METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 93, 19 April 1912, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER.

THE SUN. ' Rose to-day— 6h 24m a.m. ; sets 5h 15m pjn. Rises to-morrow— 6h 25m a.m. ; sets 5h 14m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, 3h 55m; afternoon, 2h 55m; total, 0h 50m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.)

TEMPEKATTJBE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, Cldeg. ; minimum, 53.2deg. ; mean, S7.ldeg. To-day,' at noon— sSdeg. RAINFAU. Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. Nil. Total to date during the month— o.sßm. Total rainfall for March— 2.B9in. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— ls miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— S p.m., 30.23. To-day.— 9.30 a.m., 80.15; noon, 30.12. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HODRS. Barometric pressure has decreased slightly j everywhere, and moderate to strong westerly' and northerly winds predominate this morn- I ing. The weather hae beeu c*ol and changeable, and a few isolated showers were reported this morning along the western coasts, and fogs -in portions of Otago

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; ib, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale, w, gale ol exceptional l Be verity. Weather.— B, blue tky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, bail; L, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; X, rain, continued rain; 8, snow; T, thunder; 0, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. FORECAST. At 9 aJn, the following forecast was lwued for the subsequent 24 hours;— Winds— Northerly winds, veering lo •westerly, moderate to strong, northward of New Plymouth and Napier, and strong to gale in parts elsewhere. Barometer.— Fall everywhere. Sea.— Bough" on all the western coast between Castlepoiat and Kaikoura and in Foveaux Strait; moderate elsewhere. Tides.— High on all the western coast; good generally elsewhere. AVarniug signals lor northerly gales are exhibited at Cape Campbell, Farewell Spit, and Foulwind, and for westerly at Centre Island and Nugget Point. Weather.— Unsettled and cloudy generally, with passing showers on the weet coast northward or Wnngaaul, and rain probable elsewhere. D. 0. BATES.

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