METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 155, 28 December 1918, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

SATURDAY, 28th DECEMBER,

THE BUN. Rose to-day—4h 17m a.m.; sets 7h 27m pin Hlucs tormorrbw-^<h 18m a m.; sets 711 27m n m SRlOrt* StJNSHIK*. Yesterday-Morning, eh 3pm; afteraooii 5b 25m; total. Uli 3Bm. ; ■ '

THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zetland Mean Time,)

Temperature in the shade? Yesterday—Maimum, 67'*6de'g<;- minimum, SG.2cteg.; mean, Ol.Meg. . : Total lit the 21 hohta ftfeeedint 9 ».»..t»-d»y Total to date during the month—O.Slin, 1 Totil rainfall tlUrine November—3.4Dln. • WIND.' ,1 Average velocity of the wloa for the 24 uoiire preceding 9 a.m, to-day—ll.7 mile 3 per hour. tJAROMETBIt. :■ Yesterday—G a.m., 20.89. i To-day—o a.jp.. 29.74; noon. 29.68. ■ NEW ZtAIAND. • ■:': • SYNOPSIS OF LAS* 24 H6tißß. ] The bafoinetcr llaS fallen slowly, and freshening northerly winds have prevailed. Fair warm, and hazy weather ruled yesterday, hut since last night cloudiness has increased evervvhefe, and ruin was reported this morfilnc in many parts, particularly in the western -districts and about Cook and Foveaux Straits; TO-DAY'S WBAIHER. ; From observntions taken at » «.m;' \

Wia'd^l, light; br, breeze} fb fresh breeie; m gt moderit* gale; gi whole or heavy g»le; w, gstle of exoeptiblial Beverity. ; Weather.—B. blue sky ( be the atmoipOere clear or heary: C, clouds), pi6iin| clouds; B. drizzling rain; Fi foggy; G, Bloomy, dark weather- B; lia.il, L, lightning; M, misty: 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passin; showers: Q, squally; R, rain, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, ikreateDinz abpearanae; 2, hlty.

At § n.ri. to-day the following' forecut **• ;ssiied tor the subsequent! 24 notes:— Winds—Strong to sale at times; northerly prevailing and backing'to southerly eun'wliero Bii'roineter—Fail, but rising after from 10 to 10 hours. ' ■ . . : ■ .;■■. , .. Seas—Heavy between Castjepoint and . Kiikotira; rough elsewhere and ■Increasing on the west coast totithwijr'd of Cape Egttiont. . 'tldes-<?o«ir tin the west coast fat tliii J\ortli Island; moderate oil Mi l west coasit of'the So.iith island: (iooil elsewhere:. . Warilinfi signals for northerly gales at 6 exhibited lit Cape Mari* Van Bicfnen, Tifitiri, <East.Cat"s interrupted), Oastlepointi C»iio Campbell, .Stephen Island. Farewell Spit, Cape I'oiihviiid, and Nugget Point. ' ■■ Weather-Unsettled, cloilrfy, and Misty weather **ith raili herierally; hoary in parts. Cooler conditions probable iooii.

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