METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 140, 13 June 1918, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER.

THURSDAY, 13th JUNE',

THE SOT. Rose to-day—7h 13m R.m.; sets 4u 28m p.m. Rises to-morrow—7h 13m a.m.; sets 4h 28m p.ia, BRIGHT SUNBHINE. Yesterday—Morning, Sb 26m; afternoon, 4h 25m; total, 7h 53m. THE MOON. (Calculated (or New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. Lust quarter 2 8 SO p.m. New moon 9 0 33 a.m. First quarter .. .. ..17 0 42 a.m. Full moon 24 10 8 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday—Maximum, So.6deg. j minimum, 38.3deg.; mean, 49.4deg. RAINFALL > Total for the 24 liourß preceding 9 a.m. to-day —Trace. . Total to date during the month—O.SOin, Total rainfall for May—4.l4ln. WIND. Average velocity of the wind for the %i hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—o.4 miles per hour BAROMETER. Yesterday—9 a.m., 29.85 To-day—9 a.m., 29.77; noon, 29.73 NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OP THE LAST 24 HOURS. Cloudy and unsettled conditions have overspread most of the Dominion, and rain was reported this morning in the North Island and the northern portion of the South. There has been little change in atmospheric pressure since yesterdaj-, and tha winds have be«n variable, with moderate to strong easterlies predominating TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m.

\V|ad.—l, light; br, breeze; tb 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; Ci clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; £, rain, continued rajn; S, snow; I, thunder; V, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy..

At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds—Variable and moderate to strong; northerlies prevailing Barometer—Falling tendency Seas—Heavy northward of East 'Cape ud between Casf.lepoint and Kaikour*; moderate swell on all the western coast;e rough else* where v Tides—Good generally Weather—Dull and misty weather; foggy In parts; and rain probable generally d. c. bates.

Station. Cape Maria V.D Russell Hokianga Heads Kaipam Sip. Sta. Mamikau Heads Auckland Tiritiri Kawhia Tauranga .». TauDo East Cape Gisborne Napier Castlopoint Cape Palliser ... Cape Egmont ... Patea Wanganui Foiton Wcllintrton Cane Campbell... Farewell Spit ... Westport GreymoutX Bealoy ... Christchurch ... Akaroa L.H. 'rinara Oamaru Dunedin (Jaoenstown I. vX ts::: ::: Wind. Nf b Wflj NEI N br NWlb ■ I NEI \ Nbr ' E 1 NEfb SWI Ef V Calm SI NEI Nl NEfb SBI E 1 NEbr Calm 81 E f b SI Bbr Wl Not come' NEI Wl Calm Calm NW 1 Nl Nl Bar. 2071 2909 21V68 zm 2371 2971 2975 20't'2 2978 2181 2070 2D'SB 2988 2983 2378 29"65 2968 2971 3074 3377 2979 297S 2008 2905 12975 2989 29W 2985 2983 2983 2980 2979 Ther in shade 63 04 64 57 57 61 61 59 58 48 S7 55 55 55 51 65 54 54 52 45 52 51 48 ■40 ■24 46 39 35 30 29 38 37 We'th'r Z C BOP O O OP OE P OE B P OD OB C o OS o OE D OR G R OD BC B P C BC BC B M