METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 1, 1 July 1912, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN.. Rose to-day— 7h 17m a.m. ; set* 4b Blm p jn. Rises to-morrow— 7h 16m a jh. ; sets 4h 82m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterdiy— Morning, In 14m; afternoon, nil. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D, H. M. Last quarter ... —8 4 17 ajn. New moon 15 0 43 a-m. First quarter 21 4 48 p.m. Full moon 29[ < 3 58 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday— Maximum, 47.2deg. ; minimum, 33.Sdeg.; mean, 43.£deg. To-day, at noon~-48deg. RAINFALL. Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 am ■to-day— o.24in. ' ' Total to date during the month— o.24in. . Maximum fall— l.49m. Number of wet days— 2" Total rainfall for June Oin. Total rainfall for May— j.4oin. WIND. ' Average velocity for the 24 houn preceding 9 a.m. to-day— 2l mile« per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— 5 p.m., 30 22 To-day— 0.30 a.m., 50.32; ' itoon, 30.82 NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF, LAST 48 HOURS. CoW and squally conditions have ' been experienced to most parts of the country, and ' stormy weather on Saturday nigjit and Sunday in the East Coast district* bf tie North Island and about Cook Strait. Heavy rain and .hail showers have fallen at times, and enow on higher levels, with southerly windt>, stroug to gale, prevailing. The barometer has risen fast everywhere. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m.

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; ib, fresh breeze; m g, modeiatu gale; i, whole or heavy gale, y. gale ot exceptional severity. Weathei.— B, blue hky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy ; C, clouds, passing clouds ; 1), drizzling ruin; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; 11, hail; h. lightuuig; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; B, pausing showers; Q, squ*Uy; It, rain, continued rain; 6, mow; I', thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. FOEECAST. At • a»m. the following forecast was luued (•r the subsequent 24 houri:— Winds. — South-easterly, moderate to Biraug northward of Wes.port and Kaikoura ; southerly prevailing elfaewhero. Barometer.— Little movement La the southern districts; ruse slowly elsewhere. ' Sea. — Heavy but decreasing between Castlepoint and Kaikoura; rough northward of Cape Egiuont, and on tiie eaot coast southward of U&st Ciipe; moderate elsewhere. Tides.— High in Foveuux Strait; good southward of East Cape ; poor on the West Coaet of the South lelund; moderate elsewhere. Wo»thw.— Cool and changeable, but fa>r weather prevailing with a very cold night generally, and hard frosts inland and hi the South. D. C. BATES.

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