METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 105, 5 May 1915, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER WEDNESDAY, sth MAY ' THE SUN Ro^e- to-day— Oh 40m a.m. ; sets 4h 54m p.m. Ki&es to-morrow— Oh 4im a.m.; sets 4h 33m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE Yesterday— Horning^ 4h; afternoon, Oil 45m; total? 4h- 45m THE MOON (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. Last quarter .j .. t.. 0 4 53 p.m. Kew moon .. ,< .'.14 3 "~1 p.m. TTirst quarter ■.. ■..■ .. It i 20 p.m. Full moon .. <.. ..29 9 3 a.m. TEMPERATDBE IN THE SHADE Yesterday — Maximum, C4deg.; minimum, 49.2dea ; mean, 50.3deg To-day, at noon— s6deg. RAINFALL Total fall for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day— Nil Total to date during the month — Nil Total rainfall for April— O.6Blll. WIND 'Average velocity for the 24 hours prccediag 9 a.m. to-day — 10 miles per l>our BAROMETEIt Yesterday— s p.m., 30.04 To-daj— 9.Bo a.,m., 30.32; noon, 30.32 NEW ZEALAND SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS Cloudy to overcast conditions have prevailed at times,, and showers have been reported in various parts of the countr>. Barometric pressure increased dining the, night, and moderate to strong westerly and southerly winds have predominated TO-DAY'S "WEATHER From observations taken at 9 a.m.

Wind— L, light ; br, breeze ; ib, f r«bh breeze ; m g, moderate s^ile; j, whole or heavy gale; w, sale of exceptional seventy Weather— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling ram; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hall; 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; V, Ufly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy

At 9 a.m. to-day the fellowiii" forecast was issued for the bubsequent 24 hours:— Winds—"Moderate to strong f-outh-ea'iterly northwjiril of Farewell Spit and Kaikoura; ioutherly prevailing elsewhere Barometer—Little movement generally; rising tendency southwaid of Cook Strait flea —Considerable on the west coabt of the 8110 th Island; louah on tho uesi- to. r>6t of thr Jfort.h Island, and between Cubtlepoint and KaiUour.i; moderate elsewhere Tides—Moderate on the wc^t toast of tho Koiith Wand: Rood elsewhere Weather—Changeable and showery aeucf^l> lyj tbu.nj^b .will l-rpbably. bo very <*°W

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