METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 47, 24 August 1911, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

! , WBLUNCTdN'S WEATHER, „. [ ' . THE SUN. Rosd to-day-^eh 30m a.m. ; sets 5h l?m pita Rises to-morrow— 6h 2sm a.m, ; sets 6h IBfia p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterda.y--Mornihg, 4h 15m; afternoon, 4h SOmj total, Bh sm. THE MOON. k (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.)

TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, 68deg. ; minimum, 42(1 eg. ; torean, fiodeg. To-day, at noon— s2deg, RAINFALL For the 24 hours preceding D a.m, to-dty— Nili Total to dale during tiie month— MSin. Total rainfall for July— ?,42iu. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— '7 miles 'per hour. BAROMETER, yesterday— s p.m., 2&.T&, , To-day— 9.30 a.m., §0.02; nooil, 80.62^ new Zealand, synopsis of the last 24 hours. r Changeable and showery weather has beea experienced oft all the western "oast and in the southernmost districts, and cloudy to fair conditions elsewhere. The barometer has risen, during the night southward of Farewell Spit and Castlefloint, and the westerly winds nave veered to southerly in these parts, aad have increased in force, a moderate gale being reported at Duhedin this morning. A southwest gale with hail showers occurred in Fo> ?ea*ix Strait last Might. Elsewhere moderate to strong westerly -.winds have predominated with but slight cHange of atmospheric pressure. TO-DAY'S WIATSER, From observations taken it 9 a.«.

Wind.— L, light; br. breeze; f b, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gate; g, whole or heavy gale; \», gale of exceptional severity. Weather.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; JI, misty; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; I>, , passing showers; Q, squally; R, ram, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hwy, FORECAST. * At d a.m. the following forecast wis Issued for the subsequent 24 hours :-» Winds.-'Southerly, moderate to strong and veering to sottth-eneterly, northward of New Plymouth and Castlepoint; southerly, Btrong ,to ga.le- and vetoing to south-easterly, elsewhere, -v Barofneter.-— Unsteady, but probably falling slowly fiorthward of New 'Plymouth and Castlepoint, and rising elsewhere. • Sea.-^bicreasing southward Of Caatlepoint and norinward Of East Cape 'ftf ter 16 hours; rough in, 1 Cook and Foveaux Straits ; moderate swell elsewhere, Tides.— fligh on all the western coast, and good elsewhere. Warning signals for southerly gales are exhibited At Centre Island, Nugget Point, and for south-easterly at Cape Campbell, and Stephen Island, ' ■ Weathefi—A change is probable for stormy conditions generally; rai& may be eipected shortly in most parts of the country, And snow oa higher levels in the South. D. ;C.; C. BATES.

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