METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 155, 29 December 1910, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

» WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. 1 ' THE SON. Rose to-day— 4h 17m a.m.; sets 7h 27m p.m. Rises to-morrow — In 18m a.m. ; sets 7h 27m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday — Morning, 6b 30m; afternoon, 6h 40m; total, 18h 10m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.)

TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday— Maximum, 67.8deg. ; minimum, 51.0de5. ; mean, 59.7deg. To-day, at noon— s4deg. RAINFALL. For the 24 bours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— 0.28 in,. Total to date during the month— 3.27in, 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— s p.m., 29 89. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 29.99; noon, 30.03. MEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. Warm and hazy weather was experienced in all parts of the country yesterday, with moderate westerly and northerly winds prevailing, but a depression which parsed in the South yesterday was followed by changeable and &howeiy weather in many parts of the South Island last night, and about Cook Strait this morning, with bqually conditions in parts. With the rise of the baiometer the winds veered to moderate to strong south-westerly generally. TO-DATS V/BATHEE. rilOM OBSEBVATIOKS TAKBK AT 9 A.M

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; f b, fresh breeze; to g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; \v, gale OJ exceptional beventy. Weather.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; 1), drizzling ram; Il',I I ', loggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; 11, hail; L, lightumg; M, misty; | O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick 1 clouds; I', passiug showers; Q, squally, X, I ram, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder ; U, ugly, threatening appearance. FOREC4ST. At 9 a.m. the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours : — Winds. — Westerly, moderate to strong, northward of New Plymouth and Castlepoint; southerly elsewhere. Barometer.— Kise slowly everywhere. Sea.— Eough on the weßt coast southward of Cape Egmont and in Foveaux Strait; moderate elsewhere. Tidee. — Good on all the western coast and on the easi coast of the South Island ; moderate elsewhere. Weather.— Unsettled and showery at times, but fair weather prevailing in most partb ol the country. D. C. BATES.

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