METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 45, 21 February 1918, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER*

THURSDAY, 21st FEBRUARY.

THE SUN. Rose to-day—s!i 20m a.m.; sets 6h 49m p.m. Rives to-morrow—sh 22m a.m.; sets 6h 47m p.* . BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday—Morning, Gh 28m; afternoon, 6U Om; total, 12h 28m. THE MOON. - (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) :d. h. m. last quarter .i :.. «. 4 7 22 p.m* New moon ' .. .. „ 11 0 35 p.m. First quarter .. .. .. 18 0 27 p.m. Full moon 26 9 5 a.m. ■ TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday—Maximum, 73.8deg.; minimum, 63.2deg.; mean, CB.sdeg . . ; RAINFALL Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day, Total to date during the month—4.Bom. Total rainfall during January—l.7Bln. WIND. Average velocity of the wind for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m'7 to-day—B.6 miles per hour • BAROMETER. Yesterday— 0 a.m., 30.17 ? To-day— 9 a.m., 30.10; noon, 50.07 NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. Anticydonic pressure has tuled, and lai* to-cloudy weather has teen experienced generally. Moderate to strong easterly winds have prevailed northward of New Plymouth and. Napier, and northerly breezes southwards TO-DAY'B WEATHER. From obserrations taken at 8 a.m.

Wind.—L. light; br, breeze; f b fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w. gale of exceptional 1 severity. , Weather—B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; 0, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; .F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; X, ratal continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder ;TJ, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. •

*: "At I) aim. to-day the following toMOMtwtf issued for the subsequent 2< hours: — Winds—Moderate to strong and freshening generally; easterly, backing to northerly, northward of New Plymouth and Napier; northerlies elsewhere Barometer—Fall, slowly everywhere Seas—Generally moderate • Tides—Poor on the west coast of the North Island; moderate southwards; good elsewhere Weather—Warm and humid conditions generally, with increasing haze and cloudiness; change following •

Station. Cape Maria V.D. Russell ... Hokianga Heads Kaipara Sic. Sta. Manutau Heads Auckland Tiritiri Kawhia Tauranga Taupo ... ..; East Cape Gisborns Napier Castlepoint Cape Palliaer ... Cape Egmont ... Patea Waneanui Foiton Wellington Cape Campbell... Farewell Spit ... Westport Greymouth Bealey Christchuroh ... AkaroaL.H. Timaru Oamai'u Dunedin ... Queenstown ;.. Nugijets Bluff .... ... (Wind. NESTd Bfb . Calm Bfb ENEf b Ef b Ef b El Kfb NWfb Sbr W 1 E 1NEI WI N£ b OalmNW 1 Nl' NWbr • NWf b NW 1 Calm NE 1 Wl 8W 1 Wf b SI SI NEI Calm W 1 NEI M 2990 3006 3008 3010 3014 3013 3014 3010 3015 3014 30-20 3022 3016 3018 30'OG 3009 3007 3005 3007 3010 3004 3007 3012 3011 30*09 WO6 3005 3004 3005 3006 HO'o3 3000 2998 Ther. in shade 71 B8 69 68 63 69 70 68 66 63 64 65 64 67 66 68 03 68 68 63 69 75 64 64 68 64 60 \ 80 ' 58 63 62 60 Wa'th'r BZ O BO BO BO B BO BO BO O O B B B B M B B Z .BO O BO C BC BO B BO Z BC B BC B Z BCF