METEOROLOGICAL WELLINGTON'S WEATHER.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 79, 3 April 1914, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL WELLINGTON'S WEATHER.

FRIDAY, 3rd APRIL. THB SUN. Rose to-day— 6h 6m a.m. ; sets 5h 41m p.m. Rises to-morrow— Oh 7m a.m.; sets 5h 40m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday — Morning, 4h 45m ; afternoon, 4h 60m; total, 9h 35m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. First quarter 4 7 11 a.m. Full moon . . >• ..11 0 08 a.m. Last quarter .. .. ..17 7 22 p.m. New moon 25 10 52 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, CB.4deg. ; minimum, 68.2deg. j mean, 63.3deg. To-day, at noon— 6sdeg. RAINFALL. Total for the 24 hours preceding 8 . a.m. to-day-Nil. Total to date during the jnonth— Nil, Total rainfall for March— 2.32in. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 0 a.m. to-day— l 2 miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— s p.m., 29.82. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 30.01; noon, 20.96. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. Strong westerly winds prevailed at times in the South, and westerly breezes in tU,e North, with fair to cloudy weather generally. The barometer rose during the night, but now shows a falling tendency. -;, TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m. ,

Wind L, light; br, breeze; fb, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of 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; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; 13, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy.

FORECAST. At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast «as issued -for the subsequent 24 hours :— Winds. — Westerly winds, moderate to strong, northward of New Plymouth and Napier ; northerly elsewhere, and squally at times. Barometer.— Unsteady, with a falling tendency everywhere. Sea.— Considerable swell ou all the western coast: moderate elsewhere. Tides. — Good generally. Weather.— Fair to cloudy generally; unsettled at times with raitKprobable southward of New Plymouth and Casllepoint. D.'C. BATES.

land, per Talune, on Tuesday, 7th April, at 8.55 a.m. Mails for Australian States and South Africa i close at Auckland, per Manuna, ou Tuesday, 7th April, at 3.45 p.m. The next best despatch for correspondence addressed to Fiji, Panning Island, Honolulu. Canada, United States or America. Central America, and West Indies, will be via Vancouver, closing at Wellington, per Main Trunk, ■ train, at 8 a.m. on Friday, 10th April. A. I. DRYDEN, Chief Postmaster.

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