METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 143, 14 December 1933, Page 12

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

MOON FOR DECEMBER. .Full moon, second day, 1.1 p.m.; last quarter, tenth day, 5.54 p.m.; new moon, seTeateenth day, 2.23 p.m.; first quarter, twenty fourth day. 7.39 a.m. (Standard time.)

;, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1933. . The Sun—The sun rose today 4.11 aim ; sets 7.19 p.m. Kises tomorrow 4.12 a.m.: sets 7.20 p.m.. (Standard Time.) , BriKht Sunshine.—Yesterday:: Morning,':ahr 12min; afternoon, Chr 42min; total, -Bhr i>4min. ■ ■ :. Temperature in. Shade.—Maximum, Tl.Odeg: minimum, sS.2deg: mean, 04.9deg. Rainfall.—Total for the 24 hours preceding t. «-m- today, nil. Total to date for month. U.ulin. Wind.—Velocity of the-wind for the 24 hourl preceding 9 a.m. today, 9.3 m.p.h. Barometer.—Yesterday, 9 a.m., 30.201n; today, B a.m., 30.081n. "

SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. :The anticyclone, over- New Zealand hag moved very slowly eastwards and barometers have fallen slightly with the advance of a depression from the westward. Light to moderate north winds have predominated and the ■weather has remained fair to fine and warm over the whole Dominion! •

TODAY'S WEATHER. ' Station Wind. Pres-Temp. Weather ■ : ■ : * Cape Maria Y.D. XE 2 30.1| 71 O Russell. NNE 2 ■ 30.18 67 OZ Hoklanga Hds. .N l; 30.19 68 BC Kaipara Sig. Sn.-—Line interrupted. Manukau Hds. .. N 2 30.17 77 BC Auckland NE 2 30.19 70 B Tlritirl .... WXW 2 70 C Kawhia W 3 71 BC Tauranga ..... Calm 30.18 72 B Opotiki Calm 30.24 74 B Taupo - SI 69 B East Cape N 4 30.11 70 B Gisborne SE 3 30.17 70 BCI Napier ...\.'. NE 3 30.11 70 BZ Castlepolnt ... NW 4 30.02 . 74 B Cape Palliser . NE 2' 70 B New Plymoutli . Calm 30.14 72 BC Cape Egmont .. S 2 30.16 68 BC; Patea Calm 30.15 68 B < Wanganui W 1 30.14 80 B ' Foxton NW 1 '- 69 BO) Wellington ... If 4 3».O8 65 G i Cape Campbell . N 6 30.10 64 B Farewell Spit NW 2 30.08 73 B Westport ... NW 2 30.12 67 B ') Greymouth E 2 30.08 65 B ' Arthur's Pass N\V 2 60 Br 1 Kalkoura NE 2 30.02 64 T i Chrlstchurch . ENE 4 29.95 63 C 1 Akaroa L'house.—Not received. 1 Timaru ........ E 2 29.98 65 O "i Oamaru ...... NE 1 29.98 66 C Dunedin' NE 1 29.93 ,65 B ' Alexandra.—Not received. ' Queenstown ... SW 4 29.93 -65 C Nuggets ...... N3' 29.90 70 BC Bluff N4 29.89 65 'Q Puysegur Pt... NW 6 29.92 67 C

Weather.—B. blue iky; 8.C., blue tkyvui attached clouds; C, cloudy; 0. orercut; Q, llooray, dull; U, ugly, threatening: B. continuous or «tead» rain; S, snow; D, drinli] P. passing enowers; ,H, hall; <J, tqually; L,' lightning;-T. thunder; F. foe; U., mitt: I, haze. Beaufort scale or win a force with equivalent telocitles at 16ft above ground.^o, calm, 0-1 m.p.h.; 1, light air, 2-3; 2, slight breeze. 4-TI 1,-moderate breeze. 12-16: 5; fresb breeze. IT--21: 6, strong breeze. .52-2.7 ;, 7. high wind, 28-33; 8. gale, 34-40: 9. atrong, gale. '41-48: 10, whol« eal«, 40-56: 11, itorm, 67-65; It, 4urrlcan«. ' ■'■ >'■' '■'■ > .•■:■