METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 100, 27 April 1917, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. / FRIDAY, 27th APRIL THK SUN Rose to-dny—Oh 32m a.m.; sets s!i 4m p.m. itises to-morrow—<ih 33m a.m.; sets 5h Stn p.m. ' BRIGHT SUNSHINE Yesterday—Morning, 2h 15m; afternoon, 31i 15m; total, oh 30m THE MOON - (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Tims.) I>. H. M. Full moon .. '.. ..8 1 19 a.m. Last quarter 15 7 42 a.m. New moon 22 1 31 a.m. First quartsr 20 4 52 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE Yesterday—Maximum, C4.2deg.; minimum, -46.2'Jeg.; 'mean, 33.2deg. RAINFALL Total tor the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day -Nil. .Total to date. during the month—3.B2in. Total rainfall during March—l.47in. WIND Velocity of the wind for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to day—2 mile? per hour BAROMETER Ye.terdny—9 A.m., 29.06 To daj— 9 a.m., 30.05; noon, 30.04 NEW ZEALAND SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS.' The weather has been cool and changeable generally, and moderate and variable breezes li,ive prevailed.- Little change in atmospheric pressure has tuken place since, yesterday TO-DAY,'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m.

Wind—L, llgau; br, bretj^e; tb, fresh breeze; in g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, giie of exceptional seventj. Weather—B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rim; F, foggj; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; 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; U, ugly, tlucatcmng appearance; Z, hazy.

-.-■.-:• FORECAST ' Afc 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast was issued for the subsequent.2lliour6:—■■ "winds—Moderate to strong easterly,-backing to '-northerly, then increasing north of New ;Plymouth""and '■Napier';,.- increasing,'northerly -winds elsewhere. . .'' ;j, ■ '"'-• ; ' Barometer—Fall ■ ■ '.--■• ■ r . Seas—Moderate „■'■' „, . Tides—Good on the west coast of the North Island; high .elsewhere • ; . . . .:■;, Weather—Expect increasing" haze and cloudiness arid a change-following generally. '■■'■■ ■'<?:, " :.;.■■:■ "■ •/^::!V"^,'.D;:;.C. 'BATES:.

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