METEOROLOGICAL .

Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 134, 3 December 1910, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL .

« WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN. Rose to-day— 4h 12m a.m.; sets 7h 9m p.m. Rises to-morrow — 4h llm a.m. ; sets 7h 10m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. i Yesterday — Morning, 21i 13m; afternoon, 2b loni; total, 4h 28m. THE MOON. (Calculated lor New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. New moon "... 2 8 41 a.m. First quarter 10 6 35 a.m. Full moon 16 10 35 p.m. last quarter 23 10 0 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, C4.Bdeg. ; minimum, 52deg. ; mean, 58.4deg. To-day, at noon— 66deg. RAINFALL. For the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day-Nil. Total to date during the month— Nil. Total rainfall for November— 3.9lin. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— 2l miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— 5 p.m., 29.90. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 29.96; noon, 29.96. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. Wet and misty weather still continues in the northern districts with high south-easterly winds prevailing, and gales in parts. A gale is also reported about the Cape Egmont district, but elsewhere the winds have been moderate to 'strong. Dull and cloudy weather has been experienced in most dther parts of the country, with passing showers at a few places. The seas are reported considerable on all the east coast northward of Kaikoura, and rough in Cook Strait. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. FKOM OBBEUVAIIOKS TAKEK AT 9 A.H

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; t b, fresh breeze ; in g, moderate gale ; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional ueventy. j Weather.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling ram; I', foggy; G, gloomy, dark weatker; H, hail; h, lightning; M, misty; ! O, overcast, the whole sky coveied with thick clouds; P, passmg showers; y, squally, It, ram, continued r<un; S, biiow; T, thunder; U. ugly, thieateumß apyearaute. FORECAST. ! At 9 a.m. the following forecast was issued ' for the subsequent 24 hours : — Winds.— South-easterly, strong to gale, northwaid of Cape Campbell and Cape Farewell; easterly, moderate to strong, elsewhere, but probably veering to northerly and increasing after from 24 to 36 hours. iiarbineter.— Rise slowly everywhere, but probably tailing shortly in the bouthern districts, and everywhere after from 24 to 36 hours. Sea.— Heavy between Castlepoint and Kaikoura; rough on the coast northwards; rough in Cook Strait; moderate elsewhere. Tides.— Good on all the eastern coast and northward ol Kawhia; moderate elsewhere. Warning signals for south-easterly gales are exhibited at Cape Maria Van Diemen, Tlritiri, East Cape, Stephen Island, and Cape Campbell, and for northerly at sunrise at Farewell Spit, Cape Foul wind, Nugget Point, and Centre Island. Weather.— Unsettled and probably showery at times on all the eastern coast, but paiticularly the North Island. D. C. BATES.

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