METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 122, 23 May 1908, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. ! THE SUN. Rosa to-day-- 6h 58m a.m. ; sets 4h 36m p.m. Rißes to-moirow — 6h 59m a.m. ; «ets ?h 35m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yestet day— Morning, 50m; afternoon, 2U sm; total, 2h 55m. THE MOON. | s (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time). D. H. M. New moon _ — „ 1 3 3 n.m. First quarter „ ». „ 8 10 53 p.m. Full moon _ „ „ 16 4 2 p.m. Last quarter _ >. _ 23 11 47 a.m. I New moon .. .. „.30 2 44 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN SHADE. ■Yesterday — Maximum, 59deg. ; minimum, 54deg. ; mean, 57deg. | To-day, 1 p.m. — 57deg. | RAINFALL. For the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-da; r — Total to date during month — 1.17 in. 1 WIND. * Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— 34 miles an hour. BAROMETEK. Yesterday— l p.m., 30.20; 5 p.m., 30.20. Today— 9 a.m., 29.96 ; 1 p.m., 29.7. NEW ZEALAND. THE PAST 24 HOURS. Throughout the Dominion the barometer has fallen steadily,, but j it has aleo risen a httlo in the southernmost districts since about 6 a.m. Strong winds to gale from the northward have been experienced southward of Napier* and Wanganui. Rain has fallen in the. South Island generally. . ) i TO-DAY'S WEATHEE. i FHOM OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT 9 A.M

Wind. — L, light ; or, Dreeze ; t b, fresU breeze ; at g, moderate gale ; g, whole or heavy gule, w, gaie oi exceptional seventy. Weather. — B, blue eky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling lain; *', foggy; U, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole eky coveied with thick clouds ; P, passing showers ; i}, 6qually ; H, r»in, continued rain; d, enow; T, thunder; Ui ugly, threatening aopearuuee. 1 THE FUTURE. At 9 a.m. the following forecast was ieeued (or the subsequent 24 hours: — Wind.— Northerly, modeia£e to strong at all places .northward of Opotiki, Taujw, and K/.whii; westerly, strong to gale elsewhere. Barometer.— Rise- anuthwurd of Lyttelton and Hokitika, but falling again soon ; furtlier fall all other places. , , Sea.— Heavy ort all western coast and on east coast between Kaikoura and Oastlepoint ; oon T eideiable in Bay of Plenty; moderate clsewheift Tides. — High on all western coast and im east coast from Castlepoint southward ; moderate all other ports. Rain is probable southward of East Cape, Taupo, and Raglan. Warning signal for -westerly gale is exhibited at East Cape, Capes Campbell, Foul wind, Faiewell Spit, and Nuggets. E. A. KDWIN.

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