METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 139, 9 December 1912, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

, ■»„ „.„ +„,..„,.... WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE! StJtt. Rose to-day— 4h 10m a.m.; sets ?h 16m p.m. Rises to-niorrow— 4h 10m a.m. ; sets ?h 16m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, 4h 65m; afternoon, 5h 66m; total, loh 60m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) t t D. H. M. Last quarter „ », „ 1 in 36 p.m. New moon .... *, ..9 4 37 a.m. First quarter .. „ .. 17 7 36 a.m. Full moon 24 4 o p.m. Last quarter 31 7 42 a,m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. • Yesterday— Maximum, 64.2deg. ; minimum, 6S.6deg. ; mean, 69,6deg. To-day, at noon— 62deg. RAINFALL. l'otal for the 24 hours preceding fl a.m. to-day— Nil. Total to date during the month— oi.36ln. ' Total rainfall for November~-S.B?in. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— l 2 miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— 5 p.m., 29.89. To-day— 9.30 a.m., 2B.B0; noon, 29.88. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 48 SOURS. The barometer has been unsteady generally, but has fallen steadily in the south since yesterday morning. The weather has been fair a though cloudy at times, with light rain last night in the extreme south. Strong northerly and westerly winds have predominated. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m.

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; fb, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather.— B, blue sky, be tho atmosphere clear or heavy; 0, clouds, passing clouds; D. driazUng rain; tf, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, the wnole sky covered with thick Clouds; P, passing showers; Q, Bqually; It, rain, continued rain; S, Bnotv; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; S5, hazy. FORECAST. At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours:-' Winds.— Moderate to strong northerly winds prevailing northward of New Plymouth and .Napier; northerly and westerly, strong to gale at times, elsewhere. Barometer.— Fall everywhere. Sea.-** Rough between Castlepolnt and Kaikoura and in Cook and Foveaux Straits ; moderate swell on all the western coast and northward of East Cape; moderate elsewhere. TldC3.— Moderate but increasing on the west coast' of the South Island ; good elsewhere. Warning signals for northerly gales are exhibited at Capes Campbell, Farewell Spit, and Foulwind, and at Stephen Island, Nugget Point, and Centre Island. Weather.— Warm and hazy weather generally, but cloudy and unsettled at times with rain later in the western "and southernmost districts; misty and foggy in parts. B. V. PEMBERTON.

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