METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 7, 9 January 1915, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER SATURDAY, 9th JANUARY THE SUN Rose to-day— 4h 27m a.m.; sets 7h 27m p.m. Rises to-morrow— 4h 28m a m. ; sets 7n 27m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE Yeeterday— Nil THE MOON (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) B. H. M. Full moon .. .t „ 1 11 50 p-.m. Last quarter .. .. r. s 0 8 43 a.m. New moon 16 2 12 a.m. First quarter .. 23 5 2 p.m. Full moon 31 4 11 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE Yesterday — Maximum, 66deg. ; minimum, 63.2deg. ; mean, 64.(ideg. To-day, at noon— 67deg, RAINFALL Total fall for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.H, to-day — Nil Total to date during the month— o.o3in WIND Average velocity for the 24 hours precetoj ■0 a.m. to-day— l 4 miles per hour BAROMETER Yesterday— s p.m., 29.98 To-day— 9.3o a.m.", 29.50; noon, 29,88 NEiW ZEALAND SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS Although the barometer has been about normal over the Dominion it has been very unsteady, and a combination of atmospheric systems surrounding these Islands has accounted for continuous dull and misty weather during the past few days, particularly southward of New Plymouth and Napier. In the past 24 hours drizzling rain has fallen in various districts, and bteady rain was reported in many parts of the South Island, this morning. The winds have been moderate to strong, and variable but nortu-westerfies have persisted about Cook Strait

TO-DAT*S WBATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m.

w, gale of exceptional seventy. Weather.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphera clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark , weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, miaty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick j clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; It, rain, continued rain; S, tnow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy.

FORECAST ! At t a.m. to-day the following forecast waa issued for the subsequent 24 hours : — Winds — Westerly, moderate to strong and increasing, northward of New Plymouth and Napier; strong to gale at times thence to Hokitika and Kaikoura ; moderate 'to strong south-easterly prevailing elsewhere, changing to southerly everywhere after from 16 to 24 hours Barometer— Falling tendency, but rise everywhere in about 20 hours Sea— Heavy between Castlcpoint and Kaikoura; rough and increasing southwards; considerable on the west coast southward of Cape Egmont; moderate elsewhere Tides — Moderate northward of East Cape and on the West Coast of the South Island-; good elsewhere Warning signals for westerly gales are exhibited at Farevftll Spit, Capes Foulwind and Campbell, and also at Stephen Island Weather — Unsettled and cloudy weather with rain generally, and heavy rain southwards of New Plymouth and Castlepoint, with flooded rivere on the West Coast ; colder conditions tomorrow B. V. PEMBERTON"

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