METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 146, 17 December 1913, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. WEDNESDAY, 17th DECEMBER, 1913. THE SUN. Rose to-day— 4h Urn a.m. ; sets 7b 21m p.m. Rises to-morrow- -4h 12m. sum.; sets 7h 22m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, niU^afternoon, Oh sen. THE MOOH^j, (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.)

TEMPERATURE IN THE' SHADE. Yesterday— Maximum, 64.2deg. ; minimum, SO.fideg. ; mean, 57.4deg. To-day, at noon— s7deg. RAINFALL. Total (or the 24 hours preceding • a.a. to-day— 2.o4in. Total to date during the month— 6.43ln. Total rainfall for November— 4.l6la. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours precedlag 9 a.m. to-day— l 3 miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— s p.m., 29.06. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 29.60; noon, 2».«8. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. The barometer fell extremely low about Cook Strait last evening for the passage of a cyclonic disturbance, but has risen everywhere since, and the winds have changed to strong southerlies. Heavy rain has fallen generally, and snow on the higher levels in the South. Rivers 'are flooded in various districts of the North Island to-day. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 i.n.

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; t b, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale ot exceptional severity. Weather.— B, blue sky; be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drilling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hall; L, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole sky .covered with thick clouds; t. passing showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z. hazy. {(/$ r\ • FORECAST. At 8 a.m. to-day the following forecast wai issued for the subsequent 24 hours: — Winds.— Decreasing generally, and southerly, moderate to strong, prevailing. Barometer.— Rise. Sea.— Heavy swell between East Cape and Banks Peninsula ; considerable _pn all the western coast; rough generally elsewhere. 'fides.— High on the east coast southward of East Cape; good elsewhere. Weather. — Cold and showery, and a very cold night probable generally. d: c. bates.

Cape Maria "/JD. Russell Hokianga Heads Kaipara Sic. Stn Manukau Heads. Auckland Tiritlri Kawhia Tauranga Taupo ... East Cape ... Gisborne ... I Napier Castlepoint ... ,Oape Pallißer... Gape Eemont... Pat«a Wanganui Foxton Wellington ... Cape Campbell Farewell Spit... Westport Qreymouth ... Bealey Ohriatchurch Akaroa L.H.... Timaru ... Oatnaru Duoedin Queunsto-wn ... Nuggets Bluff ' Station. SWfl) SW f b SW f b WSW tog Wmg Wf b SW f b SW fb Wbr SWbr Wf b SW f b SWbr SWbr SW t b Wmg Inter'pt'd Sf b S me Sf b Sg Wl WSWI NWbr SBf b SW f b SW f b SW f b SW f b SW fb Calm Sf b SW 1 Wind. Bar. 2995 2985 2984 2981 2975 2974 2974 29*69 2976 2965 2955 2961 2950 29"59 2960 2962 Ther. in shade 64 ' 69 64 57 55 60 60 53 60 54 60 62 62 57 51 55 We'th'r 8g OP BOQ OZ B O 1 Q BC §0 B O P P B 29 - 58 2960 29*62 29*58 29*68 29*60 29*59 29*66 29*58 29*58 2960 29*00 2961 29*68 29*63 29*68 61 58 53 53 57 55 58 48 49 50 54 53 61 50 47 40 O o o o 0 /OP o OE BO BO BO BO P P

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