METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 43, 19 February 1918, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER.

TUESDAY, 10th FEBRUARY.

THE SUN. ' I ■ Rose to-day-5h ism a.m.; seta 6h Sim pii 1' Rises to-morrow-Sh 19m a.m.; sets 6h 50mj : BRIGHT SUNSHINE. ' •Yesterday-Morning, ii l32m ; afternooD,! THE MOON." ' (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time J,ast quarter .. .. .. 4' 7. 22' " New moon v 9 35. First quarter is 0 27 • Full moon 26 9 5 TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday—Maximum, 66.8deg.; mmm 57.2deg.; mean, 62deg, RAIIJFALI,. Total for'the 24 hours preceding 9 a,m. to —Nil. ■' ■ -.'--.; j. Total to date during the month—4.Bom. f Total rainfall during January—l.73in. WIND. Average velocity of the wind for the 24 hi preceding 9 a.m. to-day—l 3 miles per hour . BAROMETER. : Yesterday—9 a.m., 29.65 ;■•s' To-day—9 a.m., .30.05; noon, 30.08 l | NEW ZEALAND. , :i SYNOPSIS OF jLAST 24 HOURS. :. 1 The barometer has risen steadily, and I derate to strong southerly winds 'have *J vailed. Cloudy skies have ruled, and scatt f showers have been'reported.' . •' | TO-DAY'S WEATHER. j From observations taken at 9 a.m. }■

Wind.—L, light; br, breeze; f b fresh bre m g, .'moderate gale; g, ivhole or:heavy g w. gale of exceptional severity. Weather—B, blue sky, be theatmosp clear'or heavy; C,,clouds, passing clouds drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, i weather: H, hail;L, lightning; M, misty; overcast, the whole sky covered with". :t| clouds; jP, passing showers; Q,- squally; R; it continued fill's;' Snow; T,'.thunder; V.-ixi 'threatening"appearance; Z, hazy.'" .:":j

At ■■> a.m. to-day the following forecast f issued Jfor the fi'.ubseQuent 24 hops:-- ! ' Winds—Soiitih-ef steriy, moderate to strof Barometer—Kising tendency Seas—Generally moderate. ' Tides—GooiJ southwards ot East Cape; derate elsewhere ' ' , Weathers-800l and changeable, with'--a ,te/ed showers along the east coast o( .iSorth Island ■"•' ' ".': . D. C. BATE

i '■'■ "I Ther; in shade We' ■_, ..' ' •■■' Station. Wind. Bar. Cape Maria V,D. HuSsell ..: ..; Holciansa Heads Kaipara Sic. Sta. Manukau Heads Auckland . •"... Tiritiri .'.. ' ... Kaivhia : ■Tauranga Taupb East Cape .:. Gißborne Napier Castleooint Cape Palliser ... Cape Egmont ... Patea Waugamii Foxton Wellington Cape Campbell... Farewell Spit ... Westport Greymouth Bealey Ohristchurch ... AkarbaLHl ... Timaru Oamaru ... •... Dunodin .„• Qiieehstpwn Nuggets.■";.. . ... Bluff: ... ... NEI SI SWI X ] NE br SE 1 SI El E 1 Sf b SE £ b Stir . SWbr' SW br SE 1 ■' SE br SEb'r Ebr E br SSE br Sf b Bb'r Calm N.W 1 El ' Calm SWINE 1 " SI SW.br Sbr ' - SW 1 wsvr i 2989 2986 29-87 2959 2900 2985 2994 2986 2987 2993 2905 2998 3000 3002 •iOVI 2990 29 102 2088 2996 3005 3004 3001 2389 2995 3005 3012 30'U 3010 30-09 30-09 SS'QB 30ds: 3om 69 69 72 68 69 71 70 73 71 6.) 81 65 65 58 60 67 67 68 68 62 59 64 65 64 55 60 56 57 56 55 sii 53 55 B B B B B B B ■ B B O o o D O B B G O C O G g1 o o o Bl B B B C O

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