METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 130, 29 November 1909, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE aON. Rose to-day—4h 13m a.m.; sets 7h 5m p.m. Rises to-morrow—Jh 13m a.m.; sets 7h Cm p m '. URIGH7 SUNSHINE, total 111i ay iF n 'ng> 7' 1; afternoon ' 4h <sm; THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.)

TEMPERATURE IN SHADE. Yesterday - Maximum, 70dcg.; minimum. 56deg.; mean, 63dcg. To-day, 1 p.m.—o4dcg. RAINFALL. For the 21 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day-Total to dale during the month—l.22in. Total rainfall for October—2.7sin. WIND. .Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—9 miles per hour. ,T,T . BAROHETEtt. lesterday—s p.m., 29.80. To-day-9.30 a.m., 30.04; l p.m., 80.04. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE PAST 48 HOURS The weather has been very unsettled southward of East Cape, and heavy rain has fallen at Gishorne. Showery weather has been experienced in the souLhern districts, with strong north-westerly winds on Saturday, winch have changed to the eastward to-day; elsewhere the weather, though very changeable, has been mostly fine. Moderate to strouc S E Zk « T » p livai! cd generally with little movement of the barometer. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. J-BOM OBBEKVATIOK3 TAKEN AT 9 A.M

gale; w, gale oi exceptional seventy. Weather.— B, blue bky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy, C, clouds, pacing oouus; D, drizzling rain; F, loggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; 11, hail; L, lighining; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole sky LOveiud with ttuuk clouds; P,* passing buowers; Q, squally, U, ram, continued rain ; S, suow ; T, thunder ; U, ugly, threatening appearance. FOUECASI. At 9 a.m. the following forecast waa issued lo: the subsequent 24 hours :- Winds.— South-easteily, moderate to strong, are probable northward of Hokitika and Kaikoura, and oasteily oibew-here. Biiometer.— Littlu ir.ovenu.-nt generally. Sea. — Heavy about East Cape, and between Custlepomt and KaiKouru, aud considerable easterly swell on all the eastern coabl; moderate claowhci-e. Tides. — High on all the eastern coast and on the western coast oi the North Island; good elsewhere. Weather. — Cloudy and misty weatlier ie probable generally, with drizzling showers on the cist coast. Warding signal lor south-easterly gale is exhibited at East Cape. I>. C. BATES.

Last quarter Xcv/ moon Fin>t quarter Full moon i v. ... 5 ... 13 ... 21 9 1 4 8 M. 8 a.m. 48 p.m. 59 a.ir.. 22 p.m.

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