METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 156, 30 December 1918, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

B. V. HKBIHOX.

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER.

MONDAY^ 30th DECEMBER.

THE SON. Rose to-day-Uh 19m a.m.; sete 7n 27m p.m. Klaes to-morrow—th 18m a.m.; sets 7h 28m p.m. BKIOHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday—Nil. THE MOON. (Calculated (or New Zealand Mean Time.) , D. H. M. New moon .. .. .. 4 S 49 a.B. First quarter .. .. .. H 2 1 pat f11". moon is « ti t,m. last quarter .. .. ..26 6 I p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SKADC. Yesterday—Maximum, 61.2deg.; minimum, 49.9deg.; mean, 55.5deg. ItAINFAU. Total for the 48 hours preceding « a.m. to-day —1.41 in. Total to date during the month-2.22in. Total rainfall during November—S.4«ln. WIND. Average velocity/of the wind for the 24 bswt preceding 9 a.m. to-day—B miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday—9 a.m., 29.43 To-day—D a.m., 29.57,' noon, 29.66. NISW ZBAtAND. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 48 HOCUS. Unsettled, cloudy, and misty weather has beun experienced, and rain fell, generally during the week-end. Strong northerly winds changed to southerlies on Sunday, and atmospheric preßaure ha 6 since increased. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. . , , From observations taken at » a.a.

Wind.—L, light; br, breeze; I b iresh breeze; - m 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 eloods; D. drizzling rain; F, foggy; 0, gloomy, dirk weather- H. hail; L, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick elouda; P, passing showers- Q, squally; X, rain, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; V, Ujiy, threatening appearance: Z. bazy. FORMAST. At t a.m. to-day the following forecast ni issued for the subsequent 24 bows:— Winds-^Mpderate to Btrong south-weit winds prevailing. . Barometer—Rising tendency. Seas—Considerable on the west coast southward of Cape Egmont; rough southward of Castlepoint; moderate elsewhere. Tides—Moderate northward of Caatiepoint; good elsewhere. - - . -- Weather—Cool and changeable generally, with scattered showers. ■

Cape Maria V.D Ruesell • Hokianga Heads Kaipara Sig. Sta Manukau Heads Auckland Tiritiri Kawhia Tauranga Taupo* East Gape Gisborne... "... Napier Castlepoint Cape Palliser ... Cape Egmont ... Patea Wanfanui Foxton Wellington Cape Campbell... Farewell Spit ... Westport Greymouth Bealey Christchurch ... AlcaroaL.H. Timaru Oamaru '„. ..; Dunedin Queenstown Nuggets Bluff (Station Wl SWf b SWir SWf b SWbr WSWf b SW f b SWfb Wf b SWfb Inter'pt'd Wbr Wlb NW 1 SWfb Wf b NW br WNWfb NVTJb NTWI Wbr Wf b Calm Nl Not come BWI Not come SI SWfb SWfb Sf b Sfb WSWbr Wind. Bar. 2979 2977 2976 2979 2975 2970 2076 2965 2968 2964 29'62j 2960 2959 2956 29"65 29W 2969 3964 'ma 29-55 29«0 2962 28-57 %SJ& 29-56 2959 29-55 29-55 2954 2959 Ther in shade ~W 61 62 58 58 63 62 CO 61 53 65 63 59 60 60 58 58 60. 60 58 54 i 53 55 52 51 45 63 Wtfth'r O O OP o c o o BO BO B i~ cz o c BO B > BO D BC B B OP £ OP O BO O BO X OZ