METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 156, 31 December 1923, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

MONDAY, Slat DBCBMBEE.

The Bun—Hoae to-day, 4h 19m a.m.; Bete 7h 27id p.m. Kises to-morrow, 4hi2oma.m.; sets 7h 28m .p.m.

Bright Sumhine: Yesterday—Morning, 5h 30m; afternoon, Oh 10m; total, lib. 40m.

Temperature in Shade—Maximum, 72.8deg. • minimum, 58.4deg.; mean, Co.odeg. .

Rainfall—Total for the 24 hours preceding mo°n?hil°S d 2?r Nil- T°tal tO date dSta« thi

Wind—Velocity of the- wind for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—7.7 miles per hour* 'Barometer—Yesterday; 9 a.m., 30 02 Today, 9 a.m., 30.01; noon; 30.01,

SYNOPSIS OF LAST 48 HOURS. i Scattered rainfall has been reported, but fan to cloudy weather has predominated, with irr^Jsface'saturda" 0, 1116'™ m" ""

Weather—B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or hazy; O, cloudy, passing clouds; D, dnzzhng rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; ,H. hail; L, lightning; M, misty- o 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.

Wind-rC, calm; L, light; Br, breeze- FB fresh breeze; MG, moderate gale; G, whole or heavy gste; W, gala of exceptional Beverity

The following forecast wa» issued at 9 «.m. to-day for tho eosuing 24 hours:— • Winds—Moderate: and variable winds; easterlies prevailing .northward of East Cane: and Kawhia; northerlies elsewhere. Barometer—Fall everywhere after about 2* hours. Sea*—Moderate swell between Castlepoint and Eaikoura; moderate elsewhere. Tides—Good on all th& eastern coast; poor in Cook Strait; moderate- elsewhere. Weather—Warm and. humid conditions, with increasing cloud and haziness generally, preceding a change. ; D.' C. BATES. Monday, 31st December, 1023.

Admiral Sir. S. Fremantle has drawn attention to tho large number of men in the Royal Navy who cannot swim, and he thinks this" high" percentage 'i» di£oreditable to the Navy.

StUlom. Wind. Bir. In - |3had» Ws'tU 1, Cape Maria YD ESE Ib 80.09 72 K«?se" ■' SB. fb 30.08 68 Hofcianga Heads 3W 1 30.03- 71 Kaipara. Sig Stn ... S 1 30.00 08 Manukau Beads SW. 1 30.06 68 Auc^and S 1 30.05 72 ™*>" SE 1 _ 67 Kawhla SW • 30.04 67 Tauranga Wbr 30.04 75 ■Cailpo Calm 30.02 os East Cape N I 30 . 0 io* Uisborne SW 1 30.00 72 £ apJ,er v; •'• Calm so-*® 77 Castlepoint SI —> 70 Cape Pdlliaer ... KW ft _i 79. Cape Egmont ... Wfb 30.09 05 Fatea .'.... NW br 30.03 04 . Wanganui NSWbr 30.05 63 Foj;ton w 1 — 68 Wellington : BSE 1 30.01 71 Cape Campbell ... N 1 30.05 87 Farewell Spit El 30.01 . ,70 Westport SWI 30.08 58 Ureymouth Wbr 30.M co Aitthur'sPass ... KW 1 30.05 70 Chriatchureh Calm 30.08 07 Akaroa L.H NE 1 30.00 87 Tlmaru Culm '• 29.00 05 Oamaru NE 1 29.05 C 3 Dunedin XE 1 29.06 80 Queenstown ... SW br 29.90 04 Nuggets SW I — 60 Mutt : 3?W 1 28.91 50 Z Z B C C BC B BG BO B B B BB C C B BC O BC BZ B B B B B C ■ B BBC. B O DO