METEOROLOGICAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 August 1912, Page 7

METEOROLOGICAL

THE SUN. The sun sets to-day at 5.10 p.m. and rises to-morrow at- 6.40 a.m. THE MOON. The moon sets to-day at 9.9 p.m. and rises to-morrow ’at 8.45 a.m. 1 LOCAL REPORT. | The maximum temperature recorded yesterday was 54 degrees, and the mini- . mum for the night was 45 degrees. At nine o’clock this morning the temperature was 45 degrees, and the barometer regis- \ was 0.03 inches. | WEATHER REPORTS. | Westport.—Wind, south, light; baroi meter, 30.00; thermometer, 45 degrees; j tides, moderate; bar, moderate, j Greyrnouth.—Wind, oast, light; baro- ! meter, 29.97; thermometer, 45 degrees; : tides high ; bar moderate. 1 WEATHER FORECAST. I Last evening the Dominion Meteorolo- ’ gist telegraphed the following weather | summary and forecast: —“The barometer has fallen elsewhere and the weather has become milder and the sky overcast ,in ' most parts of the country. Rain has falj leu in the north and several other places. Northerly breezes have predominated. 1 Present indications are tor cloudy and un- ! settled weather, with mist and rain foli lowing, generally. Moderate to strong nor- ; therly winds expected, with tailing baro- | meter elsewhere.” j Rev. D. C. Bates (Dominion Meteoroioi "ist) wired at noon to-day as follows : I ° “Easterly moderate to strong winds, I but northerly wids prevailing and fresheni ing after 24* hours, for a storm area api pears to be approaching from the westS ward. Expect unsettled and cloudy weaj thcr ami misty at times; rain probable later; glass rise slowly, but fall after 24 \ hours, tides high and sea moderate.”

PHASES OF. THE MOON--AUGUST, Last quarter ... 6 3.48 p.m. New moon ... 13 7.28 a.in. First quarter ... 20 4.27 a.m. Full moon ... 28 .7.29 a. m. Perigee ... 12 9.6 p.m. Apogee ... 25 8.6 X).m.