METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 112, 13 May 1910, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN. Rose to-day — 6h 48m a.m. ; sets 4h 45m p.m. Rises to-morrow — 6h 49m a.m. ; sets 4h 44m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, nil; afternoon, 2h 4om; total, 2h 45m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. Last quarter 3 1 0 a.m. New moon 9 5 3 p.m. First quarter 1G 1 43 p.m. Full moon 24 5 9 p.m. (Total eclipse of the Moon.) HALLEY'S COMET. Roso to-day — 2.07 a.m.; 30,000,000 miles distant from the earth. Rises to-morrow — 1.9 a.m.; 27,000,000 miles distant. Transit of comet across sun's disk— l9thMay, between 1.50 and 2.50 p.m. Perigee of comet— 2oth May. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, Csdeg. ; minimum, 53.8deg. ; mean, 59.4deg. To-day, at noon— Gldeg. RAINFALL. For the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— 0.03 m. ■ Total to date during the month — l.SOin. Total rainfall during April— l.Bßin. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding9 a.m. to-day — 8 miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— s p.m., 29.44. To-day— 9.3o A.m., 29.50; noon, 29.48. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. Strong southerly winds ha ve^ prevailed north- 5 , ward of East Cape and Wanganui, and on the West Coast of the South Island, and westerly winds elsewhere. Rain has faHcn in many parts of tiie country, and the weather has been generally unsettled. The barometer has risen in the far north, but continued low in the extreme south. TO-DAY'S WEATHER.

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; f b, fresh breeze; in g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather.— B, blue skj, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; 0, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain ; F, foggy ; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, ilgbtning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered wjtb thick clouds; I>, passing showers; Q, squally, R, lain, continued ruin; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance. FORECAST. At 9 a.m. the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours :— Winds.— Southerly, moderate to strong, are probable northward of Bast Cape and Kawhia, and westerly, strong to gale, elsewher<> Barometer. — Rise slowly northward or Xow Plymouth and Napier, and unsteady elsewhere. Sea. — Heavj in Cook and Fove.iux Straits, nnd Increasing on nil the vestern coast; modelate elscwheie. Tides. — High on all the wcatetn coast and in Foveaux Strait; moderate elsewhere. Weather. — Showery and changeable with a cold night northward of Wanganui and Napier, and unsettled weather elsewhere. There arc indications toi a tontherly bnuall tonight. Warning signal for westerly tjale is exhibited at Capes Campbell, Farewell Spit, and Foulwind. and at Stephen Island, Nugget Point, dnd Centre I»land. i

Station. Wind. Bar. Ther. in Shade Weather. — I Capo Maria Van XHemen Bussell Manukuu Heads Auckland... East Cape Gisbome Spit, Napier Custlepoint Now Plymouth ... Pateii Wnnganui Foxton Wellington Blenheim Cape Campbell ... Kaikouru Nelson Farewell Spit ... Westport Capo Fouhvind ... Greymouth Hokitika Henley Ljtteltou CLiistchiu-cb. Timani Oauiaiu Poet Chalmers ... Dnnediu Queenstowu. Nuggeti Invercargill Blutf Inter'p'd SW i b SWbr SSWtr Inter'p'd W toWS Wl , NW 1 • SW f b W by Wm g NW br KNW 1 W 1 Calm Calm SWf b Wf b SSW 1 Sbr SI NE 1 NW 1 Culm Calm NE 1 Wl Calm Ml N 1 NW 1 N 1 NE 1 29-73 2970 29*67 29-52 29-52 29-55 29-56 29-56 29-56 29-49 29-50 29-48 29-43 29-« 29-48 29-5S 58 61 63 62 56 59 - 5S 59 59 58 56 53 53 54 55 55 56 52 50 50 42 50 51 53 47 53 48 41 46 40 50 B BC B C B BC O BCP B B C B Hazy •B U C C P P P B C B B C B B B C B B B B C 29-57 29-53 29-59 2963 Wli 29-50 29-45 29-41 2940 29-42 29-47 29-38 29-39 J9-39