METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 4, 5 July 1922, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER,

WEDNESDAY, 6th JULY. Moon—First quarter, 2nd day, 10.22 •,.«. Pull moon. 9th day, 2.37 p.m. i Last quarter, 17th day, 4.41 p.m. New moon, 26th day, 0.17 a.m. First quarter, 31st day, 3.52 p.m. The Sun— Rose to-day, 7h 17m a.m.; n«ts 4b 34m p.m. Rises to-morrow, 7h 16m a.m.; sets 4h 34m p.m. Bright Sunshine: YesterdayMorning, Oh 20m; afternoon, lh 10m; total, lh 30m. Temperature In Shads—Yesterday, maximum, 6S.Bdeg.; minimum, 40.8deg.; mean, 48.5deg. Rainfall—Total for the 24 hours precedisg 9 a.m. to-day—Nil. Total to date during the month—o.23in. Total for June—3.32in. Wind—Velocity of the wind for'the 24 houri preceding 9 a.m. to-day—2.B miles per hour. Barometer—Yesterday, 9 a.m., 30J6. To-day, 9 a.m., 30.23; noon, 30.23. SYNOPSIS OP LAST 24 HOURS. Atmospheric pressure has continued ■ nigh, but with a decreasing tendency in the North, and moderate to strong easterly and southerly winds have predominated. Some scattered rainfall has been reported in the northernmost districts, but elsewhere the weather has been fair though dull at times.

W«ather—B. blue «ky, be the itmosph«r« clear or hazy; C; cloudy, passing cltuds; D, drirzhnj rain; F, foggy; O, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L. lightning; M. miity; O. overcast, the whole sky corered with thick clouds; P, passisg showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; V, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. Wind—C, calm; Iv light;-Br, breeie; FB, fresh breeze; MO, moderate gale; G, whol» w hetry gale; W, gale of exceptional sererity.

At 9 iJn. to-daj the following forecast iru Issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds—South-easterly, Btrong to gale at times, northward of East Capo and Kawhla; south-easterly, moderate to strong, prevailing thence to Hokitika and Lyttelton; variable, with westerlies prevailing, elsewhere. Barometer—Unsteady. Seas—Heavy northward of East Cape; considerable swell thence to Bstnks Peninsula; moderate elsewhere. Tides—Good on all the eastern coast; moderate elsewhere. :. Warning signals for south-easterly gales are exhibited at Cape Maria Van Diemen and Tiritiri (East Cape interrupted). Weather—Unsettled and cloudy, with rain probable in the northern districts; cold and changeable generally elsewhere, with scattered showers, ptCHicularly in the East Coast districts. E. 0, BATES. .Wednesday, sth July, 1822.

Prom obsemttoni taken it 9 a&. Station. I » ■ ITher. Wind. Bar. l» W«'th'r I ; [Shad* Capo Maria V.D. E fb 29.94 59 O Russell ....... SE fb 30.00 63 .0 Hokianga Heads .. El 30.02 52 0 Kaipara Sig Sta SE fb 30.06 "62- 0 Manukau fids. SE br 30.06 47 BO Auckland SE 1 , 30.08 51 BC Tiritiri E fb 30.05 51 0 Kawhia SI 30.06 50 B Tauranga ....... SW 1 30.06 44 0 Taupo NE I 30.03 41 0 Gisborne ........ W 1 30.17 41 O Napier :. S 1 30.25 42 B Castlepoint .... W 1 30.24 44 O Cape PalHser ... Calm 30.23 49 B Cape Egmont .. NE 1 30.12 47 B Patea Calm 30.15 52 B Wanganu! NtB 1 30.19 63 BC Foxton Calm 30.20 47 B Wellington El." 30.23 50 B Cape Campbell .. SI 30.18 47 B Farewell Spit ........ Not received. Westport SE 1 30.19 40 B Greymonth E fb 30.16 36 B Arthur's Pass „ SW 1 30.19 43 B Christcfiarch .. Calm 30.18 S3 C Akaroa L.H. .... W I 30.18 50 B Timaru NW I 30.20 36 BC Oamaru SW 1 30.20 43 BC Dunedin ....... !SW I 30.19 48 BC Qneenstown .... Calm 30.23 SO BC Nuggets SW 1 30.22 45 a O Bluff- TOWbr 30.19 47 OZ

TO-DAY'S WEATHBB.