METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 145, 17 December 1919, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

* WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. WEDNESDAY, 17th DECEMBER. / - TH_ SUN. Rose to-day—4h 12m a.m.; sets 7h 21m p.m. Rises to-morrow—4h 12m a.m.; sets 7h 22m p.m. B-IGHT-;SONS-I-_. Yesterday—Jloming, 7h 0m; afternoon, 6h 2Stn; total, 13h 23m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) ) D. H. M. First quarter , 1 4 17 a.m. Full moon 7 9 33 p.m. Last quarter 14 6 32 p.m. New moon 22 10 25 p.m. First quarter 30 4 Ou p.m, TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday—Maximum, GS.4deg.; minimum, 56.4deg.; mean, 62.4deg. RAINFALL. Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-di] —Nil. 1 Total to date during the month—l.2sin. Total rainfall during November—2.S„n. WIND. Tbtal force of the wind for the 24 hours preceding.9 a.m. to-day—9.s miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday—9 a.m., 29.99. '. To-day—9 a.m., 30.08; noon, 00.05. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. NEW ZEALAND. Variable breezes have prevailed northward of New Plymouthyand Napier, and moderate to strong northerlies and westerlies southwards. The weather has been warm and hazy generally, and the skies have clouded over in parts. Atmospheric pressure has been unsteady, though little change has taken place over the I Dominion since yesterday.

At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast was „ned for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds—Variable, but northerly prevailing soon and freshening northward of Kawhia and "Napier; westerly, strong to gale at times, elsewhere i Barometer—Unsteady, falling, tendency. Seas—Hough southward of Cape Egmont and between Castlepoint and Kaikoura; moderate elsewhere. Tides—Pour on the west coast of the North Island; moderate on the West Coast of the South Island; good elsewhere. Warning signals for westerly gales are exhibited at Castlepoint, Cape Campbell, Stephen Island, Farewell, Spit, Cape Fouhvind, and Nugget Point. Weather—Dull weather, with mucli"Uriist and fog iv parts, and rain following generally. B. V. PISMBEKTON.