METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 80, 1 October 1918, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER.

TUESDAY, Ist OCTOBER.

THE StTJf. Rose to-day—sh 27m a.m.; sets Bh E6m p.m. Kises to-morrovy—sh 25m a.m.; sets 5h 57m p.nx BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday—Morning, nil; afternoon, Oh 251b. s THE MOON.

TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. -"■ Yesterday—Maximum;' ' 69.8deg.; minimum, 53,2deg.; mean, 56.5deg. '. ■. . "-" .." ■ rainfall, ■ ■-„■■■■■■ Total for the 24 hours preceding* n.m. to-«»y Total rainfall during September—S.frliji, . ' WIND. ■ ■• ' ' :'; Ayerage velocity of the wind for th« 21 ho«n preceding 9 a.m. to-day—l 3.4 miles per hour. "' /.. . : ' ] BABPHPEB./ :,' . ' " ".. Yesterday—9 a,.wC., qo.lo. ': '■; Tp-flay-^O a,w.,-29.91; "ijopn, 29.85. . ; .' ■ NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HQBRS. Cloudy antl unsettled weatljer ]ias prevailed geaerally. apd rain has fallen' in all the Wfstern district?, aqd in the far Jfprth arid South. Atmospheric prsssure has decreased since yesterday, especially in the gpiith. fresllfcning northerly and westerly winds have ruled. TODAYS WEATHER. From observations taten at » ».m.

Wind.—t. light; br, breeze; fbfresh'breeze; m p, raqder&te'gale; g^ whole or heavy gale; w, gale' of ejccepijona.l severity. "' Weather.—fr blue sky, be the atnjospbxre clear or heavy; C'cloqds, passing cjouds; D. drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weatherr H, hajl ;, \,, lightning; M,Tmlsty;' 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick c)ouds; P, passing showers ••' Q, "fjSiuUy; R, rain, continued raip; S, "snow; T, thunder; V, ujly, threatißini ippearaiics; Z, haiy.

Kb 9 a.m.-to-day, the following fpreciitj wai issued^ for thp subsequent 2<:hoars:—;, '" ' ■■ ■

„ 'Winds—Westerly winds, strong-,-/to gale, changing to sbutherlyrshprtly in: 'and' southward of Cook Strait " 7'jr •' .'"r.'>':'''

Barometer—Unsteady;- rising..soon in the gouth " '." '■-.:■ ...■.'•'. ■ 3eas-T-Considerable :6n all. the western coast and between Ca«t(epoirit'and.KaiiLOura;' moderate .elsewhere .' '■ ■'■■ ':- •. ,■'.•''

' Tides—Moderate northward 01. East Cape; good elsewhere ■•"•'*.'"• - ■'••■''• , 1 Warning:'signals for westerly.gales, are exhibited ■ at' Cape Maria Van Dlemen; liritirl (East Cape interrupted), Castlepoint, Capu Campbell, gtephep Island, Farewell Spit, tape FoutVfitid. and Nugget Point ■ Weatlier—Unsettled and. squally,- with rain probable generally, 'and heavy rain' in the West Coast and southernmost districts, with rivers, rising,. „-; y

(Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) „ . • D.. H. M. New moon „ .. • 5 2-a; n m First quarter .. " J! ■& I %££ Full moon . .■„ ... ..., ffl a °J »•" last quarter;.. ;... „,.27. 5 5 a.m.

Cape Maria V.D. Russell Hbkianga Beads Kaipara Si?. Sta. Marmkau Heads Auckland Tiritiri' ... Kawhia ... Tauranga Taupo East Oape. Giaborne... Napier ... Castlepoint ... Cape Palliser ... Oape Egmonfc ... Pafeq.': ... .. .:. Wanganui . Foxton ... „. ■Wellinaton " ... Cape Campbell... Farewell Spit ... We3tppr(i Greymouth Bealey ... ... Christchurch ... AkaroaL.H. Timara '...' ... Oatnacu Dunedin QuepnstQWß ... Nugsets ... g]uff ... ■„■ Station Wind. Wf b SWf b Nfb Nf b N 0 NNEf b Nfb Nfb Wf h NW.I Inter'ptfd NEbrNl WlNW 1 Nfb . Nbv Nl . . NWbr NWf.b' N f b NWf b Nmg Nbr NWbr NEI Nl Calm NEbr NEbr wi :■ Nl. El ■ Bar--30'09 3005 3om 2998 3002 3008 3009 2993 30-06 3005 so'is 3005 2998 2990 2988 2V04 3000 29' do 2991 29 188 2990 29"80 2078 2970 2960 2963 3a'63 ares 29'CT 2963 29 152 Ther in shade "69' 62 61 59 55 • 60 59 60 62 . SI CO .67 66 59' "56. 59 62 ■61 1 60 57 55 f>6 53 53 5S * 60 51 53 55 53 . 50 1 51 „,.-.., We'th'r R O P O o BO c o BO D O BO B O CQ & d o ' o B CB O R B 'A . BO BO Z O o Q Z