METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 63, 15 March 1920, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. MONDAY, 15th, MARCH. THE Stm. Rose to-day—6h 47m a.m.; sets 6h 13m p.m. Eises to-morrow—sh 49m a.m.; sets 6h llm p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday—Morning, 5h 25m; afternoon, 8h 45m; total, Oh 10m. THE M9ON. tGaleulated for New Zealand M«an Time.) D. H. M. Full moon .. 5 8 43 a.m. Last quarter 13 5 27 a.m. New moon 20 10 20 p.m. First quarter 27 6 1G p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday—Maximum, GS.Sdeg.; minimum, Oldeg.; mean, 04.9deg. RAINFALL Total for the 48 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-d»f Total to date durins; the month—o.l2in. Total rainfall for February—s.92in. I WIND. Average velocity of tho wind for the 24 hours preceding 0 a.m. to-day—ll.B miles per hour. BAROMETER. Yesterday—9 a.m., 30.23. To-day— 9 a.m. v 30.15; noon, 30.17. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 48 HOURS. High atmospheric pressure has ruled though a decrease lias taken place in the southern districts since yesterday. The weather has been fair generally, and southerly breezes have given place to uortherlies.

Wad.—L, light; br. breeze; f b fresh kreeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy'galo; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather.—B," blue sky, b« the atmesphera clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; V, foggy; G, Bloomy, dark weather; H. hail; L, lightning; M, misty; O. overcast. th« whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; R, raia, Mntinued rain: S, saow; T. thunder; V, ugly, fchreateniEj appenraHce; Z, hazy.

At 9 a.m. to-day the following forecast *v Issued for the subsequent 24 hours :— Winds—Northerly, .increasing, strong to gale, and backing to westerly southwards of New Plymouth and Castlepoint.,llarometer—Fall everywhere. Seas—Eougli behyeen Caatlepoint and Kaikoura; moderate swell on all the western coast. Moderate elsewhere. Tides—Good northward of East Cape; moderate southwards, and poor elsewhere. Warning signals for northerly gales are exhibited at Cape Maria Van fiiemen, Tiritiri, . (Ei;st Cape interrupted), Castlepoint, Cape Campbell, Stephens Island, Farewell Spit, Cape FoulwiiKi, and Nugget Point. Weather— Unsettled and cloudy with rain following generally. D. C. BATES.

From ebsorvations taken at 9 a.m. Station. Wiml Bar irT' We'th'r 1 Ishade Cape Maria V.D. NEfb 30.15 68 "• B Russell Slifb 30.17 09 C Holrianga Heads XE 1 30.10 l>B BC Kaiparu Sig. Stn. XE 1 30.1S 68 CZ Manukau Heads .. Nbr 30.17 63 BZ Auckland El 30.10 07 DC Tiritiri EXE bv 30.17 68 BC Kawliia Calm 30.18 64 O Tauranga !i 1 SO.ID 65 BC JTaupo Calm SOIIS 50 0 East Capo .. Line interrupted. ttisborne XE 1 30.20 68 B ■Jfupier Calm 30.23 68 B Castlepoint XW br 30.20 72 C Cape Palliser ..XW fb 30.19 61 B Cape Egmont i... Nl 30.23 66 C Patea Calm 30.23 64 B Wanganui XE 1 30.23 65 B Foxton N 1 30.21 62 BC Wellington .. XXW br 30.18 68 BC Cape Campbell .. Ntb 30.22 63 B Farewell Spit Wib 30.25 62 c Westport XI 3Q.21 58 O Greymouth ...... El 30.20 55 O Bealey NWI 30.09 68 B Christchurch .... Calm 29.91 57 B Akaroa L.H. .. Calm 23.91 "5 B Timarti Calm 29.02 59 B Oamaru Calm 29.93 60 B Dunedin XE ! 29.95 62 B Queenstown Calm 29.98 . 67 B Nuggets SI 29.90. 5S B Bluff NW br 29.50 59 B

TO-DAY'S ■WEATHER.