METEOROLOGICAL. WELLINGTON'S WEATHER.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 144, 15 December 1909, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL. WELLINGTON'S WEATHER.

THE SDN. Rose to-daj' — 4h llm a.m.; sets 7h 20m p.m. Rises to-morrow — ih llm a.m. ; sets 7h 20m p.m. BRIGH7 SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, Gh 15m; afternoon, 6h 45m; total, 13h. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. Last quarter 5 3 42 a.m. New moon 13 7 29 a.m. First quarter 20 1 48 p.m. Full moon 27 9 0 a.m. TEMPERATURE IN SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, 65deg. ; minimum, 57deg. ; mean, Gldeg. To-day, noon— 6,ideg. RAINFALL. For the 24 hours preceding 0 a.m. to-day-Nil. Total to date during the month— o.2Jin. Total rainfall for November— l.22in. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— l 7 miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— 5 p.m., 20.81. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 20.79; noon, 20.79. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. The barometer has fallen fast in the southern districts, and rain has fallen on the west coast and southern districts of the South Inland. Moderate to strong westerly winds have prevailed northward of New Plymouth and Napier, and northerly and westerly winds, stiong to gale, elsewhere. TO-JDAY'B WEATHER. FfiOM OBSERVATIONS TAKEJJ AT 9 A.M

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; i b, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; \v, gale ol exceptional severity. Weather. — B, blue t>uy, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; ¥, loggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; U, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; f, pushing ebowerb; Q, squally, B, rain, continued rain; 8, fanow; T, thunder; 0, ugly, threatening appearance. FORECAST. At 9 a.m. the following forecast was issued (a: the subsequent 24 houis:— "Winds.— lncreasing, moderate to strong squally westerly winds ate probable northward ot Kawhni and Castlepoint, and v, heavy westerly gale in partt> elbewliere, but strong to gale mostlj . Barometer.— Fall everywhere. Sea.— Heavy between Castlepoint and Kaikoura; rough oil shore southwards; increabing on all the western coast, and moderate elsewhere. Tides.— High on the west coast of the North Island and soutli of Oamaru, and moderate all other ports. Weather.— Rain probable south of Kawliia and Castlepoint, and unsettled and cloudy weather generally. Warnings.— Westerly gales at East Cape, Farewell Spit, Cape Foulwind, Stephen Island, Cape Campbell, Nugget Point, and Centre Inland. I>. C. BATES.

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