METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 135, 4 December 1909, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN. Rose to-day —4h Urn a.m.; sets 7h 10m p.m. Rises to-morrow —4h llm a.m.; sets 7h llm p.m. BRIGHT" SUNSHINE. Yesterday—Morning, 6h 85m; afternoon, 6h 30m; total, 13h sm. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.)

TEMPERATURE IN SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, 71deg.; minimum, 55deg.; mean, 63deg. To-day, 1 p.m.—72deg. RAINFALL. For the 24 hours preceding 0 a.m. to-day — Total rainfall for November—l.22in. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—l 2 miles per hour. BAROMETEB. Yesterday— 5 p.m., 29.98. To-day—9.3o a.m., 29.99; 1 p.m., 29.94. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OP THE LAST 24 HOURS. The barometer has fallen everywhere, and the weather has been warm and humid. Rain has fallen about East Cape. Moderate to strong easterly winds have prevailed over the North Island, and northerly elsewhere. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. FHOM OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT 9 A.M

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; t b, fresh breeze ; m g, moderate gale ; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather.— B, blue sty, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, olouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling ram; 1?, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightumg ; M, misty ; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; V, passing showers; Q, squally, ft, rain, continued rain; S, anow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance. FORECAST. At 9 a.m. the following forecast wai issued tor the subsequent 21 hours:— Winds.— Easterly winds, strong to gale, are probable northward of East Cape, Taupo, and Raglan, and nortiierly elsewhere. Barometer.— Fall everywhere, and fai> f . in the southern districts. Sea.— Heavy between Castlepoint and Kalkoura; considerable at East Cape, and increasing northwards; moderate elsewhere. Tides.— High northwaid of East Cape, and moderate all other ports. Weather.— Cloudy aud unsettled weather with rain is probable everywhere 1 . Warning signal for easterly gale at Cape Maria. Van Diemeu, Tiritiri, and East Cape, and for northerly at Capes Campbell, Warewell Spit, and Foul wind, and at Stephen Island, Nugget Point, and Centre Island. Note. — An extensive area of low piegßure is advancing from the westward, and is likely to envelop the whole country. A southerly, however, may be expected to follow in the south after from 36 to 48 houri. 1). P.. BATBB.

,Ast quarter few moon "irst quarter 'ull moon ... 5 ... 13 ... 20 ... 27 3 7 1 g 42 a.m. 20 a.m. 48 p.m. 0 a.m.

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