METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 8, 9 January 1920, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHEH.

PEIDAY, 9th JANUAEY.

itose to-day—4h 25m a.m. i sets, 7h 26m p.m. Kises td-morf btt— ih 26in a.tri.; sets, 7h 20m p.ffl. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday—Morning, <h 16m; afternoon, 6h 10m; total, 9h 26m THE MOON. KJalculatid for New Zealand Mean TiMe.) D. H. M. Full moon .. ,i •.. "6 8 35 a.m. Last quarter * IS 11 39 a.m. New moon .. .; „ 21 4 57 p.m. lfirst quarter 29-3 8 a.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday—Maximum, 63.1deg.; minimum, sG.7deg.; meatt, C9.9aeg. RAINFALL. Total for the 24 hours preceding 8 a.m. to-d»jk Total to.date during the month—O.fSin. Total rainfall for December—2.4iig. WIND. Total fore* of the wind for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—l3.l miles pcr 1 hour BAROMETER. Yesterday—9 a.m., 29:92 To-day—9 a.m., 30.03; noon, 30.02 NSW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS PF LAST U HOUISS. Moderate to strong westerly and southerly winds have predominated, and the weather has been dull and misty in many parts, with light scattered rainfall in the South Island. The barometer has been unsteady. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. . From observation's taken at G a.m.

Wind.—L, light; bf, breeze; f b fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, vhole or heavy gale; w, gile of exceptional seVerity. Weather.—B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D. drizzlifcß rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark leather; H, hail; L. lightning; M, Misty: 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; <3, squally; R. rain, continued ralii; S, snow; H, thunder; 15, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy.

At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast wi§ 1jsi:«1 fnr Mir subsequent 2« hours:- ■

Winds—Moderate, southerly, -veering to northerly, and increasing northward of New tlyliioiith and Napier; moderate to strong and increasing northerlies prevailing elsewhere, -with "an easterly tendency in the South, Barometer—Fall eVerySVliere. Seaa-^ftodsh swell southward of Castlepoint; moderate elsewhere.

Titles—Poor on the west coast of the North Island; High soiithwdrd of Castlepoint; mod-el-ate to good elsewhere.. Weather— Expect rijill weather, with milch tliist AM fogj taili rbllAwing generally. B. V. PEMBERtON.

Station. Wind. Bar! TKer. in shade. We'th'r Cape Maria V.D. ..Si 30.19 63 0 Russell Si 3d.10 61 t! Hotaanga Heads „ SVi 1 30.09 04 UC Kaipara Sig. Stn. ..SI 30.08' C3 0 Manuka u Heads .. Wl 30.11 59- O Auckland SWI 30.05 64 0 Tiritiri Not received. Kawhia SWfb 30,02 61 0 Tauranga ....*. SWrb 30.06 CO BC Taupb ; SWfb 30.00 C3 BC Bast Cape line interrupted. Gisbprne SI. 30.02 65 BC Napier „.,..<... N\Vl 50.05 71 BO Castlepoint SWJ 30;04 68 C Cape Palliser ...... El 50.04 03 O Cape Egmont .... Wl 30.05 63 C Patea WNWI 30.00 63 B Wanganul ..:;;... Wbr 30.07 63 G Fojttiiii ,j Wl 30.05 05 O Wellington SSIM 30.03 Off O Cape Campbell .... Si .30.05 67 O Farewell Spit .... Calfti .30.01 6S C Westport Calm 30.04 63 O flreymouth ...... „E1 30.00 57 "HO Arthur's Pass .. NWfb 29.93 50 B Christchurch El 20.9(1 69 O' Akaroa I.H NE fb 29.9? 50 P Timaru , NBfb 29.09 (i5 OP Oamaru KBl 29.98 D3 OD Dunedin ;..■ N£l 30.00 52 BC Queenstown Calm 29.93 59 BC Nuggets ....:.,..«.. El 30.00 65 O Bluff NEI 29.91 58 CZ