METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 49, 27 February 1913, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

■■' "' ■ i » ■ ■ WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SON. Rose to-day— Sh 28m a.m.; sets 6h 39m pjn, Rises to-morrow— sh 29m a.m. ; sets 6h 37m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, 1 2h 25m; afternoon, 5h 40m; total, 8h sm. ' THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.)

TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday— Maximum, 05.2deg. ; minimum, 68.6deg. : mean, Cl.9deg. To-day, at noon— 67deg. RAINFALL. Total for the 24 hours preceding » a.m. to-day— Nil. ' Total to date during the month— l.7oin. Total rainfall for January— s.o3in. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— ll miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— 6 p.m., 30.04. To-day— 9.3 oa.m., 30.05; noon, 30.03. NEW ZEALAND. \ SYNOFSIS OF LAST 24 HOtJRS. An area of low pressure has passed southward of New Zealand during the night, and the weather has been unsettled and showery southward of Hokitika and Akaroa, but fair to cloudy eWewhere. Northerly and westerly breezes have prevailed. The barometer has risen in the South this morning, but little movement is recorded in the North. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at » sum.

Wind.— L, light j br, breeze; Ib, tteeh breeze; m s. moderate sale; g, whole or heavy gale, w,,gale of «.teeptioaal eeverity. Weather.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere, clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds: D, drifting rain; F, foggy; 0, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; v, misty ; 0, overcast, the Whole sky covered -with thick clouds; £, packing showers; Q, equally; X, lain, continued rain; S, snow; 'X, thunder; , U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. FORECAST. At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast unissued for the subsequent 24 hours :— - Winds.— Variable, moderate to strong westerlies prevailing. Barometer.— Unsteady, but little movement generally. Sea.— Considerable swell in Foveaux Strait and about Cape Campbell; moderate to smooth elsewhere. Tldes.^-Good southward ef Castlepoint; mo-, derate elsewhere. Weather.— Mild and hazy conditions generally, but changeable and showery nt times southward of Kawlilu and Castlepoint . D. C. BATES.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. Alex. A. Cross.— The Mercantile Gazette is not filed at the public libraries, nor apparently any other strictly financial paper. Financial news, however, is to be fonnd in the daily papers of New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom. "Casual."— lnadmissible.

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