METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 73, 29 March 1910, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THB SDK. Rose to-day— €h lm a.m. : sets 5h 50m p.m. Rises to-morrow — Gh 2ni a.m. ; sets oh 48m p.m. BBIGH7 SUNSniXK. Yesterday— Movninj!, 2h 10m; afternoon, 2h 45m; total, 4h 51m. THE MOON. (Calculated (or New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. 31. Last quarter 4 7 »22 p.m. Xew moon ... „. ... 11 11 42 p.m. First quarter 18 3 7 p.m. Full moon 26 7 61 a.m. TEMPERATCJRK IV SHADE. Yesterda> — Maximum. 6Cdeg. ; minimum, j3.2deg. ; mean, 59.fides. To-d«y, at noon — Csdeg. RAINFALL. For the Si hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— Nil. Total to date during the month— !.o7in. Total rainfall for Tebruarj— <.23in. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 houri preceding 9 a.m. to-daj — 7 miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— s p.m., 30. - t3. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 30.19; noon, 80.14. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF PAST 72 HOURP A westerly disturbance paired southward of Xew Pl; mouth and Xanier on Saturday, with strong westerly winds and rain o\er the South Island. High pressure followed with cloudy and hazy conditions in many part.-., but generally fine. Remarkable changes, however, were experienced in some parts of the coiuitr>. TO-DAY'S WEATHEB. r»OM o»a«KTATio»a takkk «r 9 a.x

Wind.— L» UgUt; br, oreezc; t b, fresb breeze ; m g, moderate gate ; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gate of exceptional severity. Weather.— B. blue sky, be the atinotphero clear or heavy; C, c'ouda, passing clouds; I), drizzling ram ; ¥, fogg) ; Ci, gloomy, dark weather; H, bail; L, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole iky covered with thick clouds; I*. pantiug »bo«ert>; ii, squally, X, ram. continued ram; S, mow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance. FOKKCAST. At » ajn. the following forecast waa Utue4 for the subsequent 24 hours rewinds.—There are indications for a heavy easterly gale northward of Emit Cape and Kawhia; easterly, strong to gale thence to Lj ttelton and Uokitika, and northerly, moderate to strong elsewhere. Barometer.— Fall fant northward of Hokitika and Lyttelton. and \ery low in the north; tall elsewhere, but probably rising fast generally after 36 hours. Bea.— Very heavy northward of East Cape; incrvuning theuce aouthwardt to Kaikoura, and considerable elsewhere. Tides.— High on all the eastern coast northI ward of Kaikoura; low on the west eosst |of the North Inland ; and moderate elsewhere. Weather. — \«.ry heavy rain it probable in most partc of the North Island, and on the ' north-eastern parts of the boutu Island. Cloudy and hazy weather, with rain, probable I elsewhere. Floods are to be expected. ! Warning signal tar easterly safe i* exhibited at Cape Maria Van Dtemeo. Tintlrl, aud East Cape, also at Capes Campbell. Farewell Spit, and Foulwind, and at Stephen Island. Note.— A cyclonic tli'turbaiue it apparently approaching from the north-west with very low pressure; it will probably be followed by very high southerly wind*. D. C. BATES.

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