METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 40, 17 February 1911, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN. Rose to-day — 5h 15m a.m.; sets 6h 54m p.m. Rises to-morrow — 5h 16m a.m. ; sets Ch 53m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday — Morning, 5h 20m; afternoon, 6h 20m; total, llh 40m. 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 quarter 21 3 14 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, 73.6deg. ; minimum, . 55.2deg. ; mean, 64.4deg. To-day, at noon— 6Bdeg. RAINFALL. For the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day-Nil. Total to date during the month— O.s3in Total rainfall for January— 2.99in. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day — 7 miles per hour. ' BAROMETER. Yesterday — 5 p.m., 29 "82. • To-day— 9.3o a.m., 29.93; noon, 29.89. NEW ZEALAND. i SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. | Warm and hazy weather ha-s prevailed, and mists and fogs have been reported from many parts ot the Dominion. Cloudiness has. increased generally. The winds have been mostly light to moderate, easterly and northerly having predominated, but there is a' southerly tendency northward of Cape Foulwind and Cape Palliser this mouiing. TO-DAY'S \7 BATHER. »EOM OBBEJIVA.TIOHS TAKEN AT 9 A.M

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; f b, freab biecze; in g, inodeiatc gale; g, whole or heavy gale; \v, gale ot exceinmual severity. Weather.— li, blue t>ky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds>; D, drizzling lam; X, io»gy ; G, gloomy, dark Weatuei; H, hail; i., .ightning; M, misty; O, oveicast, the whole sky co\ered with thick clouds; 1", passing showers; Q, squally, B, ram. continued ram; S, snow; T. thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. FOREC iST. At 9 a.m. the lolknsum forecast was issued for the subsequent 21 hours:— , Winds.— Moderate to stiong and probably increasing; south-east*;! lv noidrwaid ot New Plymouth and Napier, and noitheily generally elsewheie veeiing to southerly in about 10 hours.. Baiometer.— Unsteady, but probably falling in the North fslaud, and libing elsewhere shortly. Sea. — Generally moderate, but probably increasing on the east coast of the North Island. Tides.— High northward of East Cape; good on the west coast dt the Island; moderate elsewhere. Weather, — Warm and humid, mci easing cloudiness, and lam juobubly lolloping generally. , B. V. ifBMBESXPjI.

Station. ■Wind. Bar. Th«r. in Shade Weather. Cape Maria Van IHemen EusseU JMauukau Heads Auckland... East Cnpe Gisborne ... Spit, Napier Custlopomt New Plymouth ... Patea Waaeranui T'oxton Wellington Blenheim Cape Campbell ... Ktukoura Nelson Faiewell Spit ... Westpoit Cape .Foul wind ... GreyinoutU Hokitika liealey Lytteltou Christckurch Tim.u - u Oatnaru Pott Ckaluiers ... Dunedui ... (Jueeustowu Nug^eU luvercargili Bluli SE 1 Nl SI S 1 SE f b SE 1 Calm Nii3 1 Calm Calm E 1 Calm SSE 1 Culm Sbr N.E 1 £*E 1 El SI SW 1 El W 1 ii 1 Culm Ualiu STE 1 Nid 1 NE 1 Hii 1 Calm NB 1 Calm Calm 29-85 29-86 29-68 29-87 29-89 19-96 Wi)-d 29-91 29 88 J9-91 29-90 29-91 a)-9d 29-93 92 29 90 29 9'J •J9-9i 1:9-94 2y-b7 29 8J S9-87 .9-L'O 29-90 29-9 a 29-b'J 20-faß G3 65 6fi 69 65 68 61 65 68 63 64 b3 63 b!) 6i OS 05 04 60 62 6J 6i 67 (55 bo 08 07 t)i 61 ba til t)4 6U z B C M O V B O 0 C o 3? Z z z o z v o z 0 o Z F B Z B C 0 B-C B C U O 13 C M 0 Z