METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 149, 21 December 1921, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

>^^ r WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. WEDNESDAY, 21st DECEMBER. Tht M«m.—First quarter, Bth day, 0.49 a.m.' Fun moon, 15th day, 3.20 p.m. last quarter, 22nd day, 7.24 a.m. New moon, 29th day, F. 9 p.m. ' ■ . ', The Sun—Kose to-day, 4h 13m a.m.; sets 7h 24m p.m. Kises to-morrow, 4h 14m a.m.; sets 7U 25m p.m. Bright Sunshine: YesterdayMorning, 4h 45m; afternoon, 4h Om: total, 8h 45m. Temperature in Shads—Yesterday, maximum, 65.1deg.; minimum, 51.8deg.; mean, 58.4deg. Rainfall—Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—Nil. . Total to date during tho month—3.l7in. Total (or November—3.3sln. Windr-Velocity of the wind for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—7.2 miles per hour. Baromster—Yesterday, 9 a.m., 29.86. To-day, 9 a.m.. 29.92; nooou, 29.92. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. . Southerly to westerly breezes have predominated, and the weather has been fair generally, but showery about Fovcaux Strait. Little change in barometric pressure has taken Place. TODAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at t a.m.

Weather—B, blue 6ky, be the atmosphere dear or hazy; C, cloudy, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P,«passing showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued rain; S.-snow; T, thunder; U> ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy". FORECAST. , At S a.m. to-day the^ following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours-.— Winds-.Variable breezes; westerly, modesato to strong. chau?i|iß by south to easterly, northward of Farewell Spit and Kaikoura;; westerly to soutlierly prevailing elMvhere. Parometar—Little movement in the northern districts, unsteady in the South, but rising tendency soon. B«as—GwieraJly moderate. Tidea^Moderafce on all the western cotit; poor in Cook Strait; good elsewhere. AVeather—Mild and hazy conditions generally, but uuretUed und %>very iv Ui« eouthtrn districts. „ V. C. BATRS.

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Station. f \ IThtr. Wind. B»r. i» «r«'tVl ! Shtd*. Cape Maria V.D. SE ] 30.07 66 B Russell \V 1 30.01 6S C Jlokianga Heads NW I 30.06 67 B Kaipara Slg Stn .. S 1 29.94 6* C Manukau Heads SW br 30.03 62 C Auckland SW 1 .50.03 61 BC Tiritiri S 1 30.03 6? 1! Kawhia SW 1 29.94 63 BC Tauranga W 1 30.00 63 K Taupo SW 1 30.01 58 B Gisborne NW I 29.85 68 C Napier NW 1 30.00 66 B Castlepoint W 1 23.96 60 B Capii Palliser .... E 1 29.94 65 B Capo Egmont .... W 1 30.02 62 C Patea W 1 29.95 60 B Wanganui W I 29.99 60 liC Foxtail W 1 29.95 62 BC Wellington .... NW fb 29.92 61 BC Cape Campbell .. NW I 29.9J 5S B Farewell Spit .... S fb 30.02 61 C Wcstport SW 1 30.00 55 BC dreymoutb S 1 29.95 59 B Arthur's Pass Not reoEived. Christchurch .... NE 1 29.85 62 B. Akaroa I/.H W I 29.80 66 B limaru N br 29.81 88 15C Oamaru NW 1 29.80 58 BC Dunedin SB I 29.80 "55 , HO Queenstown .... SW 1 29.82 57 BC Nuggets W 1 29.80 48 K Bluff NW hr 29.70 51 OD