METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 29, 4 February 1913, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN. Rose to-day— 4h 69m a.m.; sets 7h 10m p.m. Rises to-morrow— sh a.m. ; sets 7h 8m p.m. J BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, £h 4 ( <ni; afternoon, 6h 6m ; total, llh 60m.

TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday-~Maximum, 65.8deg. ; minimum, 69deg. ; mean, 62.4deg. To-day, at noon— 6odeg. RAINFALL. Total for the 24 hours preceding > t.m. to-day— Nil. Total to date during the month— Nil. Total rainfall for January— s.o3in. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— l 3 miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yestcrday-*-5 p.m., 29.92. ' To-day— 9.30 a.m., 30.14; noon, 30.14. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. Moderate southerly winds have prevailed northWard Of New Plymouth and Napier, and variable breezes elsewhere, but squally at times, especially in Cook and Foveaux Straits. Fair to cloudy weather has predominated, and a moderately high barometer. 4

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; fb, fresh breese; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D. drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally;' R, ram, continued rain; S, snow; rT, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. FORECAST. At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds.— Variable and moderate to strong; southerlies prevailing northward of New Plymouth and Napier; westerlies elsewhere.* ' Barometer.— Little movement. Sea.— ltdugh about East Cape and in Foveaux Strait; moderate elsewhere. Tldes.-^Poor on all the western coast; moderate elsewhere. Weather.— Fair to cloudy weather generally, misty at times in most parts Of the country, especially in Cook and Foveaux Straits, and on the east coast of the South Island. D. C. BATES.

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TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 0 *.m. I

few moon ntst quarter 'ull ni6on .ast quarter v. .. 6 .. 14 « 21 .. 28 4 52 p.m. 8 4 p.m. 1 3S p.m. 8 45 a.m.

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