METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 88, 14 April 1930, Page 13

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER-

MOON FOR APRIL. First quarter, flth day, 10.55 p.m.. Full nook, ■ 13th day, 5.19 p.m.. Last quarter, 21st Cay, 11.38 a.m. New moon, 29th day, 8.35 «.m. *" MONDAY, 14th APRIL Tlie Sun.—Kose to-tlay: G. 19 a.m.; sets, 5.44 p.m. Rises to-morrow, 0.20 a.m.; stis, 9,23 "- p.m. "\ • , Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Mornlnj, 4hr ■ s'lmln: afternoon, shr 6min; total, lOhr. Temperature in Shade.—Maximum, <2.tdag; minlmumi 46.3deg; mean, 54.1deg. . ' - Rainfall.—Xotnl for tho 24 hours precedln: 9 a.m. to-day, nil; total to date durlue the month, I.OOIn. Wind.—Velocity of the wind for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day, 4.3 m.p.h. -. " Baroraeter.—Yesterday, 9 a.m., 29.97 in. "loday, 9 a.m., SO.lOln. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 48 HOURS. Tlie stroni; southerly winds .'of'.vi.Snturdty!-~ rapidly moderated and duvins Saturday nilfht, Kave place to westerlies from Cook Strait southwards owingl to a sllßht 16w-pressure wave whicl] cro.ssed southern New Zealand early on - Sunday morning. Conditions liaris, however, been controlled chiefly by an advancing »ntl- ■ cycloue, and during tlie week-end, although a few scattered showers fell, mainly In weattra, districts, (lie weather hasibeen mostly fair. By . this morning light to moderate southerly, winds were predominating.

Weather.—B, blue «tcy; BC/blite »ky art tk~ ■ tsched clouds; C, cloudy; O, ormeMt; fl, cloray, ■ dull; U, ugly, threatening >: X,. emtinuou* or steady rain; S, snow; D, drlnlt IT, pausing ahowers: H, h«ll; Q, tqutMyX, Utfetalng; T, thunder; V, fog; H, mUt! t. buy. Beaufort Scale cf Wind force, frith «««dr*lent relocltlea l%ft abore rrouad.—#, Mia, f-X miles ncr hour: 1, light lir, S-S; S,ssU(ht breeze. 4-7; 3. gentla breem, 8-1: 4, mod«Mt* breeze. 12-10: 5, fresh breeze, 17-21: «, Mrooc breeze, 22-27, 7 hißli wind, 28-33; 8, r«le, 34-40; », strong, gale, 41-48; 1», Whoto c*!l, 49-56; 11, atorm, 57-65; 12. hurrieaßt. FORECAST. , ° > Winds.— Macleratc to fresh souili-etn horth of Kawhia and East Cape and Westerlies *Vmt Foveaux Strait; elsewhere rariable. but ltlh> to moderate southerner ruling. Baromotir.—KLslug. , Seas.—Smooth to moderate. Tides.—Poor on the west coast of the Korlih Island; moderate elsewhere. Weather.—Fair to flne generally, but tone , showers still likely In the northern and southern extremities of the Dominion. Cold night temperatures with inland frosts.

TO-DAY'S WEATHER. Station, Wind., Prei - Temp. WnltW.. Capo Marls V.D. E 3 30.24 62 C* Riibsell S2 30.21 5G C Hokianga Heads N 1 30.22 57 C , Kalpara Slf? Stn S 2 30 20 62 BC Manukau H'ds SSW 2 30.10 Cl B Auckland ... SW 4 30.19 C9 BC - i.Tlrltlrl SW 3 57 B iKanhia S 1 C6 O» Tauranga .. . W 2 30.12 55 B I OpotlKl S 2 30.10 55 B Taupo H 1 52 BC East Cape .. SW 3 30.07 55 » - Glsborne .... NW 3 30 IS 66 B ■ Napier Calm 30 1« 36 B Ciistlepolnt .. S2 30,15 56 *" Capo PallUcr ESE 1 60 BC Cape Kt'mont SW 4 30.21 «0 BC Patca SSB 1 30.13 , It , ) Wanganui N' 1 30.20 58 ■ BC Fntton KKl 53 B i Wellington .. SB 2 30.1U 58 ■ O - Cape Campbell S :! 30 20 56 O Farewell Spit .. J." 3 30.14 58 B Westport •■ .;.,. SI- 30.15 51 BC * . Gtejimoutli .....IS 3 -30.28 "■ SO BC Althur's r.i?s SW 1 M B ' Cliustchurch NH 2 10 IS SI BZ Aliiiroa LIkW .. SW .■! 30.17 53 C Tlmani *." 2 30 09 Si BC ' lOanuru Wl 30.12 5« -C IDnnediii ..... Calm. 30.16 . 51 "O Queenstown SW 2 30.17 44 B ' i Alexandra ... Calm »" 45: 'B I Nuggets W 2 30.09 50 09 Bluff SW 0 30.15 53 O rujsegur Ft. . NW 3 30.23 51 O '