METEOROLOGICAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 167, 12 July 1918, Page 1

METEOROLOGICAL.

FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1918.

THE SUN - . Rose to-day 7.22, sets 4.42. Kise s to-morrow 7.22, sets 4.43. TEMPERATURE IN SHADE. Yesterday: Maximum 56; minimum 49, mean o2£. RAINFALL. For 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. today : nil. THE MOON. (Calculated N.Z. Mean Time.) " D. H. M. Last Quarter .... 1 3 12 p.m. New Moon 8 7 52 p.m. First Quarter ... 16 6 sj> p.m. Full -Moon ... ... 24 8 5 a.m. Last Quarter ... 31 2 44 a.m. WIND. Direction and nature of wind at noon to-day, S.W. - BAROMETER. Yesterday, 9 a.m. 28 r ol '. j To-dav"'29.47; noon 29.55. HUMIDITY OF THE ATiIOSPHERE. Hr T. C. O. Scott .(Stoke) reportß •e follows on the humidity of the atmosphere:— TO DAY'S WEATHER. •"•-•>- ■ ■•.07-.. ! .f - n n . tai{p n at 9 a m.:—» Auckland—'wind S.W. ; bar. 29.86; ther. 55: blue sky. Napier—wincr calm ; 'bar. 29.53; ther 56;. blue skv. Wellington—wind S.W. ; bar. 29.68; ther. 52; blue sky. . Farewell Spit—wind W. ; bar. 29.71; ther. 50; blue sky.. ....-.,.■. ■Christchurch —wind -S-AV-*-p"-bar 29.56; . ther. 58 'blue si\y and clouds. Dunedin—wiiia S.W. ; bar. 23.66 ; ther. 52; blue sky arid clouds. Bluff—wiu'cf v/ ; bar. 29.61; the/. 43,- cloudy.

The indications are for southerly winds, moderate to strong, and veering by south-to west. The indications are for a temporary improvement, but there is every prospect of bad weather. The barometer has a rising tendency. Sea