METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 34, 10 February 1913, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN. Rose to-day— sh 6m a.m.; sets 7h 3m p.m. Rises to-morrow— sh Bin a.m. ; sets 7h lm p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, Oh 6m; afternoon, 4h 16m; total, 4h 20m. THE MOON.' (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. New moon „ .. .. c 4 52 p.m. First quarter 14 8 4 p.m. Full moon .. „ .. 21 *i 33 p.m. Last quarter 28 8 45 a.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday— Maximum, 75.2deg. ; minimum, 57deg. ; mean, 66,ldeg. To-day, at noon— 67deg. RAINFALL. Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— Nil. Total to date during the month— o.o7in. Total rainfall for January— s.o3in. WIND. , Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding ' 9 a.m. to-day— 4 mileß per hour. | BAROMETER. Yesterday— 6 p.m., 30.11. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 30.03; noon, 30.01. | NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 4& HOURS. Variable land and sea breezes have prevailed, an easterly direction predominating northward of New Plymouth and Napier, and northerly and westerly elsewhere. The weaUier has been warm and hnzy, but dull and misty at times, and some light rain fell in parts on Saturday night. The barometer has shown a downward tendet'ey. 10-DAY'S WEATHER. From obs«mtfons taken at 9 a.m.

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; f b, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of eicepMonul severity, Weather.— B, blue ikf, 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; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds'; P. passing showers; Q, squally ; R, rain, continued ram; 3, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. Forecast At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast wa» issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds.— Winds increasing generally; easterly, moderate to strong, northward of East Cape and Kawhia ; northerlies elsewhere, and westerly, Strong to gale, in Foveaux Strait. Barometer.— Fall everywhere. Sea.— Rough between Castlepoint and Kalkoura; considerable in Foveaux Strait; modefate elsewhere. * Tides,— High northward of East Cape ; moderate on the west coast of the North Island; good elsewhere. Warning signals for westerly gales are exhibited at Nugget Point and Centre Island, and for northerly gales Will be exhibited at sunrise at Capes Campbell, Farewell 'Spit, Foul wind, and Stephen Island. Weather,— lncreasing cloud and haziness generally, but v.arm and sultry on the cast coasts of both Islands, and rain following on the West Coast and southernmost districts of the South Island. P. C. BATES.

' " * ■ -I. Subject t.o necessary alterations, mails will close at the Chief Post Office as under:— For Wanganui, New Plymouth, also Manawatu, Rangltikei, and Taranaki Districts, per Manawatu train (Thorndon Station), daily, at 6.30 a.m. For Wanganui, also Manawatu and Rangltikei Districts, per Manawatu train (ThorUdoJi Station), daily, at 3,13 p.m. For Wairarapa District, per Wairarttpa train (Lainbton Station), daily, 6.30 a.m. and 3,30 p.m. For Napier and fiawkes Bay District, per Manawatu train (Thorndon Station), daily, 8 a.m. and 3.15 p.m. For Auckland and District, also New flymouth and Wanganui, per Main Trunk train (Thorndon Station), daily, at 10.50 a.m.; late fee, Chief Post Office 11.6 a.m., mall van 11.60 a.m. For Auckland and Auckland District, p« Second Main Trunk train (Thorndon Station), dally, 7.45 p.m. ; late fee, 8 p.m. MONDAY, 10th FEBRUARY. For Southern Offices of New Zealand, airi Greymouth, Hojdtiku, and Reef ton, per Maori, 6.15 p.m. For Blenheim, PfctOn, and Havelock, per Opawa, 7.45 p.m. For Blenheim, Picton, and Havelock, per Blen heim, 7.46 p.m. TUKBDAY, 11th FEBRUARY. For Southern Offices of New Zealand, per Motiowai, 4.20 p.m. For Nelson, per Nikau, 4.20 p.m. For Southern Offices of New Zealand, per . Mararoa, 6.16 p.m. WEDNESDAY, 12th FEBRUARY. For Picton, Blenheim, Havelock, and Nelson, per Pateena, 11. "50 a.m. For Nelson, per Awaroa, 4.20 p.m. For Nelson, per Corinna, 4.20 p.m. For Havelock and Bays, per Manaroa, 6 p.m. For Southern Offices of New Zealand, and Greymouth, Hokitika, and Reefion, per Maori, 6.16 p.m. THURSDAY, 13th FEBRUARY. I Articles for danttda, per parcel post, per Main Trunk Train, lo a.m. For Fiji, Fanning Island, Japan, Honolulu, also Canada, United States of America, Central America, add West Indies, via Vancouver, also Continent of Europe and United Kingdom (due London 17th March), per Zealandia from Auckland, per Main Trunk Train, 10.60 a.m. (Money orders must be obtained one hour before the advertised time of closing the malls), FRIDAY, I4th FEBRUARY. For Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Straits Settlements, South Africa, and Continent of Europe and United Kingdom, via Naples (due London 22nd March), pel' ullmaroa, 3.30 p.m. (Money orders must be obtained two hours before tbe advertised time of closing the mails). For Australian States (due Sydney 18th February), per Ullmaroa, 3.30 p.m. (Money orders must be obtained two hours before the advertised tlftie of closing the mails). Mails for Rarotoriga and Tahiti close at Auckland, per Talune, Tuesday, 11th inst., at 8.45 a.m. The next best despatch for correspondence addressed to CSflada, United States of America, Central America, West indies, United Kingdom, and Continent of Europe, will be via Fiji, Honolulu, and Vancouver, closing at Wellington, per Main Trunk train, oh Thursday, 13th inst., at 10.60 a.m. ; late-fee letters at C.P.0., 11,6 a.m.} atid late-fee hoi, Thorndon railway station, 11.46 a.m. A. P. DRYPEN, Chief Postmaster.

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