METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 90, 16 April 1917, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

. • ' WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. MONDAY, lOtli APRIL THE SUN Rose' to-day—6h 20m a.m.; sets 5h 20m p.m. _ Rises to-morrow—6h 21m a.m.; sets 5h 19m' p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE V Yesterday—Morning, nil; afternoon, lh 10m. THE MOON (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. Full moon 8 1 19 a.m/ Last quarter 15 7 42 a.m. New moon ..', .. .. 22 I 31a.m. First quarter 29 4 52 p.m. ' TEMPERATURE' IN THE SHADE Yesterday—Maximum, 65.3deg.; minimum, 6O.Sdeg.; mean, 62.8deg. RAINFALL To'fal for the 48 hour's preceding 9 a.m. to-day —0.07 in.- - - Total to date "during- the month—2.42in. Total rainfall during March—l.47in. -WIND ' Velocity of-the wind- for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-daj-—l3. miles per hour . • BAROMETER Yesterday—9 a.m.," 23.98 To-day—9-a.m., 29.03,; noon, 29.94 NEW ZEALAND SYNOPSIS OF LAST 48 HOURS The weather has been very unsettled, and rain has fallen generally. Strong northerly winds have prevailed, and gales were experienced on Saturday; at' many places, especially in and southward of Cook Strait. The barometer has remained low in the South TO-DAY'S WEATHER From observations taken at 0 a.m.

Wind—L, lignt; br, breeze; fb, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, wholo or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather—B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, 1 clouds, passing clouds; V, drizzling rain; F, foggy; O, 'gloomy, dark vea.tb.er; 11, bail; L, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, tho whole s Sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued rain; 3, snow; T, thunder; V, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. "S. \ \ \ FORECAST , .At 9 a.m..to-day the following forecast was issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— W,nds—Northerly, strong to galo generally, changing to southerly everywhere shortly parameter — Falling tendency, but rl6c everywhere soon Seas—Heavy on all the western coast and between Cabtlepotnt and Kaikoura; \ rough north of East Cape; moderate but increasing elsewhere Tidea—Good Warning signals for westerly gales are exhibited at Cape Mariu Van Diemen, Tiritiri, East Cape, Castlepomt, Cape Campbell, Stephen Island, .Farewell Spit, Cape Foulwmd, and Nugget Point ■WcaiUer—Unsettled and cloudy, with fur ther rain probable generally, and much coldei conditions following - D. C. BATES. PROSPECTUSES, Proxy Forms, Dividend Wa/rants,- and Joint Stock Companies' Printing of every descriptor printed with expedition at lowest remunerative prices at The Evening Poel General Pjuntiuff. Houw.

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