« preceding 9 a.m. to-day—l 7.4 miles per hour BAROMETER. Yesterday—9 a.m., 20.74 Tp-day—9 a.m., 29,85; n00n,,-29,70 NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 48 HOUHS. Mild, cloudy, and hazy conditions have" ruled and rain has fallen in most parts of the country. A westerly disturbance passed in the South during Sunday night, and strong northerly and westerly winds have predominated since yesterday TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m.

. Wind.—l/, light; br, breeze; f b fresh breeze; m g, modi rate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w. gal* of exceptional severity. Weather—B, blue sky, be the atmosphere dear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drilling rain; F, foggy; .G, gloomy, dark •weather; H, hail; h, lightning; M, misty; .0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; F, passing showers; Q, squally; B, rain, continued tain; S, snow; X, thunder;'V, ugly, threateninß appearance; Z, hazy.

At 9 a.m. to-day the following, JoNaukirM Issued for the subsequent H hours :— Winds—Moderate to strong and. increasing westerly to southerly winds generally Barometer—Unsteady, with a rising-tendency soon Seas—Considerable on all the western coast; rough southwards of Oaßtlopoint; moderate elsewhere ■ Tides—High southwards oi,C»rtlepaint", .good elsewhere' .'. \ .l Weather—Pull" *nd " «qu«lly, with heavy showers generally ' . ' ' D. 0; BATES.

Station. Oape Maria V.D. Bussell ... Hokianga Hoade Kaipara Sig. Sto. Manukau Heads Auckland Tiritiri. KfvwhiaTauranga ■ Taupo , East Cape Gisborne... ■■• Napier CastleDOint ... Cape Palliser. ... Capo Egmont ... Patea Wanganui Foxton Welliniiton „., Capo Campbell... Farewell Spit ... Wertport . ■ ... Greymouth Bealey Christehureh ... AkaroaL.H. ... Timaru Oarnuru Dunedin ... ... Queenstowa Nuggets ... Bluff Wind. W] Wtb ' Inter'pt'd NWbr NWbr NW 1 Wl SWI , NW 1 . NWbr . Wbr NNW I NW 1 NWbr ■Wfb Wl NW 1 NWI , NWbr Calm Sf b NW.br Not come Sbr El' SWI Not come Sf b 8W t b flWf b NWlb SWf b SW br Bar. 2874 2972 2970 2972 29*67 2976 2964 2967 2964 29-73 29' CO 29"61 2962 2963 2959 2862 2957 2968 2965 2961 2964 29^64 2987 ■2970 2970 2978 2976 29-es 2974 2971 Ther; In shade ■«8". 73;We'th'r • B Z 0 If OP o BO E a a OP o . az a la o OD 0 • BO BO 0 O B O O BO D BOZ ea . 84 •71 78 69 78 62 69 70 ■70 70 61 70 77 "70 70 66 :56 69 63 . 62 83 50 82 68 64 50 56