METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 121, 22 May 1908, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

♦ WELLINGTON'S WEATHEB. THE SUN. Rose to-diy — 6h 57m a.m. ; sets 111 35m p.m. Rises to-morrow — 6h 58m a.m. ; sets 1h 36m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, 3h 20m, afternoon, 4h 25min. Total, 7h 55m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time). D. H. M. New uioon „ ,-. _ 1 3 3 a.m. First quarter _ ~. „ 8, 10 63 p.m. Full moon „ „ „ 16 4 2 p.m. Last quarter _. .. — 23 11 47 a.m. New moon .. ..' ..30 2 44 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, 59cTeg. ; minimum, 52deg. ; mean, 56deg. To-day, 1 p.m.— STdcg. RAINFALL. For the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day — Nil. Total to date during month — 1.17 in. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day — 15 miles an hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— l p.m., 30.40 ; 5 p.m , 30.45. To-day_— 9 a.m., 30.30; 1 p.m., 30.18. NEW ZEALAND. THE PAST 24 HOURS. Moderate winds, principally from the eastward, at places north of Napier and New Plymouth, but from tho westward elsewhere. The weather has been fine everywhere Cambridge, Giaborne, Taihape, Naseby, Pembroke, luvercargill, and Bluff report frost. TO-DAY'S "WEATHEE. TBOM OBSEftVATIONS TAKEN AT 9 A.M

Wind.— L, light; or, Dreeze ; I b, fresh breeze ; at g, moderate gale ; g, whole or heavy gale, w, guie of exceptional (seventy. Weather. — B, blue sky, be tho atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; J}, drizzling rain; I, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather ; H, hail ; L, lightning ; M, misty ; O, overcast, the whole sky coveied with thick clouds; P, passing ehowers; Q, squally; It, ram, continued ram; 3, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance. THE FUTUBE. At 9 a.m. the following forecast waa issued for the subsequent 24 hours: — Wind.— Moderate to 6troiig northerly at all planes northward of East Cape, Taupo, and Kiwl'ia, but from the westwaid thence to Napier; northerly, strong to gale, from 10 to 16 hours, at all other places. Barometer. — Fall everywhere. Sea.— Heavy on all western coast and on east coast between OaatlepoLnt and Ka'koura; considerable in Bay of Plenty ; moderate elsewhere. Tideß. — High on all western, coast ; good on. east coast northward of Bast Cape and from Castlepoint southward ; moderate all other ports. Rain is probable southward of Napier and New Plymouth. Wai r.ing signal for northerly gale is exhibited at Capes Campbell, Foulwind, Farewell Spit, and Nuggets. B. A. EDWIN.

Station. Wind. Bar. Ther. in Shade Weather. Cape Maria Van Dieineu Bnssell Llanuknu Heads Auckland Bast Cape Gisbome... ... Spit, Napier ... Castlepoinc ... New Plymouth ... -Palea Wouganui ... Foxtou .., ... Wellington Blenheim Cape Campbell ... Kiiikoura ... Nelson Farewell Spit ... Westport Cape IToulwind ... Greymouth Hokitika Bealey ... Ljttelton Christchurch ... Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers ... Dunedm ... Queeustowu Nuggets Invercargill lsluil NE 1 SE 1 E 1 Calm Not come Not come SVT 1 NW 1 E 1 NW 1 NE 1 NE 1 N hr Calm NW fb Calm SW 1 W 1 Calm E 1 Ebr ti 1 W fb Calm SW 1 NE 1 W 1 NNE br tf 1 N 1 NWI NE 1 N I i 30-40 30-37 30-40 30-41 30-35 30-3 a 30-43 30-40 30 J6 8033 30-30 3021 3024 30-27 30-32 30-37 30-36 30-48 30-35 30 38 30-31 30-27 30-26 30-25 80-21 30-17 30-15 30-18 30-10 dO-12 30-16 62 56 55 58 46 53 51 51 55 56 55 49 50 48 49 52 43 49 48 43 41 55 43 48 48 52 3d 42 41 47 O B O BG '* M B B G O O O c B C C B , U O G C C C B B C C G B B B B B B C B G