METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 17, 21 January 1913, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

.WELLINGTON'S WEATHfift. THE SUN. Rose tO'day-*-4h 41ffl a m. ; set* th 22m p.to. Rises to-morrow— 4h 42m a.m. ; sets ?h 21m p.m. Bright sunshine. Yesterday— Momlag, Zh I6m; afternoon, Sh 46m; total, 6b 86m. THE MOOtf. (Oaltilllated for New Zealand Mean Time.)

Yester day— Maximum, 70deg. j minimum, 64.2deg.; mean, ef.ldeg. To-day, at noon-^J7deg. RAINFALL. Total for the 24 hours preceding S a.m. to-day-Nil. Total to*date during the month— 2.<)4ht, Total rainfall for December— o.67in. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— 22 miles, per hour. BAHOMETER. Yesterday— 6 p.m., 29.82. To-day— 9.Bo a.m., 29.82,' noon, 29.82. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. Heavy rain has fallen on the West Coast and in the southern districts, and also on higher levels in the" South Island. The rivers are in flood m Westland. Elsewhere cloudy and hazy weather ha sbeen reported. The barometer has been Unsteady, and westerly winds, strong to gale, have prevailed. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at S a.m.

Wind.— L, lieht; br, breeze; tb, fre»h breeze; tn g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D. drizzling rain; F, foggy; 6, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; *L, lightning; M, misty; O, Overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued rain; 3, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. FORECAST. At 0 a.m. to-day the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds.— Westerly winds, backing by north to easterly and increasing, strong to gale, northward of Farewell Spit and Kaikoura; westerly, veering to southerly, elsewhere. Barometer.— Fall fast northward of New Plymouth and Napier; unsteady with rising tendetiey elsewhere. Sea Increasing northward of East Cape; rough in CoOk and FoveaUx Straits; considerable elsewhpre. Tides.— lncreasing on all the eastern coast; poor elsewhere. Warning signals for northerly gales are ex* hibited at Tlritiri and East Cape (Cape Maria Van Diemen Interrupted), but for southerly at Capes Campbell, Farewell 'Spit, and Foulwind, and at Stephen Island, Nugget Point, and Centre Island. Weather. — Warm and humid conditions, cloudy to Overcast with heavy rain following over the North Island and on 'the east coast ■ of the South Island; rain probable elsewhere, with some snow on higher levels in the South. Note.— A storm area appears to bo approaching from the northward. D. C BATES.

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