METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 77, 31 March 1920, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. W3D.VESDAY, Slat SIAKCH. The Sim.-Rose to-day-all 4m a.m.; ssts.loh 46m p.m. Rises to-morrow— e!i 5m nm • its ail «in p.m. Bright SuiisliiiiE-YeYt'erdav •' V°"w'u' °m; .cfterlloo"' 3h lm- -toil. The Kaon—Full, sth day Btti hour ■ 48 mill. a.m. Last quarter, 13th day ath hoar S7th in-.n a.m. New, 20th day loth hoar 28th a-in p.m. First quarter, 27th day tith hour. i:th Tejnjjeraiura in-Siiadj.-Yesterdav: llaximusi 62.1deg.; minimum, 54.S(ieg.; meaii, sS.s:le:r. r ' Rsinfall-Total for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day—Xil. Total to date duri'n" the moiitK—S.lSiu. Total for February—o.'J2ii". Wind—Average velocity for »l hours preceding 9 a.:n. to-day—B.l miles per hour. Barometer.—Yesterday, » a.m., 80.22 Today 9 a.m., 30.11; noon, 3U.12. ' i SYNOPSIS. OF LAST 24 HOURS.Hish atmosplieric pressure lias ruled over the Dominion, while a small depression 'las been in evidence southwards. The latter has , accounted for strong westerly winds about c'aveaux Strait. The weather iias been ;ai" uer.c----i rally, though dull and hazy at times an-- : southerly breezes have predominated. '

[ TO-DAY'S WEATHER. '

Wind.—L, light; br. breeze; fb, fresh breero m, g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gak ir, gale of exceptional severity.

Weather.—B, blue sky, be the atmospiier, clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clc.i.-:.-i; 1) drizzling rain; F,, fog;;y; G, gloomy, <isr!

weather;; H, hail; L, lightning;.?,!, raUty: O, overcast, the whole sky covered with ' tirck clouds; P, passing showers; Q. squally; S', iv.in, continued Tain; S, snow: T, thunder; U, uyly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy.

At » ».m. to-day the following forecast was Issued for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds—Southerly, moderate to strong, prevailing. . ■ Barometer—Rising tendency. " Seas—Heavy in Foveaiix Strait; moderate swell on all the western coast; moderate elsewhere. •.•'.. Tides—Good southward of East Cape; moderate northwards; poor elsewhere. Weather—Cloudy to overcast at times; equally, with heavy showers in the South, particularly about Foveaux Strait. A very cold nig.it probable generally. ■ ■ . ■ D. C. BATSS.

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