METEOROLOGICAL WELLINGTON'S WEATHER.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 117, 19 May 1914, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL WELLINGTON'S WEATHER.

TUESDAY, 19th MAY. THE SUN. Rose to-day— 6h 64m a.m. ; sets 4h 39m p.m , Blfies to-morrow— Oh 55m a.m. ; sets 4h 38m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, Oh 30m; afternoon, Oh 60m; total, lh 26m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. First quarter *.■ -.. %. 3 6 69 p.m. Full moon 10 9 1 a.m. last quarter 17 9 42 a.m. New moon .. .. '.. 25 2 6 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, 62.6deg. ; minimum, 47.2deg. ; mean, 49.9deg. To-day, at noon— SOdeg. RAINFALL. Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to'd/iy— o.43ln. Total to date during the month — 5.30 in. Total rainfall for April— 2.soiu. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours precedinr 0 ji,m. to-day— 3o miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday— 5 p.m., 30.03. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 29.85; noon, 29.78. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. Heavy rnin has continued in the east coast districts of the North Island, causing • heavy floods in the rivers. Cold and showery conditions have prevailed elsewhere in the North Island and also in the north-eastern districts of the South. On the West Coast and in the southern half of the South Island more favourable weather has been' experienced' with hard frosts in parts. South-easterly winds, strong to gale, have prevailed northwards of Westport and Kaikoura, while the winds have been moderate and variable southwards. The barometer is still low in the North, and has fallen elsewhere since yesterday. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m.

Wind. —L, light; br, breeze; I b, Iresh 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; 11, hall; L, lightning; M, misty; O, Overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, MjUally; R, rain, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; XJ, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. '

At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours :— Winds.—South-easterly, strong to gale, northwurd of Farewell Spit and Kaikoura; moderate to strong and variable, but easterly to northerly prevailing and inreasing shortly elsewhere. | Barometer.—Unsteady in the North; falling tendency in the South. , Sea.—Very heavy between East Cape and Kaikourn; heavy on the west coast of tho North Island: rough to considerable elsewhere. Tides.—High between Kaikoura and Kasb Cape; good southwards; poor between . Cape Egmont and Foxtoil; moderate elsewhere. WarniiiK signals for boiith-ejisterly gales aro exhibited at Cupe Marlu van Dieinen. Tirltiri, and East Cape, Oastlepolnt, Capes Campbell, Farewell Spit, and Stephen Island. Weather.—lleavy lain with flooded rivers on the east coast districts of tlte North Island; cold and squally with heavy showers northward of Farewell Spit and Stephen Island; increasliiK cloudiliebs for change following shortly elsewhere. , D. C. BATES.

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