TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 118, 20 May 1914, Page 6

TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m.

Wind,—L, light; br, breeze; Jt b, 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; 0, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; ]?, foggy; 0, gloomy, dark weather; H, hall; L, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky. covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; B, rain, continued rain; a, snow; T, thunderj V, ugly, threatening appearance; Z. liMy.

At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds.—Decreasing temporarily, but southerly, bti'ons to tu\\e. prevailing again everywliefe alter fioin 20 lo 30 hours. Barometer. — Unsteady, but probably rise fast utter about 24 hows. Sea.—-Very heavy between 15ast Ciipe and Kaikotlra: Considerable bouthwards and on the wcit coast of the North Island; r^ugh northwards of Hast Cupc; increubinii on the west coast of the South Island and in Foveaux Strait. Tides.—High northward of Cape Egmont; moderate northward of Eatt Cape; good elsewhere. Warning signals for southerly gales are exhibited at Cape Maria van Diemen. Tiritirl, Kabi Cape, Castlepoint, Capes Campbfell, and Stephen Island, and at sunrise at Nugget Point, Centre Island, Capes Farewell Spit and Foulwind. Weather.—Squally, with heavy showers northward of Cape Egmont and Cape Campbell; changeable elsewhere, but boisterous conditions following, with rain probable; bnow on the higher levels, and hail and sleet in the South. D. C. BATES.