METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue LXXXIV, 23 September 1912, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN. Hose to-day— sh 39m a.m. ; sets 5h 47m p.m. Rises to-morrow— sh 38m aun, ; eets Sh 48m p.m. BRIGET SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, 2h 40m; afternoon, Oh 16m; total, 211 55m. THK MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. Last quarter ... ... 5 .0 63 a.m. New moon ... ... ... 11 3 18 p.m. First quarter 18 7 25 p.m, Full moon ... 26 11 4 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday— Maximum, 55.8deg, ; minimum, 44.6deg. ; mean, 6O.2deg. To-day, at noon— 62deg. RAINFALL. Total for the 24 houtb preceding s a.m. to-day— o.o4ln. Total to date during the month— 4,llin. Total rtunfall for August—l,67in. WIND. Arerage velocity for the 24 houri preceding 9 *.m. to-daj— 0 miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— s p.m., 29,31. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 29.57; nooa, 29.56. NEW ZEAIAND. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 48 HOURS. ' Westerly and southerly winds strong to gale have prevailed, and very boisterous weather has been experienced with heavy rain showers, in most parts of the country. Conditions, are still reported squally in the northern districts, and cloudy and unsettled elsewhere, but the winds have moderated generally eince yesterday. The barometer has risen everywhere. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m.

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; fb, frwth breeze; in g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale, w, gala oi exceptional seventy. Weather. — B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; 0, clouds, paasuig clouds; U, drizzling rain; b\ loggy; U, gioomy, dark weatuei ; H, hail; L, Jightujng; Al, misty; O, ovcrcist, the whole eky covered with thick clouds; i', pawing showeis; Q, equally; It, ran, continued rain; 8, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. FORECAST. At 9 am. to-day the following forecast wu i«£ue.d for the subsequent 24 houis:— Winds.— -Model ate to strong goutlicily winds prevailing, with v. westerly U-ndencj. Barometer.— Rise slowly evciywlieie, but. falling ¦>h the South nfter 20 houis. Sea.— Rough on all the western i-oa«t; rough fcwell wjulliward of East Cape; moderate elsewhere. Tidoa.—High on the west coast of tlie Xorth Islnnd; good hoi tltwurd of i^jst Cape; good elbow here. Weather.— Cold itti'l *-ei 3 weather piobnble geueriilly, but then; tire iiulicutioiis. toi an itupiovctii/unt. A vn-y cold night ft, io bo CAtieuted generally, with I'iuaUt iiuaod,

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