METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 59, 7 September 1909, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

WELLINGTON'S WEATHEB. THR SON. Rose to-day — 6h 7m a.m. ; sets 5h 31m p.m. Rises to-morrow— 6h 5m a.m. ; sets 5h 32m p.m. BRIOHV SUNSHINE Yesterday— Morning, nil; afternoon, Oh 30m; total, Oh 30m. THK MOOS. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.? D. H. M. Last quarter 7 7 14 a.m. New moon 15 2 39 a.m. First quarter 23 6 1 a.m. Full moon ..: 30 0 35 a.m. TEMPERATURE TK SHADE. Yesterday — Jlsiximum, 53dcg.; minimum, 42deg. ; mean, 47deg. 10-day, 1 p.m.— s3deg. RAINFALL. For the 24 hours preaedingr 9 a.m. to-dar— Nil. Total to date during the month— o.2Sin. Total for August— 5.46 in. WIND. Averag? velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— 7 miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— s p.m., 29.80. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 29.68; 1 p.m., 29.46. NEW ZP.ALAND.' SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. Conditions have' greatly changed during the past 1 24 hours. Tlie barometer has risen slowly over the North Island, and the winds have changed there from south-east to north-west for moie cloudy and warmer condUions. The barometer has fallen in the south, and the v/intls have changed from eastward to westward for more unsettled -neatlier. A fresh is still reported in the river at Qisborne, and the seas have decreased on the east coast of the North Island. Steady r.\in fell in tbe night at Cambridge and New Plymouth. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. IKOM OBSEIIVA.TIONS TAKEN AT 9 A.M

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; f b, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or beavy gale; w, gale oi exceptional seventy. Weathei.— B, blao &i;y, be tuo uiuiosphere clear or heavy; U, clouds, passing clouds.; D, dueling rain; V, loggy; <i, giooniy, dark weather; li, bail; L, lightning; Al, misty; O overcast, the wuole sky covered with thick clouds,; I', passilig showers; Q, squally, U, raw, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance. FORECAST. At 9 a.m. the following forecast was Wued for the subsequent Zi hours :- Winds.— Moderate to strong westerly winds are probable generally. Barometer.— Fall slowly everywhere, but rising everywhere after 24 liojurs. Sea. — Heavy in Foveaux Straits, and between Castlcpoint and Kaikoura; moderate elsewhere. Tides.— Good generally in the south, nnd moderate on the shores of the North Island. Rain.— Showery and changeable weather is probable generally. Warning signal for westerly gale is exhibited at Centre Island and Nugget Point. ■ , - I>. C. BATES.

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