METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 76, 1 April 1910, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

♦ WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. rrns sow. Rose today— €h 4m a.m.; sct3 5h 45m p.m. Rises to-morrow— Ch 5m a.m. ; sets 5h 43m p.m. BRIGHV SI'NSHISB. Yesterday— Morninp. Oh sm ; afternoon, 2h 35m; total, 2U 40m. . THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) ' T t D. H. M. Last quarter 3 o 18 p.m. New moon 10 8 55 a.m. First quarter J7 1 34 a.m. Full moon 25 o 53 a.m. TEMPERATURE IN SHADE. ] Yesterday — Maximum, 59deg. ; minimum, 51deg. ; mean, 55dep. To-day at noon— GOdeg. RAIKFALL. For the 24 hours preceding 0 a.m. to-day— 0.14 in. ' Total rainfall for March— 2.3oin. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hourt preceding 0 a.m. to-day— 24 miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— 5 p.m., 20.04. To-day— 9.3o a.m.. 30.02; noon, 20.03. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. A cyclonic disturbance has passed to the eastward of East Cape, with south-easterly winds, strong to cale, but decreasing in force since midnight, especially southward of Ka«t Cape and Kawhia owing to the influence of a decreasing pressure in the south. Cold south-easterly winds and heavy rain were experienced jesterday o*er the North Island, hut cool and changeable weather in the South. The barometer has risen steadily in the north, and fallen slightly in the south. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. »BOM OBSERVATIONS TAKES AT 0 A.*

Wind. — L, light; br, breeze; i b, fresh breeze ; m g, moderate gale ; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale ot' exceptional severity. Weather.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, c'ouds, pacing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather ; • 11, hail ; L, lightning ; M, misty ; O, overcast, the whole sky coveied with thick clouds; P, passing bboucrs; Q, squally, 11, rain, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; U, uglj, threatening appearance. FORECAST. At 0 a.m. tbe following forecast waa Issued for the subsequent 24 hours :- Winds.— Southerly winds, moderate to strong, are probable northward of New Pl} mouth and Napier, aud -westerly winds increasing, and backing to northeil) elsewla-rc. Barometer.— Uise slowly northward of New Plymouth and Napier, and fall elsewhere. Sea.— Rough between Castlepomt and Kaikoura, and on tho vrst coast of the North Island ; considerable, hut decrcafcing, on the east coast of the North Island ; and moderate elsewhere. Tides.— Good northward of Kaikoura, and moderate elsewhere. Weather. — Cool and changeable weather is probable generally, with lain in the southernmoat distucts. Note. — A low pressure area is due to pass in the southern districts after 24 hours. D. C. BATES.

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