METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 51, 2 March 1909, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

WELLINGTON'S WEATHEB. THE SON. Rose to-day— sh 31m a.m. ; sets 6h 34m p.m. Rises to-morrow — 5h32ma.m.; sets 6h 32m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, Hi 10m; afternoon, 2h 45m; total, 3h 55m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. Full moon 7 2 2G p.m. Last quarter 15 8 12 p.m. New moon 22 7 41 a.m. First quarter 20 4 10 a.m. TEMPERATURE IN SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, Cldeg. ; minimum, 53deg ; mean, 57deg. To-day, 1 p.m. — Gideg. RAINFALL. For the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-daj— Nil Total to date— Nil. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preeedlng 9 a.m. to-day — 12 miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— s p.m., 30.17. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 30.24; 1 p.m., 30.08, NEW ZEALAND. THE PAST 24 HOURS. Moderate winds, principally from the southward, with fine weather and very little movement of the barometer m all parts of the country. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. mOM OBSEEVATIOKS TAXES AT 9 A.M

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; f b, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional seventy. Weather.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, toggy ; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; h, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; I', passing showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued ram; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance. THE FUTCSE. At 9 *.m. the following forecast wu. issued for the subsequent 24 hours :— Wind. — Easterly, moderate to strong at all places northward of Ljttelton and Hokitika; westerly, moderate to strong everywhere else. Barometer.— Rise slowly at all pla-es northward of Ljttelton and Hokitika; lall in the south. Sea.— Considerable swell on Ihe eastern coast from Cape Campbell northward; moderate elsewhere. Tides. — Good on eastern coast from Cape Campbell northward; poor on all western coast; moderate all other ports. U. A. EDWIN.

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