METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 71, 20 September 1912, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN, Roee to-day— sh 44m a.m. ; sets Sh 44m p.m. Rises to-morrow—Sh 43m a.m. ; sets 6h 45m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, nil; afternoon, lh 16m; total, lb lem. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H, M. la*b quarter fi 0 53 a.m. New moon 11 8 18 p.m. First quarter .., ... 18 7 26 p.m. Full moon 26 11 4 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday— Macdmum, 60.2deg, ; minimum, 64deg. ; mean, 67,ldeg. To-day, at noon— 66deg. RAlNfAlt. Total for the 24 nours preceding 6 a.m. to-day— O.63in. Total to date during the month— 3.36in, Total rainfall for Augu*t-1.67Lf1. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— 21 miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— B p.m H 29.73. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 29.25; noon, 29.22. NEW ZEALAND, SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. The barometer has fallen everywhere, and northerly winds have increased etrong to gaJe Heavy rain hae fallen, and is reported in m*ny parts of the country tlik morning, although milder conditions prevail generally. 1 TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 0 a.m.

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; tb, freah breezo; in g, luoderate gale; g, whole or heavy gtUe, w, gaie of exceptional severity. \Y eatuer,— B, blue sky, be the wmospherd clear or Heavy; O, clouds, parsing cloud*; I>, dnzzLuig ram; k', foggy; li, gioomy, dark weatiier; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole £ky covered with thick clouds; H, passing showers ; g, equally; X, ram, continued rain; 8, snow; I', thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy, FORECAST. At 9 am. to-day the following forecast na ifi£Ued for the subsequent 21 hours :— Winds,— Northerly, strong to gale and veerJag by west to eouta nfter 20 hour*, northward of Hokitika and Kmkoura; strong and Variable wiuds el&ewuere, giving way to south-, • erJy jgales after 16 hours. IliMonieter.— Full northward of Hokitika and Eaikoura, and unsteady in tie South, and probably rising fabfc after 16 hours and every whore in about 24 hours, Sea.— Very heavy on all the weatem coast and in Cools and Foveaux Straits; heavy between Castlepoin* and Kaikoura; rough oft shore elsewhere, and probably increa&iag eouUiwurd of Kaikoura after 20 hours. Tides.— Good on all the western coast and southward of iliist Cape; moderate elsewlicre. Warning signals for northerly gales are exhibited ao Cape Maria Vau liiemen, Taritiri, Kasb Cape, (Japes Campbell, Farewell Spit, and Foiilwind, and Also at Stephen, Island, but for eoutherly soon at Nugget I'oint and Centre Island. Weather.— Much ratal is probable generally, wjth rivers flooded on the west coast southward of Kawhiai. Snow is to be expected on the higher .levels in the South, and colder weather following. NoiK.— A storm appears to be approaching from tlie southward after 16 to 24 Itoum. 4. C. BATES.

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