METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 72, 26 March 1909, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. TIIE SUN. Rose to-day —oh 38m a.m,; sets 5h 54m p.m. Rises to-monow —sh 39m a.m.; sets 5h 63m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday—Morning, jh 20m; afternoon, 5h 30m; total, lOh 50m. # THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. Full moon 7 2 2G p.m. Last quarter 15 3 12 p.m. New moon 22 7 41 a.m. First quarter ' ... 29 4 1!) a.m. TEMPERATURE IN SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, 72deg.; minimum, Clrtcg.; mean, fiOdeg. To-day, 1 p.m.—7ideg. RAINFALL.* For the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— Total to date during month—l.43in. WIHD. Average velooifv for the 24 houra piece J ing O .x.ra. to-d.-»y—l4 miles, per liour. BAROMETER. Yesterday—s p.m., 30.04. To-day—9.3o a.m., 29.05; 1 p.m., 29.76. NEW ZEALAND. THB VAST 24 HOURS. Slowly falling barometer northward of Cape Campbell and Hokitika, but it has fallen steadily everywhere else. The weather has been showery with strong easterly winds northward of Napier and New Plymouth, and generally fine with moderate to strong northerly winds in all other parts of the country.

Win_—-L, light; br, breeze; f b, Irefib breeze;-tm g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weatlix.— 15, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; 1), drizzling rain; F, loggy; U, gloomy, dark weathers 11, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky coveicd with thick clouds; I', passing showeis; Q, squally; U, rain, continued ram; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance. THB i-UTUKE. At 9 a.m. the follonmtj forecast was iwued (or the subsequent 24 hours: — Wiud.—Easterly, strong to gale at nil places northward of lit'bt Cape, Taupo, and Raglan; bOuth-eastoTly, stiong to gale thence to Napier; northerly, strong to gale thence to Queenstown" and Port Chalmers; westerly, strong to gale m the southern districts. Bfrometar.—Fall everywhei c. Sea.—Hemvy on all eastern coast and on west coast between Cape ligmont and Fox. ton; considerable elsewhere. Tides.—High on all eastern coast and on west coast between Cape Ugmont and Foxton; good all other ports. Rain is probable in most parts of the country. Warning signal for easterly gale is exhibited at Cape itlaria Van Biemen and Tiritiri (East Cape interrupted); for northerly gale at CapesFarewell, Foulwmd, and Campbell, Stephens Island, and Nugget Point; but for westerly gale »t Centre island. R. A. EDWIN.

TO-D. iY'S WE ITHI IR. FBOBI OnSEI LVATIOKS T .KEN At 9 A. II Station. Wind. Bar. Ther. iv Shade Weather. Cape Maria Van Dieiueu Bn&sell STanulcan Heads Auckland Bast Cape Gisbome... Spit, NapieiCastlepoinc New Plymouth ... Piten V» T anganui Foxt-ou Wellington Blonheim Cape Campbell ... Kaikoura Nelson farewell Spit .. Wesfcport L'upe Foulwiaid ... Grejunoutli HokslaUa Heaiey Lyttokfcou Uhnscchurch ... I'iinacii Uumoru I'ort ClKilmers ... Jjuuecim Ljueeust,owu iNuggecs luvumo-giU Llull E 1 E m g NE m g ENEfb Inter'p'd N 1 NE 1 NE br NE 1 Calm ENE 1 Calm NN"W br NW 1 N\V B Calm NE 1 N 1 NE I N br NE 1 E 1 .NWIli Calm NE 1 NE 1 NE 1 NE 1 an i Calm NE 1 Calm Calm 29-S5 29 86 i'J-'Jo 29'KJ ' 70 63 02 70 C B P O 30-05 'JO 03 30-00 30-04 30-03 29-95 2900 29-95 29-86 29-85 iU-76 29-96 29 96 29 91 J9-93 jyyi 29 90 js-yu 29 7a 29-78 Ji)'O9 aa-oa 20-65 29-61 2U-6i 29-51 29-oi 29-51 70 69 W 70 6S 130 67 67 70 60 63 68 U3 61 61 63 63 63 67 64 tbO '60 59 60 US 6o 61 ay R B a B C 13 E C B C B C U a H B C BC B U B C B C B U B U v B C I1I 1 B C B U C O O