METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 141, 14 December 1908, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN. Rose to-day — 4h llm a.m. ; sets 7h 19m p.mRises to-morrow — 4h llm a.m. ; sets 7h 20m iuni. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday — Morning, Oh 50m ; afternoon, lii 82m ; total, 2U 22m. THE MOON. (Palculated for New Zealand Mean Time). D. H. M. First quaiter 1 0 14 a.m. j Pull moon ... 8 9 14 a.m. j Last quarter 10 8 42 a.m. New moon 23 11 20 p.m. First quaiter 30 5 10 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, COdeg. ; minimum, 50deg. ; mean, 55deK- \ To-day, 1 p.m. — GJdeg. j RAINFALL. For the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—' Total to date during month— o.3sin. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day — 12 miles per hour. BAROMETER. | To-day— 9.3o a.m., 20.77; 1 p.m., 29.64. j NEW ZEALAND. THE PAST 48 HOURS. Slowly falling barometer northward of East Cape and Manukau Heads, also southward of Lyttelton and Hokitika, but there has been little movement in other parts of the country. Strong winds to gale from the northward with rain have been experiepced northward of Thames and Manuftau Heads, but the weather has been fine everywhere else. TO-DAY' 3 WEATHER. FBOM OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT 9 A.St

Uutt |Ca)m I a)-t's 155 I li C Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; i b, fre?h breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale oi exceptional seventy. Weather.— B, blue sfcy, be the atßiospheKC clear or heavy ; C, clouds, passing clouds ; D, drizzling ram; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; 11, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole sky covered wl&h thick clouds; I', passing showers; U, squally; R, ram, continued ram; S, snow; T, thunder; U» ugly, threatening appearance. THE i'TIXCHE. At 9 a.m. the following forecast was 'issued for the subsequent 24 hours: — Wind.— Kortheily, stiong to gale northward of Napier, Taupo, and Kawhia; easterly, strong to gale after irom 12 to 1G hours thence to Westport and Capo Campbell; moderate to strong easterly winds elsewhere. Barometer. — Fall everywhere. Sea. — Heavy, on oasl coast northward of Eaafc Cape and on west coast noith ot Cape Eftniont, also at Casjtf-point, Capes Campbell, Farewell Spit, and Ifoulwind ; moderate everywhero else. Tides. — High on east coast northward of East Cape and on west coast north of Cape Egmont, also at Capes Campbell, Farewell Spit, and Foulwind, and at Cabtlepoint. Gain.— Probably heavy north waid of East Cape, Taupo, and Raglan, and is probable generally thence southward to Eaikoura and Westport after 12 to 20 hours. Warning signal for northeily gale is exhibited :it Cai/e Mana Van Diemen, Tiritiri, and East Cape, and for easterly gale at Cape Campbell, Stephen Island, Faiewell Spit, and Cape Foulw md. 2. A. EDWIN.

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