METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 84, 10 April 1911, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SDN. Eose to-day— 6h 18m ''a.m.; sets sh3omp m Rises to-morrow— 6h 14m a.m. ; sets 5h 29m p.m. BRIGHT SDNSHIXE. _ Yesterday— Morning, 4h 30m; afternoon, 5h om; total, 9h 35m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) First quarter ..: C " 5* 23'p.m Full moon 14 2 7a m. Last quarter 22 6 oam .New! moon 29 9 55 aim! TE3IPEEATORE IN THE SHADE Yesterday— Maximum, 70.6deg. ; minimum. 59.Gdeg. ; mean, 05 Ideg. I To-day, at noon-^Ddeg. j KAINFALX. ' • I so* the 24 hour? preceding 9 a.m. to-day- I Total to date during the month— o.B3m. rainfall for March— o.34in. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— 20 mUes per hour. BAHOMKTES. Yesterday— 5 p.m., 30 20 To-day— 9.30 a.m,, 30.14;'n00n, 30.13. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE PAST 48 HOURS Except in the- southernmost districts of the South Island, where conditions have been unsettled ac times, fair weather has been experienced generally. The. predominating winds have been moderate to strong southerly veering northward o? New Plymouth and Napier, and j westerly backing slightly elsewhere. The ! barometer has continued high hi the North, I but has recorded a steady iall in the Southern ! districts since last night Heavy seas are reported on all the western coast, and remarkably heavy at some poits to-day

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; t b, freshjl breeze ; mg, moderate gale ; g, whole or heavy l gale; w, gale oi exceptional severity. Weather.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere, clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark' weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; 0, oveicast, the whole sky covered with thick, clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally, R, rain, continued rain; S, snow; T. thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. FORECAST. At 0 a.m. the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hourß:— Winds.— Northerly, moderate to strong and increasing, northward of Kawhia and Castlepoint; westerly, strong to a heavy gale, elsewhere. Baiometer.— Fall everywhere, fast in the southern districts, but probably rising fast after liom 24 to 36 hours. Sea.— Very heavy on all the western coast and in Cook and Foveaux Straits; moderate swell off shore elsewhere, and probably increasing southward of Castlepoinfc after 24 hours. Tides. — Good ou all the western coast; moderate elsewhere. Warning signals for flesterly gales axe exhibited at Capes Campbell, Farewell Spit, and Foulwind, and at Stephens Island, Nuggeb Point, ynd Cenne Islind. Weather.— Unsettled and cloudy weather i i probable generally piecedmg rain in all parts of the country, and heavy with rivers rising on the West Coast. Waim and li?zy weather will piobably prevail lor a tune on thu ea&t coasts ot both Islands. D. C. BATES.

Station. Wind. Bar, Ther.l iv Shade Weather. Cape Maria Vau Dieinen ... Eussell Mamikou Heads Auckland... '... East Caps Gisborne Spit. Napier Ctistlepoint Mew Plymouth ... Pateii Wanganui TToxton Welliugloa Bleuheuu Ctipe Cumpbell ... Kaikouru. Kekou JTarewell bpit ... Westport Cape f-oidnrind ... GreymoutU Hokitaka liealey Ijjtteltou Clrristchurch ... 'Xiiiutru Oaiuiu-u ii J oj:t Clmlmers ... Diiiiediii Queenetowa Wuggetd luvorcar^ill Blulr ... I" El SEI NE 1 Calm E 1 Calm Cjlm NWf b Calm NW 1 NW 1 NW br N f b NW 1 Nfb ENi.l a i Wfb SE 1 E 1 SW f b Nl NWf b Culm Colin N 1 NW 1 NW 1 NE 1 AW 1 NW br KW br ft i 30-18 30-22 30-26 30-25 80-27 30-25 30-20 30-16 30-22 30-23 30*23 30-18 so-u 30-10 30-07 ao-oa 30-08 30-15 30-18 30-20 30-20 30-10 30-12 29-03 3003 29-94 J9-82 29-80 29-81 29-86 29-73 29-67 29-70 69 C 4 65 65 66 70 61 6S 61 til 61 61 63 f OG Gi 07 60 6-1 55 Ul5S 5S SI ea 63 63 6i 63 00 bt> 01 6J 'b0 Z It C M BCI 1 B B B C B C B B 0 0 0 B 0 C B G B 0 Ci C O B C Z O 0 B C BC O O o TJ 0 O B C B

TO-DAY'S WEATHER. TEOM OBSERVATIONS rAItEH At 9 A.M