METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 9, 10 January 1920, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER.

SATURDAY, 10th JANUARY.

THJ- SUN. Eos* to-day—4h 28m a.m.; gets, 7h 27m p.m. Rises to-morrow—4h 29m ».m.; sets, 7h 27m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINB. Yesterday—Morning, Oh 63m; afternoon, 4h 40m; total, 6b 33m THE MOON. tCalculited for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. Full moon 6 8 85 a.m. last quarter .... ..IS 11 39 a.m. New moon .. .. „ 21 4 57 p.m. First quarter .. „ .. 29 3 8 a.m. TEMPERATURE IN THEvSHADE. Yesterday—Maximum, 65.6deg.; minimum, 58.8dcg.; \niean, 62.1deg. ' RAINFALL. Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-da» Total to date during the month-0.78in. Total rainfall for December—2.4lin. WIND. Total fore* of the wind for th» 24 heuro preceding s a.m. to-day—l 2.7 miles per hour BAROMETER. Yesterday—9 a.m., 30.03 To-day—9 a.m., 29.80; noon, 29.8J NEW ZEALAND. SYNOFSIS OF LAST 24 HOUKS. The barometer has fallen, especially in the South, and freshening northerly and westerly winds have prevailed. Eain was reported this morning in the West Coast and southernmost districts of the South Island; elsewhere, though dull and misty at times, fair weather has ruled. TO-DAY'S WEATHER..' From observations taken at 8 a.m.

Wind.—L, light; br, breeze; f b fresh breeze; m g, m»derate gale; g, -whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity.

Weather.—B, blue sky, be tbe atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drlzzlißK rain; ]?, fdtey; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; 1, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; E, rail, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; TJ, ugly, tkreateata: appearance; Z, hazy.

At * «.m. to-*ay th» follo-wiif forecast ml issued for ■ the subsequent 24 hoars:—

Winds—Westerly winds, strong to gale, backing to southerly after from 24 to 36 hours.

Barometer—Fall.

Seas—lncreasing to heavy on the west coast southward of Cape Egmont and between Castlepoint and Kaikoura; rough southwards; moderate elsewhere.

Tides—Moderate northward ol East Cape; good elsewhere.

Warning signals for westerly gales are exhibited at Capo Maria van Diemen, Tiritiri (East Cape interrupted), Castlepoint, Cape Campbell, Stephen Island, Farewell Spit, Cape Foulwind, and Nugget Point.-

.Weather—Unsettled, cloudy weather, with rain generally, and heavy rain with rivers rising in the West Coast and southernmost districts; warm and sultry for a brief period in the East Coast districts:

B. V. PEMBERTON.

Station. - I II Ther. Wind. Bar in We'th'r I I Ishade. Cape Maria V.D. .. NEI 30.16 64 0 Russell Calm 30.07 65 B Hokianga Heads,.. Wl 30.05 65 BG Kaipara Sig Stn. ESEI '30.05 64 C '•' Manukau Heads Wl 30.08 68 C Auckland ... WITVhr 30.04 65 ;BC Tiritiri Wl 30.06 62 'BC Kawhia .JWI 30.02 62 BC Tauranga .... Wl 30.08 65 BC Taupo SWI 30.02 66 BC East Cape Line interrupted. Gisborne NNWbr 29.94 77 B Napier Nl 29.06 72 B Castlepoint NWI 29.03 65 C Cape Palliser .... NW g 29.85 65 C Cape Egmont .... Wfb 30.00 64 C Patea WNWI 30.01 65 ' B Wanganui ...... NWI 30.03 65 BC Foxton Wbr 29.97 65 BC Wellington .... NWfb 29.90 63 BC Cape Campbell .. Nfb 29.77 62 C Farewell Spit .... NWfb 30.10 64 C Westport NWI 29.96 64 OP Greymouth Nbr 29.85 60 0 Arthur's Pass NW I 29.71 49 X Christchurch .... NW 1 .29.66 74 B Akaroa L.H. .... NW 1 29.57 74 BC Timaru Nl 29.58 63 BO Oamaru SKI 29.62 63 O Dunedin' SI 29.58 56 O Queenstown Calm 29.60 66 O Nuggets Nl 29.67 62 0 Bluff Wbr 29.56 53 O