METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 28, 2 August 1923, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON WEATHER THUBSDAY, 2nd AUGUST. The Sun-Rose to : day, 6h 5Sm a.m.; sets, 4h Mm p.m. Ei6es_tq-morrow, oh 57m a.m.; sets *5m "h.Om;. afternoon Oh 25m; total,"oh Temperature in Shade—Maximum 49 Sde" • minimum, 36.1deg.; mean, 42.8deg ' V-bae "-' Rainfall—Total for the 24 hours preceding tetJSZfi&T- Total t0 U dtt ™« c^^t-tt^l^X hour 5 Pre" 1-11 ' 30-48; t0" SYKOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. The winds have been moderate and variable jMtn- easterly directions predominatins, and barometric pressure has been above liorm-il e 3 na e?e r rc noTa'onl tbeeaSt St" "»'•"«» TO-DAY'S WEATHER.

From observations taken at 9 a.m

Weather—B, blue sky, bo the atmospliert clear or hazy; C, cloudy, paEsing clouds- D drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, - dark weather; H, bail; h, lightning; M, misty O overcast, the whole sky covered v «i' i thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q. squally; U, rain, continued rain; S. snow; T. thunder" U, ugly, threatening appearadbe; Z, nazy

Wind—C, calm; L, light; Br, breeze; FB, Iresh breeze; MG, .moderate gale; G, whole or heavy gale; W, gale of exceptional serenty.

The following forecast was issued at 9 a m to-i»y:— ..-.'..

t \Vinds—Easterly, moderate to strong, backing to northerly northward of Farewell S-iiS and Kaikoura; northerly prevailing elsewhere. Barometer—Falling tendency. Seas—Generally moderate. Tides—Poor in Cook Strait; moderate on all the western coast; good elsewhere. Weather—lncreasing cloud and hazinosc. „,,,) '£&££."*""• bUt & >*» *™ fet D. C. BATES. Thursday, 2nd August," 1023. ". - - -

, Station. Wind. ia r liher. Shadej IWe'th'r Cape Maria V.D. Etb 30.34 50 B liokianga Heads ... E 1 30.38 -48 F Xaipara Sig. Stn. NW 1 30.35 46 B Mauukau Heads Nbr 30.36 47 B Auckland SW 1 30.44 47 BC Tintiri SE 1 30.41 43 CM hawhia SE 1 30.38 43 B Tauranga SE 1 30.39 42 B Taupo Calm 30.35 39 B East Cape SW Ib 30.38 48 C Uishorne SW 1 30.35 4" np Napier SSW 1 3U.48 47 C Castlepoint ......... W 1 30.48 40 B Cape Palliser ... Calm 30.49 4S B Cape Egmont ... SE fb 30.40 44 B J'atea E 1 30.43 43 B Wanganui NE'l 30.40 42 B £oxtpn Calm 30.43 35 BC Wellington Calm - 30.40 -43 ■•- CM Cape Campbell S I 30.43 47 c Farewell Spit.... NE 1 30.45 No OR Westport SE 1 30.43 39 BC Oaeymouth Bbr 30 4<i 3s o Arthur's Pass ... Culm 311.2S 30 B Christchurch Calm 30.3t 48 nAkaroa NE 1 30.35 ' U o limaru RW 1 30.41 45 O "am"ra Calm 30.39 42 BC I)unedin Calm 30,40 40 BC Queenstown K\V 1 ;!0.40 26 B N«?gets NW 1 30.3S 42 B UluH KB 1 30.20 35 CZ