METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 140, 10 December 1918, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER.

TUESDAY, 10th DECEMBER. the svm. ' ,■'"' '.''. ' Rdse to-day—4h Mm a.mi; sets 7h I6m ».m. ■ Rises to-morrow—4h llm a.m.; sets 7h 17m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday—Morning, nil; afternoon, Oh 10m. THE MOON. ~ (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. New mbon .. .. ..4 2 49 *.m. First quarter .< .. ..11 2 1 p.m. Full s moon ..'■■ \. ..18 6 47 ».m. T.nst quarter ..i .. .. 25 6 1 p.m; TEMPERATURE IN THE SHA»*. • j esterday—Maximum,' 56.Meg.; minimum, 45.2deg.; :.me»n, -60.5d<!g. ;. :..■..-..-. • : . RAINFALL. Total fortße 24 hours preceding 9 ».m. to-d»' —0.12 in. \ . ' Total to date daring the month—O.49in. Total rainfall during >?ovembei'^-S.4oin. :' WIND. ' Average velocity of the wind for the 24 hour!* . preceding 9 a.m. to-day—l7.s miles per hour. BAITOMSTER. Yesterday—o a.m., 29.76. To-day—9 a.m., 20.84; noon, 29.95. StiW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS Of LAST 24 HOtRS. Increasing atmospheric pressure in tins Sooth and a- secondary depression passing over the 1 North Island,- acting together, have been responsible for high and. squally south and south' cast, winds, especially in and northward of Ctoofc Strait. Cold, changeable, and showery conditions hays been experienced generally, bub heavy rain fell during the night in various parts of the North Island, and snow has been reported oil the range's in the northern districts' of tlie South Island. ■ * I

TO DAY'S WKATHER. Fran observations taken at 1 ».m. Station Wind. Bar, 'in™ We'th'r. i ' shade ft»pe Maria V.D SWr 2984 57 Q Rasse-U SW f b 2966 .56 Q Hokianala HeadsßW c 2968 57 Q Kiipara Si*. Sta S a 29-63 52 P Manukau Heads SWbt- 29'6G 52 G Auckland „.BEfb • 2967 56 BC Tiritiri ... ...SSEfb 2SCB 58 BG Kitwhia ... ...Sfb ' 2961 55 BO Tauranfa \...SW fb ' 29'6il 58 O , TaiiDO ... , ... SE m c 2989 49 O Rast Cape ... Inter'Dt'd —. — — ' Oisborne SSW m 2 tWO 52 QTX , Napier ... ...Sib 297.T- 5:! O CastletX)int ... SW fb- 20-70 ■49 P I Oaw Pallisar ... SWj . 29"f» SB P : Capo Egmont ... SEI b 2976 55, BC Q' ll'atea -... ...Bfb 2973 54 ■ .B ' Wamranui ...SEfb SHO .55 HO Foxton — 2977 55 O Wellington ...SSEfb 2984 50 OQP Cape Campbell... Sg . 21C87 52 B F«.re*'eU SOit ..: SE I ' , 2987 56' B. Wd3tport ...SEI. 2900 51 B Grtjmoath ...El 2988 52 ' B Bealey ... ...El 2989 44 B C . Christchurcb. ... SW 1 .3tf9l .48 -R I AkaroaL.H. ... SW c ■ 2092 47 P Timani Sfb 2O'« "50 ' O, Oamaru ... ...iSW f b 2WO '52 O - Duriedia ... ... SW br 29W, 48 O P Queoustown ...Not com — -~- — . JfuMets Sfb 2399 -33" O Bluff SW 1 I ap-QB ■■ 60 -O. „ Wind.—l, light; br, bfeeze; f b;ffe?h breeze; m g, moderita cale; g, whole or'he»vy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. ■ ; < Weather.—B, bine sky, be the iimosphere clear or heavy; C. clouds, passing clotids; D. drizzling rain; F, foggy; O, gloomy, dark' weather- ti. hail; L, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, th« «hol< 6!ty. covered; with. thick clotids; P, passing showers; Q. squally; R, rain, continued rain; S, snow; T. thunder; V, Ufly, tkreateiiif »pp«»r»«ct; Z, huj.

FORECAST. At 8 a.m. to-day the following forecast w»s issued for the subsequent-24 lidurs:— Winds—Southerly winds, moderate to strong southward of Farewell Spit and I/ytteltcm; strong to gale northwards, but with decfeas ing force soou. . . Barometer— Rising, but fall in the South after abbot 30 hours. . Seas-^Heavy between fiast Cape and Akarba and on the west coast of the North Island;, rough generally elsewhere. Tides—Moderate on the west coast southward of Cane Bgmont; high southward of iJast , Cipe; gobd elsewhere. " Warning signals for southerly gales are exhibited nt Cope Maria Van Dieraen, Tiritiri, Castlepoiiit, Cape Campbell, Stephen Island, and Farewell Spit. > Weather—Cold and clMngeable generally, with heavy passing showers, especially along the cistern coast. A temporary improvement is probable soonSi. V. PEMBERTjON.