METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 64, 12 September 1912, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN. Rose to-day — 5h 68m a.m. ; gets 6h 36m p.m. Rises tb-morrow-^ffh 66m a.m. ; sets 6h 37m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, 4n 65m; afternoon, 3h 10m; total, 8h 6m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Tims,) D. H. M. Last quarter 6 0 63 a.m. New moon ... 11 3 18 p.m. First quarter 18 7 26 p.m Full moon ■ ... 26 11 4 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday— Maximum, 5".2deg. ; minimum, 52d eg. ; mean, 64,6deg. To-day, at noon— 56deg, RAINFALL. Total for the 24 nours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— o.2oin. Total to date during the month— 2,o6in. Total rainfall for August— l.67in. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 0 a.m. to-day— lß miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday--5 p.m., 29.57. Today— 9.3o a.m., 29.45; noon, 29.35. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. Northerly and westerly winds have uv creased with decreasing barometric pressure nearly everywhere. The weather has been unsettled and squally, with heavy ehowers in most parts of the country A thunderstorm was experienced on the West Coast of the South Island during the flight. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m.

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; f b, frwh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale, w, gaie ol exceptional eeventy. Weatuer.— B, blue bky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain,; I', loygy; U, gioouiy, dark weather; H, hail; L, Jightiiing; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky coveied with tniuk clouds; I', pabsing showers; Q, equally; X, rain, continued lain; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. FORECAST. At 9 am. to-day the following forecast wa» issued for the subsequent 24 hours :— Winds.— Westerly Winds, strong to gale everywhere, with a southerly tendency shortly, Btn'ome-er.— Falling slowly everywhere, but ruse .after 20 hours. Bea.— Heavy on. all the western coa&t and in Cook and Foveaux Straits; considerable between Caatlepoinb and Kaikoura; rough off chore elsewhere, but incrensLng eouthwaids of Kasfc Cape after about 24 hours, Tides.— High on the west coast of the North Isluiid and about Foveaux Strait; moderate lorthwayd of Castlepoint; good elsewhere. Warning eiguals lor westerly gales are exhibited at Cape Maria Van Dietnen, Tiritiri, East Cape, Capes Campbell, Farewell Spit, and Foulwlnd, and at Steplien Island, Nugget Point, and Centre Island. Weather.— Squally and changeable weather generally, with heavy showers in most parts of the country. Snow on 'high levele in the South with colder weather shortly. D. C. BATES.

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