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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 108, 7 May 1926, Page 3

FRIDAY, 7th MAY. The Sun—Rose to-day, 6h 43m a.m.; sets 4h 52m p.m. Rises to-morrow, 6h 44m a.m.; sets 4h 51m p.m. Bright (^oshine: Yesterday—Morning, 4h 25m; afteruoou, 4h 40m; total, 9h sm. Temperature iv Shade—Maximum, 59.1deg.; minimum, 40.2deg.; mean, 49.6deg. Rainfall—Total for the 24 hours preceding » a.m. to-day—Nil. Total to date during the month—l.Gtin. Wind—Velocity of the wind for the 24 hour! preceding 9 a.m. to-day—s.l miles per hour. Barometer—Yesterday. 9 a.m., 29.86. To-day, 9 a.m., 30.0"; noon, 30.04. SYNOrSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. Atmospheric pressure has increased further, but has remained comparatively low in the extreme South. Moderate to strong southerly to westerly winds have prevailed, with cold and changeable weather generally. Rain has fallen in Wcstlanrt nnd about Foveaux Strait. """" —'^v>w*>> .■UKECAST. The following forecast was issued at 9 a.m. to-day for the subsequent 24 hours:— Winds—Westerlies, moderate to strong and increasing northward of New Plymouth and Napier; strong to gale at times elsewhere. Barometer.—Little movement in the North; fulling tendency in the South. Seas—Considerable southward of Cape Egmont; rough between Castlepoint and Kaikoura; moderate elsewhere. Tides—Good generally. Waruing signals for westerly gales are exhibited at Castlepoint, Cape Campbellj Stephen Island, Farewell Spit, Cape Foulwind, and Nugget Point. Weather—Cloudy to overcast at times in most parts of the country; rain probable in the West Coast and southern districes. D. C. BATKB. Friday, 7th May, 1926^