METEOROLOGICAL WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 150, 21 December 1907, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN.

Rose to-day— 4h 13m a.m. ; sets 7h 23m p.m. Rises to-morrow — 4h 13m a.m. ; 6ets 7h 24m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday — Morning, 4h 4m ; afternoon, 6h 34m ; total, lOh 38m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time). D. H. M. New moon ~ ~ - 5 9 52 p.m. First quarter _ „ _ 12 1 46 p.m. Full moon .. „ _ 20 5 25 a.m. Last quarter 28 10 40 a.m. TEMPERATURES IN SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, 67.8 ; minimum, 51 ; mean, 59.4. To-day — 1 p.m., 71deg. RAINFALL. \ For the twenty-four houra preceding 9 a.m. to-day — Nil. Total to date — 1.24in.0n three days; WIND. Average xeloeity for tho twenty-four hours preceding 9 a.m. to-daj'— B miles an hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— l p.m., 30.02; 5 p.m., 30.07 To-day— 9.2o a.m., 30.14 ; 1 p.m., 30.11. NEW ZEALAND. THE PAST 24 HOURS. Slowly rising barometer everywhere. Strong easterly winds with rain have been experienced at most places northward of East Cape, Taupo, and Manukau Heads;' moderate to strong winds principally from the southward and flue weather in all other parts of the Dominion. TO-DAY'S WJ3ATHEB. MOM OBSERVATIOKS TAKEN AT 9 A.U,

vWind.— L, light; br, oreeze; f b, fresh breeze ; in g, moderate gale ; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or^ heavy; C, clouds, passing clouda; D, drizzling ram; V, foggy; G, gloomy, dark" weather; °U, hull; L, lightning; Jl, misty; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds ; 1 , passing showers ; ■Q, 6nutUly ; R, rain, continued rain ; S, Enow ; T, thuudcr ; U> ugly, threatening appearance. » THE FUTURE. At 9 a.m. the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours: — Wind. — Strong to gale from the eastward at all places northward of East Cape, Tatipo, and Manuknu Heads, probably extending southward to Napier after 3o hours; moderate to stiong and generally from th 4 eastward evciywhere else. Barometer.— Fall at all places northward of East Oaj'e, Taupo, und! Manukau Heads; little movement elsewlieie. Sea. — Heavy on post coast north of East Cape probably extending southward of Castlepoiiit after 30 houve. ( Tides.— High on, east coast noith of East Capo; good thence southward; poor on all weetcrn coast. Rain ia probable northward of East Cape, Taupo, and Manukau Heads. Warning signal for easterly gale is exhibited at Cape Murin Van Diemen, Tiritiri, and will be shown at East Cape after sunrise. , R. A. EDWXN.

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