METEOROLOGICAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 108, 7 May 1912, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL.

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE RUN. Rose to-day— Ch 42m a.m. ; eets 4h 51m p m Rises to-morrow— Bh 43m a.m. ; sets ih 50m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday — Morning, 2h 35m ; afternoon, 4h Bum; total, 6h 5Jm. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) 1). H. M. Full moon ... ... .„ 1 0 49 p.m. Lant quarter „. ... o a 20 p.m. New moon ... ... ... 17 9 44 aa. First quarter .„ 24 1 41 ara Fi#ll moon 31 11 o a.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. "Yesterday — Maximum, 53.6deg ; minimum 47.2deg, ; mean, 60.4deR. To-day, at noon— Sldeg. RAINFALL. Total for the 24 hours precediae Bum to-day— O.Olin. h Total to date during the month— o 31in. Total rainfall for April— l.l Bin. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 houri preocdlm 9 a.m. to-day— l 2 miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— 5 p.m., 30 29. To-day.— 9.30 a.m., 30,34; noon, 30.31. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HOURB. The bnroraeter bus fallen slightly in 'the northern districts, but has recorded little movement elsewhere. South-eaaterly and southerly winds have predominated, moderate to strong, generally. The weather has beeu generally fair to cloudy, but scattered showers fell over tlio North Isliwl yeßterU»y, and also about tpveaux Strait. Many districts experienced hard frost* last night. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observation* taken at 9 a.m.

Wind.— L, light; br, breeze; fb, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; s, whole or heavy gale, w, gale ol exceptional severity. Weather.— l), blue sky, be the atmosphero clear or heavy; 0, clouds, passing clouds; I), drizaling rain; b\ foggy; 0, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; t, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thicU clouds; i\ passing thowers; Cj, squally; X, raiu, continued ram; 8, snow; a', thuwler; V, ugly, threatening appearance ; Z, b»y. FORECAST. At a a.m. the following forecast was issued for the bubsecjuent 24 hours : — Winds.— Easterly, btrong to a heavy gale, northward of Kust Cupe und Kawhlu; southeasterly thence to Hokltika and Kaikoura; ineretisiug btrong to gale after 24 liouru; boutliei'Jy, moderate to Btiong, prevailing. eltowheri'. Barometer.— Kail northward of New Plymouth uud Nii[>itjr; little movement eteuwhere. Sea. — Increasing northward of East Cape; thence to Kaikoura after 'Zl hours; rough off Bliore on tho wes-t coast of the Koith [bland and Jn Cook Strait; .moderate olsewhere, Tides.— High northward of Eat-t Cape; (?ood thence to Kaikouru; low ou all tho western Coast; nvod elsewhere. Warning tiiguutv tor en&tcrly galet* are exhibited at Ctipo Maria Van Uiomcu and Tlritiri, and for fiouth-eabteily at Eaat Cupe, and after stnirine at CnpeK Crfinphell and furewell Spit, mid ateo at Utuphou Island. Weather.— Heavy tain may be expected shortly northward of East Cape and Ktiwhla, increasing cloudiness with rain probably following thence to Farewell Spit and Kaikoura after 24 tioure; fair to cloudy elsewhere. A cold night generally, with frosts inland and mti-ty on the uat>t coast of the South Island especially. Note.— A storm area appears to be developing to the northward of New Zealand D. C. BATES.

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