METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 140, 10 December 1909, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN. Rose to-day — i)\ 10m a.m. ; sets 7h lGm p.m Rises to-morrow — ill 10m a.m. ; sets 7h 10m p.m. BRIGHT/ SUNSHINE. Yesterday — Morning, 5h 30m; afternoog> Gh 10m; total, llh 40m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.)

TEMPERATURE IN SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, 75deg. ; minimum, 60deg. ; mean, GTdeg. To-day, at noon — G7deg. RAINFALL. For the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day-Nil. Total rainfall during the present month— Nil. Total rainfall for November— l.22in. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day — 16 miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday — 5 p.m., 29-.75. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 29.79; noon, 29.80. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. The barometer fell yesterday, but commenced to rise in the southern districts after midnight, and the winds changed to moderate southerlics in most parts. The weather ha? been warm and cloudy, but Pne in most parts of the country. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. MOM ODSEUVATIOKS TAKEN AT 9 J..H

■\Yind.— L, light; br, breeze; f b, iroßh breeze ; m g, moderate gale ; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale ol exceptional severity. Weather.— B, blue hiiy, be the aimosphere clear or heavy; C, clouUb, pacing clouds; i), duzzling ram; ¥, loggy; U, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, iightumg; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole sky corned with thick clouds; P, passiug showers; Q, squally, X, rain, continued ram; 8, buow; X, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance. FORECAST. At 0 a.m. the following forecast wai Issued for the subsequent 24 hours :— Winds. — Southerly, strong to gale, are probable northward oi East Cape, Xaupo, and llaglan, and southerly, moderate to strong, elsewhere, but backiug to westerly, strong to gale, after about ten hours. Barometer. — Rise slowly northward of New Plymouth and Napier, and fall elsewhere after ten to sixteen hours. Sen. — Hough between Castlepoint and Kaikoura; considerable northward of East Cape; increasing on all the western coast, and in tfovcaux Strait, and moderate elsewhere. Tides. — Good on all tho western coast; moderate elsewhere. Weather.— Cloudy and unsettled weather generally, and rain probable on the weßt coait, especially south of Kawhia. Koto.— A storm area is approaching from the westward, and especially threatening the country southward of Kawhia and Castlepoint. Warnings.— South-easterly gale at Cape Jlarla Van Dietncn, southerly at East Cape, and westerly at Farewell Spit, Cape Foulwind, Stephen Island, Cape Campbell, Nugget Point, and Centre Island. L>. C. BATES.

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