METEOROLOGICAL MOON FOR SEPTEMBER.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 60, 8 September 1926, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

MOON FOR SEPTEMBER.

The Moon. —New moon, 7th day, 6.15 p.tii First quarter, 15th day, 8.67 p.m. Fnil moon. £?nd day, 7.49 a.m. Last quarter, 29th day. 5.18 a.m.

WEDNESDAY, Bth SEPTEMBER

The Sun—Bose to-day, 6h 6m a.m.; sets 5h 32m p.m. Bises to-morrow, 6h 4m a.m.; sets 5h 33m p.m. Bright Sunshine: Yesterday—Morning;, lh 10m; afternoon, 4h 30m; total, 5h 40m. Temperature in Shade—Maximum, SB.od*f.; minimum, 39.1dcg.; mean, 48.5deg. Rainfall—Total for the 24 hours preceding B a.m. to-day—Nil. Total to date during Hie month—o.s4in.

Wind—Velocity of the wind for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.in. to-day—4.s miles per hour. Barometer—Yesterday, S a.m., 29.91. Today, 9 a.m., 29.84; noon, 29.82.

SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS.

Strong westerly and south-westerly winds have predominated, and atmospheric pressure has remained below normal In the South. The weather ha* been changeable generally, and showery in the northern, southern, and west_ra districts.

TO-DAY'S WEATHER.

B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy. C, clouds, passing clouds. D, drinling rain. F, foggy. O, gloomy, dark weather. H, hail, h, lightning. M, misty. 0, overcait, the whole eky covered with thick clouds. P, passing showers. <j, squally. X, rain, continuous rain, S, snow. T. thunder. TJ, ugly threatening appearance. Z, bajy. C, calm. L, light. BE, breeze. FB, fresh breese. MO, moderate gale. O, whole or heavy gale. W. cale of e.vc-ntional severity.

The following forecast was issued at • ■_■. to-day for the ensuing 24 hours:— Winds—Southerly, moderate to strong, northward of Kawhia and East Cape; westerly, _»<-ki_g to southerly, elsewhere. Barometer—Kising. Seas—Heavy on all the western coast and In Cook Strait; rough elsewhere. Tides—Good geaerally. Weather—Squally and colSer, with heavy showers, particularly on all the -western coa»t and southern districts. Snow on the higher levels in the South. D. C. BATES. Wednesday, Bth September, 1926.

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