METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 110, 11 May 1910, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

« WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN. Rose to-day — 6h •lOraa.m.; sets 4h 47m p.m. Rises to-morrow— €h -17m a.m.: sets 4h 4Cm p.m. BRIGHT SUXSHIXE. Yesterday— Morning, nil; afternoon, nil. THE MOON. (Calculated for Now Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. Last quarter 3 1 0 a.m. New moon ... 9 5 3 p.m. First quarter 16 I 43 p.m. Full moon 24 5 9 p.m. (Total eclipse of the aioon.) HALLEY'S COMET. Rose to-day— 3.44 a.m.; 37,000,000 miles distant from the earth. Rises to-morrow — 3.4S a.m. ; 34,000,000 miles distant. Transit of comet across sun's disk — 19th May, between 1.50 and 2.50 p.m. Perigee of romet— 2oth May. TEMPERATURE IX THE SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, 54deg.; minimum, 50deg. ; mean, 52deg. RAINFALL. For the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— o.sin. Total to date during the month— l.22in. Total rainfall during April— l.Bßin. WIND*. Average velocity for the 24 houra preceding 9 a.m. to-day— 2(s miles per hour. BAKOMETKR. Yesterday— s p.m., 30.03. ■ To-day— o.3o a.m., 29.99. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. The barometer has fallen steadily in the south, but remained low over the far north. The weather has been generally unsettled, and heavy rain has fallen in parts, especially of the North Island. Strong easterly winds have prevailed in the north, and northerly have predominated in the south. Heavy seas have been experienced northward of East Cape, ac Cape Farewell Spit, and between Castlepoint and Kaikoura. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. rnOH OBSERVATIONS' TAKEN AT U A. Si

Wind.— L, light; br, bieeze; t h, trcsh breeze; m g, moderate jjalc; g, whole ol•llea^y gale; w, gale of exceptional seventy. Weather.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, dfozling rain; F, foggy; U, gloomy, dark weather; g, bail; L, >ig^tning ; U, ffiity.;

O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally. R, rain, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance. FORECAST. At 0 a.m. the following forecast was issued for tho subsequent 24 hours : — Winds.— South-easterly wind", moderate to strong, northward of New Plymouth and Napier; northerly increasing, nnd veering to westerly elsewhere. Barometer.— Rise northward of Ea6t Cape ami Kawhia; fall elsewhere, but probably rising everywhere after 20 hours. Sen.— Hea\y between Castlepoinfc and Kaikoum; rough northward of East Cape ; consldeiablo swell on all the eastern coast, and increasing on the West Const after 10 hours. Tides.— High northward of East Cape and on all the western coast; good elsewhere. Weather.— Showery and chnngeable weather is probable generally. Warning signal for northerly gale is exhibited at Nugget Point and Centre Island, and for southerly there and at Cape Camp- j bell after sum be. D. C. BATES.

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