METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 113, 14 May 1914, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

» WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THURSDAY, 14th MAT, THE SUN. Rose to-day— 6h 49m a.m.; sets 4h 44m p.m. Rises to-morrow— 6U 60m a.m. : sets 4h 43m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. ' Yesterday— Morning, Hi 65m; afternoon, 4h Omj total, 5h 55m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.)

TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, 03.2deg. ; minimum, BOdeg. ; mean, Go.6de.g. To-day, at noon— ssdeg RAINFALL Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— Nil. Total to date during the month— 3.B3in. Total rainfall for April— 2.s6in. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— ;s miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yeßterday— s p.m., 29.05. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 30.16; noon, 30.15. . UEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. The barometer has risen in the North, but has recorded little movement in the southernmost districts. Moderate to strong westerly winds have predominated, and dull and misty weather has been experienced generally.

linn. 14d, 16ad. and 12c! ; Queensland, 12id. 16id. it nd lid. Continental demand was slack, and American very dull, owing to the Mexican trouble. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, has received the' following cablegram from its London house, under date, 13th May: — "Whrat.— Wo have sold on Australian c.ti-ffo at 37=j CM. I I . Tlio market is 15 rm and there is a fair demand, but the outlook is uncertain. Wo quote per quarter C.I.F , New Zealand wheat: Longbcrried, 34s 9d ; Shortberried. 34s 3d. "Oots.— The market is firm and there is a fair demand. We quote:— Garton, 21s 3d; Sparrowbills, 20s 9d."

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; P, 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; B, rail, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; V, ugly, threatening appearance ; Z, hazy.

At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours: — Winds.— Moderate to strong and increasing generally; westerly northward oi New Plyntouth and Napier, and northerly elsewhere. Barometer.— Fall everywhere noon. Sea.— Rough Detweeu Castlepoint and Kaikoura; moderate swell and increasing on all the western coast; moderate elsewhere Tides.— Moderate northward of East Capegood elsewhere. Warning fcignals for northerly gales will probably be exhibited at sunrise at all the South Island lighthouses. Weather.— Expect dull weather, with much mist and fog, and rain following generally. D. C. BATES.

TO-D. From obser AY'S WE ■vatlons ti iATHE: aken ai 0 a.m. Station. Wind. Bar. ITher. in shade We'th'r Cape Maria V.D. Bussell ... ' ... Hokianga Heads Kaipara Sig. Stn Manukau Heads Auckland Tiritiri ... .:. Kawhia Tauranga • ... Taupo East Cape ... Gisborne ... Napier Castlepoint Cape Palliser ... CapeEgmont ... Patea Wanganui Foxton WeUington Cape Campbell... Farewell Spit ... Westport Greymouth Bealey Ohristchurch ... Aitaroa L.H. Tinyiru ... Oatnaru Dunedin Queenstown ... Nuggets Bluff SI '' SW 1 El SSW 1 SWI Calm SWI SE 1 SWI Calm SI Calm Calm SW 1 El W 1 NNW 1 NEI NE br Nl Nl El SEI El NW 1 NE 1 Nl Nl N br NEI Calm N f b N 1 3022 3018 3020 3ff22 3020 30 - 20 30^0 3018 3017 3022 8011 3018 3022 30^20 3018 3015 3018 3022 3019 3015 3015 3010 3016 30*00 ao'os 3008 30 - 08 3002 3001 2994 3001 29-94 2995 60 57 59 59 55 6058 55 54 46 57 50 55 53 50 56 55 58 49 54 53 57 50 62 42 66 50 45 47 48 45 40 47 O z c o z c o O M O BO a o o o o o o o o O P O M o o F G o b a o ■ a BO B C BO BO a . o z

'irst quarter full moon ,ast quarter few moon ¦Lf. .. 3 .. 10 .. 17 .. 25 n. ivi. 6 69 p.m 0 1 a. in 9 42 a. in 2 5 p.m,