METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 146, 18 December 1933, Page 3

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, seventeenth day, 2.23 'p.m.; first quarter, twentyfourth dny, 7.39 a.m. (Standard time.) MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1933. The Stin.—The sun rose today 4.12 a.m.; sets, 7.22 p.ni. Rises tomorrow, 4.13 a.m.; sets, 7.23 p.m. (Standard Time.) Bright Sunshine. —Yesterday:. Morning, nil; afternoon, nil; total, nil. Temperature in'Shade.—Maximum, G6.odeg; minimum. 56.2 deE; mean, Bl.ldcß. Rainfall. —Total for the 48 hours preceding 9 a.m. today, 0.36 in. Total to date for month, 0.37 in. . . Wind.—Velocity of the wind for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. today, 14.!>■ m.p.h.. Barometer.—Yesterday, 9 a.m., 29.90 in. Today, 9 a.m:, 29.81 in. \ • SYNOPSIS OF LAST 48 HOURS. .... On Saturday another rather intense westerly depression moved on to the Dominion,- and strong and squally north-west winds prevailed. Rain, however, was confined chiefly to the western portion, of the South Island, the North Island and the eastern districts of the South Island still experiencing warm and dry conditions. During Sunday ,i shallow secondary was centred west of the South Island, and since last night it has crossed the Dominion. Consecmently. rain became fairly general during Sunday and Sunday night, heavy falls occurring at many places in the South Island. Since last night winds have changed to southerly about and south of Cook Strait, while.thence northwards northerner or westerlies still prevail, but by this morning winds had decreased generally in force.. i ..',.