METEOROLOGICAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 18, 23 January 1919, Page 1

METEOROLOGICAL.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1919.

THE SUN. Rose to-day, 4.61; sets, 7.25.' KTsee to-morrow, 4.bz : sets, 7.24. TEMPERATURE IN SHADE. Yesterday; Maximum, 83'; minimum £0; mean, I RAINFALL, For 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to Say: nil.. THE MOON. (Calculated N.Z. Mean Time.) D. H. M, New Moon ... 2 7 64 a.m. First Quarter ... 9 10 25 a.m. Full Moon ... 16 8 14 a.m. . Last Quarter ... 24 3 52 p.m. , WIND Direction and nature of wind at noon to-day Bgßt. BAROMETER. Yesterday, 9 a.m., 29.82. To-day, 9 a.m., 29.82; noon, 29.81. HUMIDITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE. Mr T. C. C. Scott (Stoke) reports ma follows on the humidity of the atmosphere. . To-day, noon, 59 per cent. Yesterday, 76 per cent. TO-DAY’S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.mAuckland: Wind, W., light; bar. ah ss P* ,1 t__ A BA . -1-.. 111.. « r.n,l 01/Mlrttr

30.05; thCr. 70; sky blue and cloudy. NapiA: Wind, W., fresh breeze; bar. 29; 97; ther. 73; sky blue and cloudy. Wellington: Wind. N., fresh breeze; bar. 29.90; ther, 64; sky blue and cloudy. Westport: Wind, N.E., light; bar. 29198; ther. ’59; sky hazy. Christchurch: Wind, N.W., light •breeze; bar. 29.68; ther. 70; sky blue and clouuy. Dunedin: Wind, N., fresh breeze; ■bar. 29.55; ther. !*lue and ctou^y. Bluff: Wind, N.W., fresh breeze; bar. 29.50; ther. 53; skyi overcast ; equally.

The indications are for westerly winds, strong to gale and backing by west to south. The weather will probably prove and changeable, clouding ; over and “ rain later. Barometer unsteady, but rising soon. Sea considerable in Strait; tides good.