METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19, 24 January 1911, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN. ' Hose to-day — 4h 44m a.m.; sets, 7h 20m p.m. Rises to-morrow — 4h 45tn a.m. ; sets, 7h 19m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Testerday— iloming, 6h 0m; afternoon, 6h 35m; total, 12h 35m.

TO-DAT'S WEATHER. j FBOM OBSEBVATJOKS TAJtEN AT 9 A.at 1

Yesterday — Maximum, 70.0deg ; minimum, t , jo.Cdeg ; mean, 65.8 den. ; To-day, at noon — 70d"eg. RAINFALL. For the Zi hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— ♦nil. Total to date during the month— 2.ooin. Total rainfall for December— 3.s9in. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding ""9 a.m. to-day— 7 miles. BAROMETER. Yesterday— 30.12. To-day— 9.30 a.m., 20.22; noon, 30.20. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. Fair weather has continued in all parts ex--i'cept about Foveaus Strait, where it has been* squally and showery at times. Moderate toistrong winds have prevailed, mainly southerly and easterly, northward of Farewell Spit and Castlepoint, westeily in the far south, and : 'generally variable elsewhere. The barometer - has recorded very little Lhange.

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; f b, fresh Sbreeze ; m g, moderate gale ; g, whole or heavy . igale; w, gale of exceptional beveniy. f j , \veather.— ±J, blue bkj, be the atmosphere 1 *-dear or heavy; C, clouds, passing elSuds; D, .'diizzllng rain; F, foggy; U, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally, ii, vain, continued lam; S, snow; 2', thunder; .U, ugly, threatening appearance. FOSEC4ST. At 9 a.m. the following forecast was issued?' • for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds. — Moderate easterly winds are pro--bable northward of New Plymouth and Napier; northerly and westerly elsewhere, and strong in Foveaux Strait. Barometer. — Little movement generally,, but probably falling slowly after about 20 hours. Sea.— Rough in Foveaux Strait; generally moderate elsewhere. Tides. — Low on all the western coast; good ■northward of East Cape; moderate elsewhere. Warning signals for westerly gale is 'exhibited ax Centie Island. Weather. — Warm and hazy weather is probable generally, but unsettled and cloudy at times in the southernmost districts. ii. C. BATES.

THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. Kew moon ... 1 3 51 a.m. First quarter ... S 5 50 p.m. Full moon ... ... .„ 15 9 5G a.ml Liisfe quarter 22 5 51 p.m. New moon 80 9 15 p.m.

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