METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 141, 11 December 1918, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. WEDNESDAY, 11th DECEMBER. THB SUN; r ■ v Rose to-day-4h llm a.m.; sets 7h 17m p.m. Rises to-morrow—46 llm a.m.; sets 7h 18m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE.' • '\ Yesterday-rAToming, 2h 30m; afternoon, ft 36m; total,, 5h sm. ! THB MOON. (Calculated for Sew Zealand Mean Time.) „ D. H. M. New moon .. ..... 4 a 49 a.m. First, quarter .. ..'• ...it 2 1 p.m. full moon .... ..is o 47 a.m. last quarter ..n .. ..25, 6 Ip.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADI. Yesterday—Maximum, >68.2deg.; minimum. 48.3deg.; mean, 63.2deg. ; . RAINFALL. Total for tne 24 hours preceding • a.m. to-4*y Total to date daring the month—o.49ln. Total rainfall during November-S.Wln. WIND. . Average velocity of the wind for the 24 hour* preceding 9 a.m. to-day—l3.B miles per hour BAROMETER. Yesterday—S a.m., 29.84. To-day—9 a.m., 29.81; noon, 29.78. NUW ZEALAND. : SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. Cold and changeable conditions • prevailed generally yesterday and last night, with passing showers along the eastern*'coast, but improved weather is in evidence to-daj. The southerly winds have decreased everywhere in force, changing to northerly in and southward of Cook Strait. The barometer has risen in the North, but has fallen in the South. TO-DAY'S WBA'I'HEK. From observations taken it | a.m. __ . Station Wind. Bar. •in We'ta'r •.'!," . shade Oape Maria VJ) W£ b 29"97 57 ~O > Russell ... ... SWI 25T92 57 C Hokianea Heads S1 :OTO '57 OP Kaipara Sig. Sta Sbr 2992 57 C Manutau Heads SSWbr 2089 55 C Auckland ... SW 1 20-05 59 BO Tiritiri ... ...BWI 29'9S 70 BC Kawhia ... ... SW f b 2382 64 B C Tauranira ...Wl 28/8S 57. 30 ■ Taupo ... ... Sfb 2986 51 B East Cape ... Inter'ot'd — — . _'. 1 Gisborne SW fb 2079. 57 BC •Napier SI 2i)'oo 65 B' Castlepoint ... SWI 2988 60 C CapeEalliser ... W 1 2980 a 69 B Cape Egmont ... SWI 28"84 59 BC T'atea ... :..N1 21T80 ,58 B Wanganui ...NNWI 2976 56 G Foxton Sfb .. 2978 55 BWellington ... Nl ' 2981 5U BC Cape Campbell... Sbr 2978 «5 B Farewell Spit ...Wl 2988 60 B Westport ...NWI 2985 56 BC Greymouth ...NW 1 2987 53 BC -Bealey ... ..;Wbr 2979 52 B Christchurch ...NEI 2371 G6 B AkaroaL-H. ...Efb 2372 56 B Timaru .J ./...NEfb 2976 55 BC ' Oamara ..! ...Nl 2960 56 C ■Dunedin.-.':.. ...NKbr :M\ -49 'BC Queenstown ... Not come — — — Nuggets... ...NWI 2958 54 M Bluff „- ' ...Calm,; 2952 54 a Wind.—L, light; br, breeze; t b fresh breeze; b g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; \ w, gale of exceptional severity. . \ Weather.—B. blue sky, be the atmosphere - clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather- H. hall, L, lightning; M, misty; O, | overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers-* Q, squally; R, rain, continued,rain; S, snow; T, thuider; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. :\. V; ■': " 'FORECAST. - : L'':. ' At 8 a.m. tofday the. follov/ing forecast was issued for tne subsequent 24^1-ours:— .. Winds—Moderate to stroig,.southerly, with a westerly tendency, soon northward of New Plymouth and Napier; north-west.prevailing elsewhere and increasing strong to gale, backlng to southerly again after from 24 to SO '■'; ; S ji^.v' ■/.' ' ■...:; '-'Barometer—Fall. ■.■"_"■"■•-...-:•■'• ■•.•. ;.' Seas—lncreasing to heavy on the west'cotst •of the South: Island, and between CasMepoint and Kaikonra;" considerable on the west coast of the North Island; moderate elsewhere. - ..Tides—Moderate . northward of fast Cape; good elsewhere. '•' » Warning signals for westerly gales, are exhibited at. Castlepoint, Cape Campbell, Stephen Island, Farewell Spit; Cape Fonlwind, and Nugget Point. . ...■; Weather—Becoming squally and changeable generally, with skies clouding over soon and rain following, especially southward of New Plymouth and Castlepoint. . / ' B. V, PEMBH^TOS.