METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 26, 1 February 1911, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN. Eose to-day — ih 54m a.m. ; sets 7h 13m p.m. Bises to-morrow— 4h 55m a.m. ; sets 7h 12m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. , Yesterday— Morning, 2h i6xn ; - af fcernoonr, flb 16m; total, 9h 2m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. First quarter ... ... ... 7 2 58 a.m. Full moon ... ... ... 13 10 7 p.m. Last quaiter 21 3 14 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday— Maximum, 67.2deg. ; minimum, 57deg.; mean, C2.ldeg. To-day, at noon— S&deg. RAINFALL. • For the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day-nil. Total to date during the month— Nil Total rainfall for January— 2.99in Maximum fall for the month— l.3om, on the 13th. Number of wet days: 8. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours prccedirig 9 a.m. to-day— ls miles per hour. BAUOMETEB. Yesterday— s p.m., 29 73 To-day— 9.3o a.m., 29.85; noon, 29.88. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HOURB. The barometer has risen everywhere, and moderate to stiong southerly and westerly winds have prevailed except about Cook Strait, v/heie they are variable to-daj. Squally conditions 6till continue in the iar feouib, aud showery •weather has been experienced in these parts. The weather has been changeable an times elsewheie, with scattered showers and cloudy to oveicast generally. TO-DAY'S WEA'tHBE. jaOII OBSEBVATIONS TA3LEH AT 9 A.M

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; t b, fresn breeze; w g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; 0, clouds, passing clouds; D, dueling rain; 1\ loggy; G, gjooniy, dark weather; fl, hail; L, ughtning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick cloudb; I', passing showers; Q, squally, E, raiti. continued ram; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, thieateniug appearance. FORECAST. At 9 a.m. the following forecast was Issued lor the subsequent 21 hours.:— Wind.— Moderate to stiong southeily wiods wili probably prevail generally, but stiong to gale in the soutiieuimost distiict-s. Barometer. — Rise f-lowl,y everywhere, but probably falling again in the boutu alter 24 hours. Sea.— Considerable on all the western coast; heavy in Foveaux Sbait; moderate swell southward ol Cast Cape; moderate elsewlieie. Tides.— High on the west coast of the North Island, and in Foveaux Strait; good generally elsewhere. Warning signals for southerly gales are exhibited at Nugget l'oiut aud Centre Ifeland. Weather.— Ciotidy and unsealed weather with showers piobable at times in moßt parts of the country, especially in the southern die-

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