METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 37, 12 August 1918, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER,

MONDAY, 12th AUGUST.

THE SUN. Rose to-day—6h 47m a.m.; sets 5h 6m p.m. Rises to-morrow—6h 46m a.m.; sets 5h 7m p.m.

BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday—Morning, 4h ]0m; afternoon, 6b total, 8h 10m.

. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Meau Tims.) D. H. M. New moon 7 8 0 a.m. First quarter 15 10 44 a.m. Full moon 22 i 33 p.m. Last quarter 29 G E7 >m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday—Maximum, 52.5deg.; minimum, 33deg.; mean, 42.7deg.

KAINFAHi. Total for the 48 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day —Nil. Total to date during the koaOv-ft.*fli». Total rainfall for July—4.99iu. WIND. Average velocity of tlie wind for the 24 honra preceding 9 a.m. to-day—3 miles per hour BAROM3TER. Yesterday—9 a.m., 30.04 To-day—a a.m., 29.85; noon; 29.80 , NEW ZKAtAND. SYNOPSES OF IAST 48 HOURS. On the West Const «nd in the far north smd south conditions have been nnseitled at times, bus else.ysore fair w <i'oi:-iy weather has been exijerienced seunrally.' The nights have been vory cold. Westerly and southerly breezes have ruled, and the barometer has been unsteady. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m.

Wind.—L, light; br, breeze; J b fresh breeze; in g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; -•■, gale of exceptional severity. Weather.—B, blue sky, be the atmosphere .^lear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; I). .Irizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy,, dark veather: H, hull; L, lightning; SI, misty; 0, ;:veroast, the whole sky covered with thick .louds; V, passing showers- Q. squally; R, ruin, .antinued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; Tf, ngly, threatening appearance; Z. hazy. FORECAST. 4t 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds—Southerly, moderate to strong, veering to westerly northward of New Plymouth and Casfclepoint; increasing westerlies elsewhere Barometer —Unsteady, tendency to rise in the north, and fall in the south Seas— Generally moderate, but rough in Foveaux Strait i Tides—Moderate in Conk Strait; good elsewhere Warning signals for westerly gales are exI hibited at Cape Campbell, Stephen Island, and I Nuggef Point I Weather—Fair to cloudy in the northern disi tricts; unsettled and clouay in the Wast Coast and southern districts, with rain following; squally and cbangsable elsewhere O. C. BATES. I i.-Ktammmrfo, mivi imwiwa».»iw«—a

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