METEOROLOGICAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 171, 17 July 1918, Page 1

METEOROLOGICAL

WEDNESDEY. JULY 17, 1918.

Bose to-daj- 7.19; sets 4.46. jßises to-morrow 7.18: sets 4.47. TEMPERATURE IN SHADE. (Yesterday: Maximum 50; Jmn-mumj 36; mean 43. RAINFALL. For 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. today : nil. THE MOON. (Calculated N.Z. Mean Tiire.) D. H. M. Last Quarter •-• 1 8 12 p.m. New -Mooti 8 7 52 p.m. First Quarter ... 16 6 55 p.m. j Full -Moon ... ... 24 8 5 a.m. Last Quarter ... 31 2 44 a.m. WIND. TMrection and nature of wind at noon to-dav: Calm. * BAROMETER. Yestemay, 9 a.m. 28.88. To-dav. 9 a.m. 29.08; noon 29.14. HU-MTJUxft' OF THE ATMOSPHEHE. Mr T. C. C. Scott (Stoke) reports A* follows on the humidity of the Atmosphere:— To-day 72 per cent. Yesteldav 85 per cent. TO-UAIS WEATHER.. Prorn ohaflrv» r " ,T " • akp'ti "■'*"VJi' rn '' Auckland —wind W. ; bar. f 29.46; ther. 49; blue sky and clouds. > '.Napier—wind S.; bar. 29.30; ther. 41 blue sky. "Wellington—wind calm ; bar. 29.32";. ther. 38; blue sky and clouds. Westport—wind'E. ; baj. 29.56; ther. 36: blue sky and" mist. Christehurch —wind S.W. ; bar 29.26', ther. 37; cloudy. r>unedhi—wind W.S.W.: bar. . 29.25 , ther. 41; 'blne'skv- and clouds. Bluff—wind S.\\\: bar 29.29; ther. 42; blue sky and clouds, passing showers.

The -indications', are.'.for southerly strong to gale. The weather will probably be very cold. Barometer rising 'fast soon. Sea heavy in Strait and tides high. -,