METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 64, 17 March 1910, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. TUX SON. Rose to-day— sh 43m a.m. ; sets 6h 10m p.m. Rises to-morrow — oil 40m a.m. ; sets Oh Sin p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning. 5h sni; afternoon, In 45m; total, Cli udin. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. Last quarter 4 7 22 p.m. New moon ... II 11 42 p.m. Fir^t quarter 18 3 7 p.m. Full moon 20 7 51 a.m. TEMPERATURE IN SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, OC.Odeg.; mini mum, SSdig. ; mean, HO.Sdcg. To-day, at noon — (S'Hleg. RAINFALL. For the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— Nil. Total to date during the month— l.73in. Total rainfall for February — 4.2jin. WIND. . Average velocity for tho 24 hours preceding 0 a.m. to-day— ls miles per hour. BAROUETEU. Yesterday— s p.m., 29.93. To-day— ».3O a.m., 20.97; noon, 29.09. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HODRS. There has been little movc-mtnt of the barometer, though a slight rise linn taken place In the south and a slight fall in the north. Tfie weather lias been wet und somewhat stormy in the \kinity of Fo\ea»\ Strait, and sliowei-y this morning along ' the eftst coast of the Sout'i 1.-land, also at East Cape and Miinukuu Heads. The weather has been at times unsettled and cloudy everywhere. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. >nOM OBSERVATIONS TAKKM AT 9 A.M

Wind.— L, light; br. breeze; f b, fresh breeze ; m g, moderate gale ; g, whole or heavy gale; \t, g,tte of exceptional t>evciity. Weather.— Jl, blue bKj, be the atmosphere ckur or heavj ; C, clouds, passing clouds; I>, drizzling rain ; I', loggj ; U, gloomy, dark weather; 11, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole iky covered with thick clouds; P, puhsiuy slioucis; q, squally, It, lain, continued rain; 8, biiou ; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance. FORECAST. At 0 a.m. tbe following forecast wai Issued for the subsequent 24 hours :- Winds. — Moderate to ktrong southerly winds will probably pre\ail. Baiometer.— llise slowly ever} whore. Sea. — Consideiablc on the west coast of the North Island and in Foteaux Strait; moderate elsewhere. Tides.— High on the west coast of the North Island, and good generally. Weathci.— Cloudj and unsettled at times, especi.ill) on the east coast* of both Islands, and cool generally. D. C. BATES.

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