METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 26, 31 January 1912, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE BUN. Rose to-day — 4b 53m a)»m. ; sets 7h 14m p.m. Rises to-morrow — 4h 64m a.m. ; sets 7h 13m p.m. ' BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, -4h 20m; afternoon, 6h 40m; total, llh. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.)

TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, 64.8deg.; minimum. 49deg. ; mean, 56.fldeg. To-day, at noon— 64deg. RAINFALL For the 84 hours preceding s a.m. to-day— Total to date during the month— lin. Total rainfall for December— 4. soln. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— 6 miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— 5 p.m., 30.03. To-day— 9.30 a.m. f 30.06; noon, 80.69. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HOURB. Unsettled and showery conditions have been experienced in the northern districts and scattered showers have fallen on the east coast. Elsewhere cloudy skies have been much to evidence, but otherwise fair conditions have prevailed. The barometer has been unsteady, recording but little change of atmospheric pressure amce yesterday, and moderate to strong easterly and south-easterly winds have predominated. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m.

Wind.— -Ji, light;, br,. breeze; tb, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or hea.vy. gale; w, gale ot exceptional severity. Weather.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouUb, passing clouds; D, drizzling ram; V, foggy; G. gloomy, dark weather; H,f hall; L, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, pabsing showers; Q, squally; X, rain, continued rain; 8, snow; T, thunder; V, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. FORECAST. At 0 aJn. the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 houra : — Winds.— Probably Increasing, south-easterly, strong to gale, northward of Farewell Spit and Kaikoura; southerly, moderate to strong elsewhere. Barometer.— Unsteady, and probably falling northward, of New Plymouth and Castlepoint, but rising tendency elsewhere. Sea.— Heavy northward of East Cape; considerable thence to Koikoura and in Cook Strait; moderate swell elsewhere. Tides.— High northward of Kaikoura; good southwards; moderate elsewhere. Warning signals for south-easterly gales are exhibited at Tlritiri, East Cape, and Cape Campbell' (Cape Jlaria Van Diemen interrupted). Weather.— Vcq' lieavy rain in probable shortly iv many parts of the North Island, especially on the eastern coast and northernmost districts; changeable and showery weather elsewhere, Note.-— A storm area ii new threatening tho North lllttlltJ.

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