METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 77, 1 April 1914, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. WEDNESDAY. Ist APBIL. THE SUN. Rose to-dnyr-6h 4m a.m. ; sets Oil 45m p.m. Rises to-morrow— Oh 5m a.m.; sets 5h 43m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, sh; afternoon, sh; total, lOh. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. First quarter .4 7 11 a.m. Full moon .. .. ..11 0 58 a.m. Labt quarter .. v* ..17 7 22 p.m. New moon 25 10 52 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, 88.2deg.; minimum, 67deg. ; mean, 02.6deg. To-day, at noon— 64deg RAINFALL. Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-daj — Nil. Total to date during the month— Nil. Total rainfall for March— 2.32in. Maximum fall, 0.53 in, on the ZOth March. Wet days— lß. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— l 4 miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— s p.m., 29.50. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 29.76; noon, 29.76. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. The barometer rose in the South yesterday, but h now falling again there. The weather improved yesterday, and the winds moderated. The weather is now threatening and wet on the West Coast and southernmost districts. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m.

Wind.— L, light ; br, breeze ; fb, fresh breeze ; m g, moderate gate; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphert clear or heavy; C, clouds,, passing clouds; D, drizzling lain; F, foggy j 0, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds ; P, passing showers ; Q, squally ; R, rain, continued rain; S, snow; 11,I 1 , thunder,' V, Ugly, threatening Appearance; Z. hazy.

FORECAST. At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds. — Westerly winds prevailing, moderate to strong and increasing, northward of New Pljinouth and Napier, and increasing strong to gale elsewhere. Barometer Full everywhere. Sea. — Increasing on alt the western coast; rough between Castlepoint and Kuikoura ; moderate elsewhere. Tides.— Good generally. Warning signals for westerly gales are exhibited at Castlepoint, Capes Campbell, Farewell Spit, and Fouluind, and at Stephen Island, Nugget Point, and Centre Island. Weather. — Fair to cloudy weather hi the North; squally and changeable in and bouthward of Cook Strait; considerable rain on the West Coast and southernmost districts. D. C. BATES.

Station. ■ Wind. Bar. Then in shade We'th'r 3ape Maria V.D. Russell ... ETokianga Heads Kaipara Sig. Stn Manukau Heads Auckland riritiri Kawhia l'auranga raupo East Cape Sisborne iSfapiei' 3a«tlepoinfc Bape Palliser ... 3apeEgmont ... Patea Wanganui foxton Wellington 3apo CarHpbell... Farewell Spit ... Westport Sreymouth Bealoy Dhristchurch ... tkaiwa L.H. rimaru ... ... Damaru Dunedin aueenstown -... Nuggets I Bluff l SWI El SEI SSW f b SW br SW 1 SEI SI SWI Calm NW 1 Wl NW 1 NWbr Wf b WNW 1 WJN~WI NW 1 NW br NNW 1 SWI Wf b El El Wf b NE 1 NWf b SI W 1 SW 1 Calm NW 1 NW br 29*92 29"90 2991 29"92 2902 29-87 29*90 .29-88 2990 2987 29 - 82 2980 29J81 29 80 2980 i 29*86 | 29*88 I 29*83 29*80 i 29*78 29*07 29*75 i 29*83 29*80 29*78 29*72 29*70 29*61 2C*6O 29*57 29*58 29*51 29*54 68 68 67 63 68 65 62 63 6.') 63 66 60 61 64 61 63 67 63 62 61 57 61 55 59 55 54 60 54 58 55 56 54 54 BC B BC 0 BO C BC B C BC BC C B B B Z C B B 0 BC B B B C O BC B B B C B BC B 0 C OP