METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 22, 27 January 1911, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

* — z — WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE STJN. Eose to-day — 4h 48m a.m.; sets 7h 18m pjn. Kises to-morrow — 4h 49m a m. ; sets 7h 17m p.m. BRIGHT SITNSHIXE. Yesterday— Morning, nil; afternoon, Oh 20m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. New moon 1 3 01 a.m. First quarter ... ... ... 8 5 50 p.m. Full moon ... 15 9 58 a.m. Last quarter ... 22 5 51 p.m. New moon SO 9 ID p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday— Maximum, 69deg. ; minimum, 51.8deg. ; mean, Co.4deg. To-day, at noon— 62deg. RAINFALL. For the 24 hours preceding S a.m. to-day— 1 0.99 in. Total to date during the month— 2.99in. Total rainfall for December— 3.69in. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day — 20 miles per hour. BAROMKTEH. Yesterday— 5 p.m., 30 04 To-day— 9.3o a.m., 30.20; noon, 30.17. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HOURB. . Rain has fallen in most parts of the country southward of New Plymouth and Napier. South-easterly winds have prevailed, moderate to strong, generally. The barometer has fallen steadily in the north, and though it has been very high in the south, it has shown a slight downward tendency during the night. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. PEOM OBSEBVATIOKS TAKEN AT 9 A.SI

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; t b, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional beventy. Weather-— B, blue bky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling ram; Il',I I ', loggy; U, gloomy, dark weather; 11, hail; h, lightning; M, misty; O, oveicast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; H, passing showers; Q, squally, B, lain, couuuucd rain; S, snow; 1, thunder; U, ugly, rhieutenmg appearance.

FORECAST. At 9 a.m. the following forecast was issued lor the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds.— Moderate to strong easterly winds are probable northward of New Plymouth and Napier; south-easterly, strocg to gale, thence to Kaikoura and Farewell Spit, and a southerly gale is probable everywhere after about 20 nours. Barometer.— Fall slowly northward of New Plymouth and Napier, but rising everywhere after about 10 hours. Sea.— Heavy between East Cape and Kaikoura and in Cook and Foveaus Strait; probably increasing elsewhere. Tides.— Good on all the eastern coast; poor on the western coast, but increasing after 10 hours. Warning signals for south-easterly gales are exhibited at East Cape, Cape Campbell, Farewell Spit, and Stephen Island, but for southerly at Nugget Point and Centre Island, and at Cape Foulwind, Tiritiri, and Cape Maria Van Diemen at sunrise. Weather — Cool and changeable -weather generally with raic in most parts of the country. 1). 0. BATEB.

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