METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 48, 27 February 1911, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN. Rose to-day— sh 27m a.m.; sets 6h 39m p.m. Kises to-morrow — 5h 28m a.m. ; Befcs 6h 38m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Mormng, Oh sm; afternoon, Oh lam; total, Oh 20m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. First quarter 7 2 58 a.m. Pull moon 13 10 7 p.m. last quarter 21 3 14 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday— Maximum, 61deg. ; minimum, 53.8deg. ; mean, 57.4deg. To-day, at noon— 62dcg. RAINFALL. For the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— O.Olin; Saturday, 0.32 in. Total to date during the month — 7.58 in. Total rainfall for January— 2.99in. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day — 21 miles per hour. BAROMETES. Yesterday — 5 p.m., 30.13. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 30.36 noon, 30.34. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE PAST 48 HOUfcS A cyclone of considerable intensity, whose | centre passed down the west coast of the North Island on Saturday, ard through Cook ■ Strait early on Sunday morning, caused very stormy weather generally. Heavy rain fell throughout the North Island and the north- 1 em portion of the South Island. Heavy northerly gales were experienced northward of New Plymouth and Napier, and bourh-easterly gales to the southward. Ram also fell in many other parts of the* South Island on Saturday and Sunday, with unsettled weather generally. The west coast districts of the North Island and the neighbourhood of Cook Strait recorded particularly heavy falls of rain, and freshes are reported in many of the rivers. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. FBOM OBBEBVA.TIOKS TAKES AT 9 A.H

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; f b, fresh bieeze; in g, moderate "gale ; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzliag ram; F, foggy; U, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole 6ky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally, E, taiu, continued ram; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. FORECAST. At 9 a.m. the following forecast was issued lor the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds.— Easterly northward of New Plymouth and Napier; variable thence to Westport and Cape Campbell; northerly elsewhere. AVinds generally moderate to strong. Barometer. — Little movement, but tendency to fall slowly. Sea. — Considerable but decreasing on the «ast coast of the North Island southward of East Cape; rough in Cook Strait; moderate elsewhere. Tides.— Poor in Cook Strait; good on the west coast of the South Isand ; generally moderate elsewhere. Weather.— Cool and changeable, but fair weather will probably prevail. A cold night is probable, especially in the neighbourhood of Cook Strait. B. V. PEMBERTON.

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