METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 79, 5 April 1910, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

♦ WELLINGTON'S WEATHEB. tux sow. Ros« to-d»y— CM 8m a.m.: seti .'h SSm p.m. Blses to-morrow — Chthna.m.; rets 5h Mm p.m. BRIQIIV SI'N'SHINE. Yesterday— Morning, oil 15m; afternoon, 2h 15m; total, 2h 30m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand llean Time.) V. 11. M. Last quarter 3 o 18 p.m. New moon in 8 65 a.m. First quarter 17 1 34 a.m. Full moon 23 0 53 a.m. TKMPERATURK IN SHADE.

Yesterday — Maximum, 62deg.; minimum, 4sdcg.; mean. 55<leg. To-day, at noon— 6Sdeg. HAIXFALL. For the Zi hours preceding 0 a.m. to-day— Nil. Total to date durinr the month— o.o2in. Total rainfall for March— 2.3oin. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 0 a.m. to-day— l 2 miles per hour. DAROMETEB. Yesterday— s p.m., 20.80. Today— o.3o a.m., 2».94; noon, 29.93. NEW ZEALAND.* SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 21 HOURS. The barometer has risen everywhere during the night, and heavy rain has fallen in parts. Moderate to strong southerly winds have prevailed, but a westerly gale has been experienced in Foveaux Strait. Rough eras have been experienced on the west coast southward of Cape Egmont. TO-DAY'S WEATHEB. raOM oasBaVATtoKS takbh *t a a.w

gale; w, gulc of exceptional seventy. Weather.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or lieavjr; C, cloud's, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; V, foygy; 0, gloomy, dark weather; 11, hail; L, >iglitning; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; V, patting showers; Q, equally, X, rain, continued rain; 8, know; T, thunder; U. ugly, threatening appearance. FOBECAST. At 8 a.m. the following forecast was Issued lo: the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds.— Southerly, moderate to strong are probable generally, but strong to gale in the bouthernmost districts. Barometer.— Kise everywhere, and probably very high. Sea.— Considerable on all the western coast, and heavy in Foveaux Strait; moderate elsewhere. Tides.— High on the west coast of the North Island; moderate norths urd of Castlepoint; good generally elsewhere. Weather. — Cool and changeable weather will probably be followed by fair weather everywhere. A cold night is probable generally Warning signal for southerly gale is exhibited at Centre Island and Nugget Co.nt Note. — A '•mall area of westt-tl) low pressure is likely to c;ui.-o a temporary fall in barometric prcsauic before a decided rise takes place. D. C. BATES.

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