METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 95, 19 October 1909, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

» WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN. Rose to-day— 4h S'm a.m. ; sets, 6h 15m p.m. Rises to-morrow — 4h 53m a.m. ; sets 6h 16m p.m. BRIGHV SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, Oh sn>; afternoon, Gh 40m; total, llh 45m.

THE MOON.

TEMPERATURE IN SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, 60deg. ; minimum, 45deg. ; mean, 52cle;*. To-tfay, 1 p.m. — 04deg. RAISFALJC. For the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day-Total to date during the month— l.94in. Total rainfall for September— 2-Ciin. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— B miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— s p.m., 29.73. Today— o.3o a.m., 29.75; 1 p.m., 29.71. NEW ZEALAND. BYNOPSI3 OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. Barometric gradients have increased through the barometer rising in the north, and falling in the south. The winds have changed by the south to south-west northward of New Plymouth and Napier, and to the northward in the South Isalnd. The weather has been generally fair except on the West Coast and the southern districts of the South Island. The night was cold ' over the North Island.

TO-DAy'S WEATHER. rilOM OB3EKVATIOKS MKKS AT 9 A.H

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; 1 b, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy sale: w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather.—*, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; h\ loggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; h, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky coveied with thick clouds; P, passing showers; (J, squally, X, ram, continued lam; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance. FORECAST. At 9 a.m. the following forecast was issued /or the subsequent 24 hours :- Winds.— Southerly winds, moderate to strong, are probable northward of East Cape, 'J'aupo, and llaglan, and westerly thence to Castlepoint and Xow I'lymouth, but westerly, stioag to gale, eis.ewhere. _ Barometer.— Little movement noithward of New Plymouth and Napier, but fall elsewhere, and probably low in the southernmost rtistricts. Sea.— Rough between Castlepoint and Kaikoura, and on all the western coast; moderate elsewhere. Tides. — Good on all the western coast and south of Xkaroa ; moderate all other ports. Weather.— Cool and changeable weather may be expected northwaid of New Plymouth and Napier, and unsettled and cloudy weather elsewhere, with rain probable on the West Coast and the southern distiicls especially Warning signal for westerly gale is exhibited at Caiies, Campbell, Farewell Spit, and Foulwind, and at Stephen's Island, Nugget Point, and Centie Island. I). C. BATES.

Station. Wind. Bar. Tlier in Shade! Weather. Cape Maria Vnn Dicmeu Russell Wanukftu Heads Auckland BHBt Cape Gisborno Spit, Napier Cttstleuomc How f Ijinoutli ... P-itea V^Kuganui Foxrou Welliwjton Blenheim Oupe Campbell ... KinUoura Nelson I'uruwell Spit ... Weßtiiort Cape i'oiUwiud ... Grojnioulli liokiuku. BeiUsy UtirisLchurcU ... Tiiuaiu Uauiaru J^oi'i Clialiners ... Daaeiim ... huitgeU luveieargill Bluff 81 S hr SW br SSW 1 \V 1 W 1 SB I NW br SW f b W br Win? Hfftlj N\V br N\V f ]> Wfb EUE 1 W 1 Wl E 1 B 1 NE 1 X 1 SV 1 Calm Hii 1 hEI E 1 aE 1 NJi 1 Calm NVV 1 Calm W 1 30-05 3'J-lU 30 00 29-9(i J9SS i'9-b5 2«-88 JUbO ■^!)71 2U"oj J976 29-B5 ■29' Hi 29-77 l! 9-80 J9 63 29-61 J9-G1 29-tiO 29-53 £)-53 i9-o0 -i9i9 57 66 S3 57 b'l 5S OL 53 5S 5U 57 57 OL 51 53 5b 52 53 50 5a 513 55 56 57 55 oti 5.2 53 bl o(j 53 B B C C O b B B 0 G O C a B C » B B it C B O B D C B B B G B B C B B C C JJ a

(Calculated Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon for i JNew l zes aland Me D. ... 6 ... 14 ... 22 ... 29 can Time.) H. M. 6 14 p.tn, 7 43 p.m. 6 34 p.m. 9 37 a.m