METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 106, 4 May 1912, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL.

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE SUN. Rose to-day— 6h 89m a.m. ; sets 4h fijm p.m. Rises to-morrow — 6h 40m a.m. ; sets 4h 53m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, lh 0m; afternoon. 2h Ota; total, 3h Oin. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.)

TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, 57deg. ; minimum, 45.2deg. ; mean, fil.ldeg. To-day, at noon — 56deg. nAINFALL. Total for the 21 hours preceding » a m to-day— Nil. ' ' Total to date during the month— O.23in. Total rainfall for April— 4.lBiii. WIND. Aterage veloeily for the 24 houri preceding 9 a.m. to-day— B miles per hoar. , BAROMETER. Yesterday— 3 p.m., 30.14. To-day— 9.3o a.m.,. 30.06; noon, 30.04, NEW ZEALAND. 1 SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HOURB. Moderate to strong southerly winds, bucking to westerly la parts, have prevailed, barometric pressure showing a decreasing tendency during the night in the South, ■ but a steady increase- toa& taken place in the northern districts. The weather has been generally cool and changeable with showers in the western districts, but the east coast districts report generally fair conditions this morning. TO-DAY'S WEATHER

Wind.— l, light; br, breeze; fb, freßh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, -whole or heavy fiale, \v, gale ol exceptional severity. Weather.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; 1), drizzling .rain; F, loggy; U, gloomy, dark weatheF; H, hail; L, lightning; Al, misty; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, pausing showers; Q, squally; It, rain, continued rain; B, snow; T, thunder; (7, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. FORECAST. ■At 9 a.m. the following forecast was Issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds. — Westerly winds, moderate to strong and squally at times, northward 01 New Plymouth and Castlepouit, and increasing elsewhere after about 24 hours. Barometer.— Little movement northward of New Plymouth and Napier; falling tendency elsewhere. Sea. — Heavy between Castlepouit and Kaikoura; considerable swell southward of East Cape; moderate northwards; rough elsewhere. Tides.— High northward of Cape Bginont; good eLoewhere. Warning signals for westerly gales are exhibited at Capes Campbell, Farewell Spit, and Foul wind, and at Stephen Island, Nugget Point, and Centre Island. Weather. — Changeable and showery on the West Coast and southernmost districts; fair to cloudy elsewhere. D. C. BATES.

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