METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 108, 8 May 1909, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL

♦ WELLINGTON'S WEATHEB. THE SUN. Rose to-day— 6h 43m a.m.; sets 4h 50m p.m.Rises to-morrow— 6h -14m a.m. ; sets 4h 40m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, 2h lm; afternoon, 3h; total, oh m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time) „ , D. H. M. {ml moon 5 n 38 pm _ Last quarter 13 9 15 a.m. New moon 20 1 32 a.m. First quarter 27 0 68 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN SHADE. Y es terday — Maximum, 60deg.; minimum, 50deg. ; mean, Gsdeg. To day, 1 p.m.— 62deg. RAINFALL. For the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day-Total to date— O.SSin. WIND. Average velo«itv fur the 24 uoura preceding 9 a.m. to-daj— l3 miles per hour. BAROMETER. lesterday— 5 p.m., 29.53. Todaj— 9.3o a.m., 29.05; 1 p.m., 29.52. NEW ZEALAXDTHE PAST 24 HOUBS. The centre of low pressure in evidence yesterday south of Cook Straits has now pasted cahfcwdid, and the westerly area of low piesMire lorecasted at. due on the 9th is still advancing steadily over the Tasman Sea, and its lowest pressure passed Hobart in the early hours of jesterday morning. The winds n?w^T° a!>ed Si""* 011 *" wwterlj winds have prevailed over tie North Island, and southerhes were reported last night and this mouiRam has fallenin most parts of the country.