METEORLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 90, 16 April 1920, Page 2

METEORLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. FEIDAY, 16th APHIL. . The Sun.-Rose to-day-6h 21m a.m.; sets 6h 20oi P-ra. Rises to-morrow-6h 22m a.m.: sets 6h lorn p.m. . liriglit Sunihine^y eß terdftyMorning, 4h 50m; afternoon, 2h 50m Total vh 40m. - ' The Moon.-Full, 3rd day 10th hour p.m. Last quarter, 12th day oh Un a.m. New, 39th day 9h a.m I'irst.quarter, 26th day oh ,57m Temperature in ShaKe.-Yesterday: Maximum 63deg# minimum, 65.2deg.; mean, 69.1deg. Rainfall-Total for the 24 hours preeedine " 9 a.m. .to-day-Jfll. Total to date v during the month—d.o2ui. ' Wind—Average -velocity for 21 hours precediag 9 a.m. to-day—B.s miles'per hour. Barometer—Yesterday—o asm., 30.28 To-day —9 a.m., 30.34; noou, 30.36. SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. Cloudy and hazy skies are reported in most parts of the country this morning, ape] the barometer has fallen considerably in the South, but is still high in the North. Northerly winds h».v-.: increased, ami moderate gales' are reported at {fokiangu Heads and Miinaka'u Ueads. TODAY'S WEATHER. * From observatiops taken at 9 a.m.

Wind.—l,, light; br, breeze; fb, fresh br«ez»; pi g, moderate gale; g, whole or heaty g»le; v, gale of exceptional .severity. Weather.—B, blue sky, be th« atnosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzlios rain; F, foggy;. G, gloomy, dark weather;; H, hail; 1, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passjpg showers; Q. souilly; R, rain, continued. rai|\; S, snow: T, thunder; V, u^ly, threatening apnejtran.c«; Z, ha-2}\

- At S a.m. to-day the followiag forecast was issued for the subsequent 21 hours:— Winds.—Northerly, moderate to strong, and increasing strong to' gale in and southward of Cook Strait. • Barometer—F#U everywhere. Seas—Kough between Castlepoinfc and Kai,koun» and southward. of Cape Egmont; moderate elsewhere. '"' ■■■■■■ -, , g Tides—Good northward of Eaßfc Cape; mo- - derate elsewhere. Warning signals for northerly gales are ex■hi'Mted at Cs3tlepoint, Cape Campbell, Stephen Island, Farewell Spit, Cape Foulwind, and Nugget Point. . • Weather—lncreasing cloud and haziness gene' rally; rain following in the far north and southward of New -Plymouth and Castlepoint. ■ D. C. BATBS,

Station. Wind * Bar in I Isliad. We'tk'r Cape Maria V.D... If fb 30.33 567 Z Kussell Nfb 30.36 85 D Hokianga Heads.. NE g 30.33 68 a ' Kaipara Sig. Stn. XE 1- 30.33 64 B Mamikau Hds. NE rail 30.30 61 B Auckland NE j 30.34 64 BC Tiritiri Nbr 30.35 63 BC Kawhia ..." SE 1 30.34 58 B ■ ' Tauranga Calm 3040 59' :BC Taupo Calm 30.34 61 BC - East Oape ..; I^ine interrupted. ■ Gisborne ;. SW 1 30.3f> 60 B Nnjiler Culm '30.45 61 B Caatlepoint SIVI 30.40 63 C Ciipe l'alliser .. SW fb gf1.30 62- C Cane Egmont .. Xfb 30.37 62 C Patea KW to 30.32 SI , IS Wanganui „ NE 1 30.36 60' BC Foxton Calm 30.88 60 - BC Wellington ...NIfW fb 80.35 62 O C:>ne Campbell,. NW fb 30.36 50 C Farewell Spit „.-, N-lir 30.30 02 O AVestport Nli fb 30.31 00 OP Greymouth E I 30.25 55 oc Bealey SW 1 30.20 56. V Christchurch .... Calm 30.16 60 C Akaroa L.H 1 Calm- 30.16 60 Z Timaru Calm 30,20 52 BC Oamaru KWI 30.19 54 V 0 Uunedin N 1 30.16 o» BC Queenatown ...,.: If 1 ' 30.13 ,ri2 O Nuggets Nfb 30:10" 50 O Bluff NE 1 30.00 '51 O