METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 29, 3 August 1923, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON WEATHER

MIIDAY, 3rd AUGUST.

The Moon—Last quarter, sth day, G. 54 a m • new moon, 12th day, 10.48 p.m.; first quarter' 19th day, 5.12. p.m.;. full moon, 20tu day .io P-iu- ...

__The Sun-r.ose to-day, Oh 57m a.m.; sets, 4b aim p.m.. lliees to-morruw, Oh 50m a.m.; sets, 4h oam p.m. Bright Sunshine: Yesterdaymorning, 5h sni; afternoon, 3h 15m; total, 4h

Temperature in Shade—Maximum, 53.3deg. minimum, 81.2c1eg.; mean, 42.2deg.

Kainfull—Total for the. 24 hours: preceding m ont.u°u^,r NU-Toui to date during tiic

\\ md—Velocity of the wind for the 21 hours preceding ft a.m. to-day—o.« miles per hour llurometer—Yesterday, 9 a.m., 30.49: to-day 9 a.m., 31).ai.; noon, 30.25.

SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. High pressure still rules, but lias shown a decreasing tendency since yesterday, anil easterly breezes .have bucked to northerlics. The weather lias been fair to cloudy, and the night was very cold everywhere, hard frosts occurring in many parts.

TO-DAY'S WEATHER.

From observations taken at 9 a.m.

Weather—B, blue sky, be tlie atmosphere dear or hazy; C, cloudy, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, fogg}; Q, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M. misty; 0. overcast, the whole sky covered with "thick clouds; 1\ passing showers; Q. Equally; K. rain, continued rain; S. snow; T. thunder; U. ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy.

Wind—O, calm; L, "light; Br, breeze; FB Cresh breeze; MG, moderate gale; G, whole or heavy Bile; W, gale ot exceptional severity.

The following forecast was issued at i a ra to-4»y:- " Winds—lncreasing, easterly, strong to "pi.northward of East Cape and Ka\vhia • \vrdc' rate to stropg easterly, backing to iimrlicrlv thence to llotitika and Lyttelton; nurtlierlim elsewhere. Barometer—Fall everywhere. Seas—Jtough northward of East Cane- mode, rate elsewhere. ' ' Tides-Poor in. Cook Strait, moderate on-all the western coast, and good elsewhere Warning signals for easterly gules ari> pv hibited at Cape Maria Van Dielen and T?rf.

Weather—Unsettled and cloudy wit<i r- in following shortly, northward of' East Caps and Ha*.];*; Increasing cjoud ami hazhic-s lor a change follswiug e'tcT.-liere. ■"'■";-=> D- C. BATES, iri'ia.v, Sra August, 1023.

Station. Bir —^- Wind. in Ther. We'tk'e Shade Cape Maria V.D. NE fb 30.10 55 Kussell NE fb 30.2S 48 Hokianga Heads W fb 30.25 48 Kaipara Sig. Stu. E 1 30.20 ■ 54 Manukau Heads NE br 80.27 45 Auckland Culm 30.35 52 Tiritiri ENE fb 30.30 50 Kawhla S 1 30.2U 40 Tauranga SB 1 30.31 4!) Taupo : Galm 30.27 41 East Cape SW 1 30.33 45 Uisbprne X 1 30.81 45 Napier Calm 30.38 44 Castlepoiut W 1 ■ 30.35 44 Cape Paiilser Calm 30.34 15 Cape Eginont ... NE fb 30.25 ' 4(i l'atea Calm SO.2S 42 Wanganui XE 1 30.28 43 I'oxton E 1 30.20 37 Wellington Calm 30.31 43 Cape Campbell ... Nfb 30.30 45 Karcewll Spit E 1 20.25 47 Westport SE 1 .30.25 .41 Ureyiiiontli E br 30.50 33 Arthur's Pass ... Culm '30.10 .28 Clirißtchureli E 1 80.10 4i; .Aharoa XE fli 30.20 4C Tiuiaru ....'. X 1 30.10 45 Oamaru X 1 ' 30.10 n !><me<lin NE (b 30.1G 44 QueeUßtotnv X\V 1 80.13 27 Nuggets XE 1 30.12 40 iilult N I 30.04 35 O c c B B BC C , Z O C B . BC B B B'.. BC B i BB B BZ C 1} !i B 3! C O ■ HC BO BB cz