METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 24, 29 January 1912, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN. Rose to-day — th 50m a.m. ; sets 7h 16m pjn. Rises • to-morrow— 4h 51m a.m. ; sets 7h 15m p.m. BRIGHT BUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, lh 15m; afternoon, 4h 40m ; total, Sh , 55m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.)

1 TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, G4.4deg. ; minimum, 55.2deg.; mean, 59.8deg. To-day, at noon—62deg. RAINFALL. For the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. ' to-day— Nil. Total to date during the month— lin. Total rainfall for December— 4.soin. WIND. Average Telocity for the ?4 hours preceding ' 9 a.m. to-day— l 3 miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— 5 p.m., 29 91. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 30.0*0; noon, 30.01. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOP3IS OF LAST 48 HOURS. The barometer' has risen steadily in and southward of Cook Strait since Saturday, and moderate to strong southerly winds now predominate. Mild and changeable weather has been experienced generally, and showers have fallen in widely scattered districts. TO-DAY'B WEATHER. From observation* taken at 9 a.m.

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; 1 b, fre«h breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather.— B, blue aky,' be the ntmo»phere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; 1), drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; 1, lightning; M, miity; O, evercait, tbe whole aky covered with thick clouds; t, passing ihowers; Q, squally; E, rain, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; V, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy., FORECAST. At 9 a.m. the following -forecast was lamed to- the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds. — Moderate to strong generally; southeasterly northward of Hokitika and Lyttelton, and southerly elsewhere. ; Barometer. — Little movement northward of ' New Plymouth and Castlepoint; rise elsewhere anU everywhere after about 16 hours, probably high. Sea.— Rough in Foveaux Strait; moderate swell probably increasing on the east coast southward of Bast Cape ; moderate elsewhere. Tides.— Good on all the eastern coast; low in Cook Strait; moderate elsewhere. Weather.— Cool and changeable generally, probably ihowery on all the eastern co&Bt. D. C. BATEB.

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