METEOROLOGICAL MAIL NOTICES. Evening Post.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 75, 31 March 1910, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

MAIL NOTICES. Evening Post.

j WELLINGTON'S WEATHEE. THE SOS. Rose to-day— €h 3m a.m.; sets Sh 46m p.m. Rises to-morrow — till 4m a.m. ; sets 5h 45m p.m. UIIIGHV SLNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, nil; pfternoon, nil. * THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. Last quarter 4 7 22 p.m. New moon ... ... ... 11 11 42 p.m. First quarter ... ... ... 18 3 7 p.m. Full moon 26 7 51 a.m. TEUPERATURK IN SUtDK. Yesterday — Maximum, 56deg.; minimum, 50deg. ; mean, 53deg. To-day, at noon — oodeg «ALNFALL. For the 24 hours preceding 0 a.m. to-day— O.lGin. Total to date during the month— 2 24in. Total rainfall for February— 4.2sin. WIND. Average velocity forr tlie 24 hours preceding 0 a.m. to-day— 37 miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— 29.B3. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 29.93; noon, 28.94. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HOURB. South-easterly gales have prevailed northward of Capes Campbell and Farewell Spit, with heavy ram and floods in mauy parts. Pressure has decreased slightly in the south, and moderate southerly winds have prevailed with unsettled aud cloudy weather in most paa-is. The weather has been generally cold. The cyclonic disturbance' is probably decreasing in the north. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. r»OM OBSERVATIONS Til KM IT 9 A.M |Th«r «■„ Station. Wind. Bar. in J7 6 *" ShSAle """'

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; f b, fresh breexe; m g, moderate gale; g, whote or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional t>everit*. Weather. — B, blue sky, bo the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling ram; X, foggy; G, gloomy, dark j weather; 11, hail; L, lightning; >1, imsl> ; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally, ]>, rain, continued ram; S, snow; T, thunder; I U, ugly, threatening appearance. FORECAST. At 0 a.m. the following forecast was issued > to: the subsequent 24 hours :- Winds.— South-easterly winds, strong to gale, are probable northward- ot Fare-well Spit ana

Kalkoura, aud southerly prevailing, moderate to strong, ebwwhcre. but rlianging probably to westward alter atwut *) hoars. B«Tome*fr.— Kite (.lowly northward of New Plymouth and Napk-r; little movement elsewheie, but falling after 30 hours. Sea —Heavy on the e»»t coMt between East Cape ami Kaikourti; considerable northwards, and on the northern roasts of Cook Strait, and moderate- elsewhere. Tides.— High on the East Coast northward of Kaikoura; poor on all tho western coast, and moderate all other ports. WVather.— Heavy rain is probable on the east coast of the North Inland, and showery and chanseable weather generally. Warning signal.— (Northern stations interrupted). Warning signals for south-easterly gale are exhibited at Cape Campbell, Stephen Island, ami Farewell Spit. Sotev— The centre of the cyclonic disturbance W probably near East Cape this morning, and still threatens danger on the east coast as far south as Uamaru. D. C. BATES.

Subject to necessary alteration!-, mail* Kill clot.c at Wie Chief Post OMce as uad>r:— For Wanganui and New Plymouth, per Manamiu tram, daily, 8 a.m. For Ifcipicr, per Manavratu train, daily, 9.50 a.m. For Auckland, per Main Truak train, daily, at 11.16 a.m. THURSDAY, Slst MARCH. For United Kingdom and Continent of Europt;, \va Kio do Janeiro (due London l«th M»») (tar specially addressed correspondence only), |wr Aotea, 5 \>.m. For Wcst|>ort, per Nuiua, 5 p.m. Tor Son them Oflices of New Zealand, and Cuatiiain 1 Mauds, per Mararoa, 6 p.m. For Blenheim, per Blruheun. 7.45 p.m. For BleiheiiD, per Opawa, 7.45 p.m. FRIDAY, lit APRIL. For Picton, Blenheim, French rait, and Kelson, per Pateena, 12.50 p.m. For Ceylon, ludia, China, Straits Settlement!. South Africa, also Continent of Europe and United Kingdom, via Naplei (due London 7th May), per Ulimaroa, 2.30 p.m. For Au»tr»lian States (due S>doey sth April) per Ulimaroa, 3.30 p.m. For Kuikoura, per Wakatu, 3.20 p.m. For Southern Offices of New Zetland, per Monowai. 4.20 p.m. For Southern Offices of Xew Zealand, «l§o Australian States, to connect with Warrimoo •t Bluff, per Maori, 0 p.m. Mails for Chatham Islands, per Ripple, close •t Lyttelton, Friday, Ist April, at 8 p.m. Malls tor Niue Island, close at Auckland, par schooner Kereru. Friday, Ist April, at 3.45 p.as. The next best despatch for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe will he via Naples, closing at Wellington, per Ulimaroa, Friday, Ist April, »t 2.30 p.m. The next best despatch for Canada, United States -of America. West Indies, will be Tia Fiji, Fanning Island, Honolulu, aud Vancouver, closing at Wellington, per Main Trunk train, at 11.15 a.m.; late fee 11. SO a.m.; mail van 12.1.*> p.m. on Tuosday, 12th April. All the principal nuilb by lrain and steamer close »t. Tc Aro and Conrtena) -place Post Offlceß at the same hours as at the Chief Post Ofllce, with the e*cr|>tion that there is no late-fee clearance. R. B. M<&KIS, Acting Chief Postmaster.

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