METEOROLOGICAL
WEQ&ESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1918.
THE SUS Rose to-day, 5.34 ; sets, 6.49. \ Rises to-morrow, 5.35; sets, 6.18. LJtMPERAXURE IN. SHADE. Yesterday: Maximum, 76; minimum, 54; mean, 65. • ' -< ; RAINFALL. For 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day: Nil. THE MOON. (Calculated N.Z. Mean Time.) X>. H. M, Laat Quarter .... 4 7 22 p.m. V * New Moon ... "..." IT" -"g* TT - 35 p.m. ; First Quarter ... 18 0 27 p.m. ; Full Moon .... 26 9 5 a.m.V WIND. \ Direction and nature of wind at noon to-day: South-west, light. BAR»M£ThK. Yesterday, 9 a.m., 29.93. To-day, 9 a.m., 30.06; noon, 30.12. HUMIDITY OF THE A TMOSFHERE •Mr T. 0. C. Scott (Stoked r»p©rta as ♦allow* on the humidity of the atmoaynmr*: — To-day, noon, 67 per cent, xesterday, 75 per cent.
WEATHER
From observaci'on? taken at 9 a.m. : W-SW., light; bar. 30.01; ther. 70; sky blue and cloudy. Gisborne—Wind, N., light; bar. 29.92; ther. 72; skv blue and cloudy. Napier—Wind, E-, light; bar. 29.92; ther. 70: sky blue. Cape Palliser —Not received. Cape Egmont—Wind, W„ fresh breeze; -bar. 30.00; ther. 68; sky blue and' cloudy. , Wanganui—Wind, N.W., breeze; bar. 29-99; ther. 68;. sky blu a and ClOUdy. ■ , ___ , r-r 1 Wellington—Wind, N.W., breeze; bar. 29.93; ther. 68; sky blue and Cfeme Campbell—Wind, breeze; *>ar. 29.96; ther. 62; sky overcast Farewell Spit-Wind, W., fresh breeze; bar. 30.04;,ther. 67; showery. Westport—Wind, S.W., fresh breeze; :- bar. 29.05; ther. 60; sky blue and cloudy-; bar rough. Greymouth-Wind, E., light breeze; bar. 29.97; ther. 61; sky blue; -bar T °Christchurch-Wind, S.W-, lisrht breeze; bar. 29.88; ther. 66; sky blue and' cloudy. , , Dunediiv-Wind, S.W., fresh breeze; bar. 29.98; ther. 58; sky cloudy; passine showers. . , Bluff—Wind. 5... fresh breeze; bar. 30.02; ther. 54; sky overcast.
"The. indications are for southerly moderate to strong winds. Expect changeable and showery weather, a n °. cold night. The- barometer has a rising tendency,- Sea heavy in Strait, but decreasing; tides good.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 50, 27 February 1918, Page 1
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