METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 151, 27 June 1914, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. SATURDAY, 27th ,11'NB. THE SUN. Uose to-day — 7h 17m a.m.; sets 4h 29m p.m. Kii.es to-inon'o\v-*-7h 17m a.m. ; sets 4h 30m p.m. BKIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday — Morning, Oh lOin ; afternoon, Hi lSm ; total, Hi 25m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. 11. M. First quarter 2 1 33 a.m. Full moon S 4 48 p.m. Last quarter „ .. „10 1 50 a.m. New moon 24 "> 3 a.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. N Yesterday -Maximum, 4S.odeg. ; minimum, 42.8deg. ; mean. 40.7deg. To-day, at fioou— iOdeg. RAINFALL. Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— O.OOin. Total to date during the month— 3.B2in. Total rainfall for May— 7.97in. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a. in to-day— Vl mile* per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday-- 5 p.m., 20.86. To-day— 9.3o a.m., U0.17; noon, 30.17. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. The barometer has risen everywhere, and southerly winds, strong to Kale, have prevailed, hut with decrpaslim energy generally to-day. Tho weather has been cold, unsettled, and squally, and heavy showers have fallen in many parts of the country . TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m. •

Wind L, light; br, breeze; f 'b, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gate of exceptional severity. Weather.— B, ' blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; 1), drizzling rain; 1?, foggy; O, gloomy, dark weather; 11, hull; L, lightning; 41, misty; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued rain; b, suow : 'i\ thunder; V, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, liazj.

At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast waa issued for the sUbsequpnt 24 hours:— Wiuds.— Southerly winds prevailing, strong to Kale, northward of New l'lymoiitli ami CufeUepomt; modei'iitc to .strong elsewhere, but decreabing generally. Bai'ouietei'. — Kise slowly. Soa.— Uenvy between Castlepoint and Kaikoura, but decreabing ; heavy' swell northward of Cape Egiiioutj rough generally elsewhere, but decreasing. Tides.— Jloderato on the we&t coast of the South Island : Kood ulsewhere. Warning fiigntils for southerly" Kales are exhibited at Capo Maria Van Dleinen, Tlrltirl, and isast, Cape. Weather.— Cold and chapgeable, but iniprov•injr generally. A very cnld nifjlit probable, with fronts inland; hard fro&tb in the Bouth Isliiud. B. V. PEMBERTOK,

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