METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 51, 1 March 1913, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL.

♦ WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN. Hose to-day— sh 30m a.m. ; sets 6h 38m p.m. Rises to-morrow— sh 31m a.m.; sets Ch 34m p.m, BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning. r>h 40m: afternoon, 6h 43m; total, 91i 25m.

TEJIPERATtmE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, (iß.sdeg. ; minimum. 50.8de5. ; mean, fiO.adea. To-day, at noon— (i3deg. BAINFALL. Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— Nil. Total to date during the month — Nil. Total rainfall for February— l.Tlin. Number of wet, days — 8. : Maximum fall— l.iain, on the 21st. . < WIND. I Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding | 9 a.m. to-day— B miles per hour. j BAROMETER. j Yesterday— 6 p.m., 30.21. To-day— 0.30 a.m., 30.17; noon, 30.15. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 notJRS. Fair to cloudy weather Ims been experienced generally, but unsettled weather with rain w,is reported this morning in the southernmost districts, The winds have been variable. The barometer has fallen in the South, ami has been unsteady, but is still high, in the North.

Wind.— L, light j br, breeze; fb, fresii breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale, w, giUe ot exceptional severity. Weather,— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, parsing clouds; D, drizzling rain; li 1 , foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, had; L, ■ lightning ; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole eky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, equally; R, rain, contiaued ram; 8, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy, FOBBCAST. At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast was Issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds.-=AVeatefly winds prevailing, moderate to strong, northward of Kawhia and Napief, aud increasing, strong to gale, elsewhere. Barometer.— Fall everywhere, but probably rising after from 24 to 30 hours. Sea. — CjUsideruble between Castlepoint and KaikoUra, and on the west coast of the North Island; rough in Fovcaux Strait; moderate elsewhere. Tides.-'-Glood in Foveaux Strait; moderate elsevs here. Warning signals for westerly gales are exhibited at Capes Campbell, Farewell Spit, and Foulwind, aud at Stephen Inland, Nugget Point and Centre Island. Weather.— Squally and changeable generally, aud clouding ovei' with rain later southward of Kawhia and Napier. D. C. BATES.

Station. / Cape Maria Y.D. Russell FTokiaiiga Heads Kaipara Sig. Stn. MaimLim Heads Auckland... ... Mritiri Kuwhin „, ... I'aUfanga... „ I'aupo East Cape ... jisbome ... ... hHpiec ... ... Jtibtlepoinfc ... Jape falliser ... L'ape Egmont ... Patea Wuiigauui ... Poxton .. ... Wellington Jape Campbell ... Farewell apit ... Westpott... ... Glfejiiiouth ... Bealey lAfisiclitttch ... Akwou L.H. - „, riuiafU ... ... Drimaru ... ... Duaedin „, „, Nuggets ... Bluu Wind. BEI SEI SI Calm Calm SW t SWI Calm NEI S\V 1 £1 Wl N 1 NW ht X 1 N"W 1 Kffl NWbiN\V 1 Nf b NW f b SW 1 S\V f b j!) 1 NWfb SB 1 MWib iN'l iSJB 1 SBI SWm g nWf b Nl Bar. 30-09 30-28 30*1? I 80'ai 3012 30'3C ! 30* la !W2B 30-24 30-23 3019 30*22 3020 30-15 3016 30-26 30"-s5 3020 30'lf SOlo 3U'IG 3U-AJ 3020 30-13 30-00 29-03 2tf'e9 a9'S7 aa-77 29-93 29 8. ■a-n Tlmsi-. in Shade 66 60 65 61 62 65 63 tiS Ti 67 69 lift 64, «9 60 U 6a 6J 61 SI a us 57 59 58 65 b-i 57 58 36 56 64 56 We'tk': 0 1 BCJZ B C" C ' B C O B B C «B 0 C Z B B B Z B O BC O B 0 0 0 BC C B C 0 B a • o o R P O D

10-DAY'S WEATHER, From observations taken at 9 a.m.

New moon First quarter Pull moon Last quarter v. .. 8 ... 10 .. oO H. 11 8 n o M. 52 a.m 28 a.m 20 i).m, 28 ii.tn,

THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.)