METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 7, 9 January 1912, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE • ' Rose to-day— 4h 27m a.m.; sees 7h 27m pm. Rifees to-morrow — 4h 28m a.ra."seti'7h 27in p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE.' Yesterday— Morning, 2h 85mi 'afternoon, 5h 40m; total, 8h 80m. , . I • THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. Full moon M ... ... 5 1 0 a.m. Last quarter ... M . ■„.. U 7 13 pm. New moon ... ... '„. id io 40 p'm. First quarter ,*♦;, 27 8 21 p.m. TEMPERATURE W THE 3HADE. Yesterday — Maximum,- 71.8 dee .: minimum. 65.4 dee .; mean,, 03 (idee * To-day, at noon— 6sdeg. RAINFALL. ' For the 2i hours precediag 0 a.m. to-day— 0.03 in. Total to date during' tlie month— o 46in Total rainfall for December — 1.50 in. WIKD. • . Average velocity for the %i houri preceding 9 a.m. to-day— 11 miles per hour. BARdMETEE. Yesterday— S p.m., 29 79 To-day.— 9.Bo a.m., '20.92;' n00n, 29 01 NEW ZEALAND;" SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. Variable breezes prevailed yesterday, but moderate to strong bouth-easterly winds predominate this morning with changeable and cloudy weather generally." Scattered showers fell during the night, and elfectrical conditions \vere experienced in parts of the West Coast of me South Island. 'Barometric pressure has decreased in the northern distriots, and .elsewhere the barometer has been unsteady, rising slightly in the southern districts. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From, observations taken at 0 ».m.

. Winu.^-L, light; br, breeze; t b, fresh breeze-; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale oi exceptional, severity. Weather.— B, blue bky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; Il',I I ', foggy; U, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; U, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick , clouds; I>, passing showers; Q, squally; R, .rain, continued ram; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. \ \' FORECAST. At, 9 »Km. the following forecast was lsiued fo>* the subsequent 24 hours: — Winds.— Easterly and south-easterly winds are probable generally, strong to gale northwards ot Farewell Spit and Cape Campbell and squally at times elsewhere. Barometer.— Fall northwards of Farewell Spit aud Castlepolnt; unsteady but fall elsewhere shortly. Sea. — Considerable northwards of East Cape; rough southwards, in Cook Straits, and off shore northwards of Cape- Egmont; moderate elsewhere. • . • Tides.— High on the east coast of the North Island, and good eliewiiere. Warning signals for easterly gales will be exhibited at Cape Maria Van^.Diemen, Tiritirl, and 'East, Cape, and for s<Juth-ea6terly at Farewell Spit, Stephen Island, and. Cape Campbell Weather.— Unsettled and cloudy weather 'is probable generally, with rain in most parts of the country, and probably heavy northwards of New Plymouth and Napier, with rivers rising. .--.¦>' B. V. PEMBERTON.

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