METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 149, 21 December 1923, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

FEIDAY, 21st DECEMBER.

' Bright . Suartune: Yesterday—Morning ah 0m; afternoon, eh 30m; total, 12h 30m. temperature in Shade—Maximum, 66.7deg.; minimum, 47.6deg.;-mean, 57Jdeg. ■■ Kainfall-Total for the 24 hour, preceding L B-mo n »£ raCe- T°tal to "'* dUriD« Barometer-Yesterday, 9 a.m., 2J.59. • To-day, 9 a.m., 29.85; noon, 29.87. •' -. inJ he ba«>raet« hai rl«n, bnt to rtUI be'wmAT? 1 & th! B°. utJ l"? dirtricU. Strong west to south-west wind* have pr«vaU«d. and :S?i fl 71 ather ">d'showers have been experienced in many parts,.but improved- conditions were in evidence this morning.

Weather— B, blue iky, be tbe atmosphen clear or hazy; C, cloudy, pasting clouds; D, (Milling rain: F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; U, hail; L. lightning; 11. misty; 0. overcast, tbe whole sky covered with thick cloud*; P, passing (bowers; 4, squally; B, rain, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; D, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, buy. Wind—C. calm; L. light; Br. breese; H, fresh breeze; MG. moderate gale; 0, whole or heavy gale; W, gale ol exceptional-seterttj.

The following forecast was Issued at li« to-day tor tbe ensuing 24 hours:— r . Winds—Southerlies prevailing; moderate to strong northward of Hokitika and LvtteltoD; strong to gale at times elsewhere. Barometer—Rising. Seas—Heavy in Fdveaux Strait; moderate swell elsewhere. Tides—Good generally. - ! Warning signal for southerly gale is exhibited at Nugget Point, ■ .: Weather—Fair to cloudy generally, but. unsettled at times in the northern and southernmost districts, with scattered rainfall. D. C. BAIKS. 1 Vrida;, List December. 1921.

Stetioa. Wind. Bn. i"; w«'tt'» . ' 3bad»_ Cape Maria YD SE fb 30.09 68 0 Husscll „ „ SI 80.08 68 0 Hokianga Heads SW I 30.02 '68 BC Kaipara Sig Stn S fb: 30.04 06 C Manukau.Hds BSW br 50.03 59 C Auckland SW br. 30.00 65 O Tint ri NE fb - 62 O K»whia 8W tb 30.02 67 O Tauranga SW br 30.04 65 O Taupo gW 1 30:00 58 B East Cape - Sfb 30.01 67 C Gisborne ...;... SSE 1 30.0t 64 O Napier ....:. HE 1 30.06 78 £ Castlepoint SI — ' 70 B Capo i»alHser KB 1 — 72 B Cape Egmbnt ... 8W fb 80.07 61 C fatea SW 1 30.01 63 ' B Wanganui WSW I 30.03 63 BC Foxton W br — 62 BC Wellington NI ' 20.05 65 BC Cape Campbell ... W 1 29.98 59 BZ i'arewell Spit ... Wfb 30.10 67 BZ Weetport .„ S 1 80.07 56 BC Greymouth ST br 30.01 57 BC Arthur'a Tass Not received. Christchurch Calm 29.93 63 B « Akaroa L.H W 1 29.00 5S ' B Timaru N1 29.79 ,62 BO Oamaru NW 1 29.74 65 BC Dunedin NW fb 28.72 62 BC Queenstown ... SW mg 29.78 59 C Nugget* W 1 — 47 C Bluff MW fb 29.52 58 BCP-