METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 17, 21 January 1924, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER MONDAY, art JUroiBY. The Moon.—Key moon, fth tfu. Ut »jb First quarter, Uth day, IMS pja.^ y*Si moon, 22nd day, 0.27 p.m. Last «u*TUt, SJth day, 5.23 p.m. . „ The Sun—Boss to-day, in Us. » m ; Th 22m p.m. Bises Jo-morrow, th *to a.m-: sets 7h 22m p.m. ; Bright Sunshine: V««terday—Mornlm, 7h 0m; afternoon, 6h 10m; total, 12a. TO"Temperatura In Shade—Maximum, ibMet • minimum, 55.6deg.; mean, 65.Sde£ Rainfall—Total for the 2< honn Dteeedias • montlf-l d?ln7 NU- ****° ■*** dU^* Wind—Velocity of tha »md for til* Zt houri preceding 9 a.m. to-day—6J milet per Jiour. Barometer—Yesterday, 8 ajn.. 8044.V To* day, 9 a.m., SO.OOi noon, 29*7. SYNOPSIS OF. LAST 48 HOTJKfI.. Bain has fallen in the northernmost dictrictß but elsewhere, though dull at'timee the weather has been fair. Southerly and easterly breezes have predominated, and atmospheric pressure has shown a decreasing tendency In the North. ■ TO-DAY' 3 WEATHER. 1 [Ther. ( ■- Station. Wind. Bar. in We'th'l

Weather—B,- blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or hazy; C, cloudy, passing clouds- D drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, d»rk weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally R rain, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder' 11, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. Wind-C, calm; L, light; Br, breeze; FB fresh breeze; MG, moderate gale; G, whole or heavy gale; W, gale of exceptional severity.

The following foreca«t waa tintd it I im, to-day lor the ensuing 24 houri:— Winds—Easterly, strong to gale, northward of Kawhia and East Cape; south-easterly, moderate to strong and increasing, elsewhere. Barometer—Falling tendency In the north*™ districts; little movement elsewhere. Seas—Considerable northward of East Cane* rough thence to Kaikoura and oS the Teak coast of the North Island; moderate" else* where. Tides-High jiorthirard at Kalkow*; good southwards; low in Cook Strait; poor £ke» Warning signal* for easterly gale* are ex. hibited at Cape Maria Van Dlamen and TiriWeather—Warm and humid condition generally; rain probable In the northern ud east coast districts of ths Korth laland, and misty rain may b« expected at times elsewhere. D. 0. BATES, Monday, £lst January, US*.

Cape Maria VD SB fb Uussell ; .' E fb liokiiiaga Heads BE 1 Kaipara Sig Stn E fb Jlanukau Heads E fb Auckland E 1 riritiri Kawhia .. ,..:... E fb l'auranga SE mg laupo East Cape Uisbome HE br Napier Calm Oastlepoint ......... N 1 Uape i-alliser HE 1 Uape Egmont B I Patea E 1 Wanganui t'oxton E ib Wellington NE 1 Uape Campbell ....„ S I Farewell Spit ... SE br Westport SW- 1 Greymoutb ... N\V br Arthur's Pass... SW 1 Uhristchurch ...... Calm Akaroa L.H E 1 £imaru S 1 Oamaru Calm Uunedin E 1 Queenstown E 1 Nuggets NE 1 Blull ....I E br 29.77 75 ' Z 29.74 72 ' I? 29.73 75 CP. 29.76 69 'O 29.79 71 C 29.75 73 BO Not receive* ' 29.80 — BC 29,86 71 ■ H Not received. Not received. 30.00 70 BO 3U.0S 76 - C — 75 U — 77 B 30.10 70 '15 £9.93 C7 B Not received. — 72 BC 30.00 75 B 30.00 68 BZ 30.00 72 ' B 29.95 G5 BCF 29.91 CO B ' 30.02 — B 30.08 CS OD 30.05 til K 80.00 6-t O 30.03 64 . BO 30.07 53 O 30.00 65 X. — 59 F 30.01 58 OP