METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 120, 21 May 1926, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

MOON FOR MAY. The Moon.—Last quarter, sth day, 2.43 n.m Liv J _loon' mh day- 10-25 a-m- *™ quarter; 20th day, 5.18 a.m Full moon, 27th d«j 11.19 p.m. "

FRIDAY, 21st MAY. The Sun—Rose to-day. Oh sfim a.m.; let. 4b 35m p.m. Rises to-morrow, eh 57m a.m :mU ■lh 37m p.m. . Bright Sunshine: Yesterday—lfil. Temperature in Shade—Maximum,- s..odei_.; minimum, _o.9deg.; mean, 53.4deg. Rainfall—Total for the 2. hours nrecedl-g 9 a.m. to-day— 0.27 in. Total to date daring the month—2.7-in. Wind—Velocity of the wind for the 24 hour. preceding 9 a.m. to-day—6.s miles per hour. Barometer—Yesterday, 9 a.m., 30.20. Today, 9 a.m., 29.93; noon, 29.87.

SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS.

. The Dominion is still under the influence of an ex-tropical cyclone centred in the North. Strong winds, between north-east and southeast, have ruled, and the weather has continued very unsettled, with general rain.. Heavy rgm has fallen in many parts of the North island and tho north-east districts of the South.

B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy. 0, clouds, passing clouds. D, driizling rain. P, foggy. G, (doomy,' dark weather. 11. hail. L, lightning. M, misty. 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds. P, passing showers. Q, squally. R, rain, continued rain. S, snow. T, thunder, V, ugly threatening appearance. Z, ha.y. C_. calm. L, light. BR, breere. FB. fresh breeze. MG, moderate Rale. G, whole or heavy gale. W, gale of exceptional severity.

The following forecast was issued at t t.n. to-day for the subsequent 24 hour.'— ' Winds—Easterly, strong -to gale at time*, backing to northerly, northward of New Plymouth and Napier; south-easterly thence to Hokitika aud Lyttelton; northerlies elsewhere. Barometer—Falling. Seas—Heavy on all the eastern coast; considerable elsewhere. Tides—Low in Cook Strait; poor on all the western coast; good elsewhere. Warning signals for easterly gales are exhibited at Cape Maria Van Diemen and Tiritiri; for south-easterly at Castlepoint, Cape Campbell, Stephen Island, Farewell Spit, and Cape Fouhvind; and for northerly at Nugget Eoint. Weather—Unsettled and cloudy weather, with heavy rain probable generally. D. C. BATES Friday, 21st May, 392(1.

Stations. I I The.- | Wind. Bar. ia We'th'f. I jShade.1 Cape Maria VD... N fb ltussell NE mg Hokianga Heads N lb ivaipara Sig Stn T-iauukau Heads ESE fb .-'.uckland E fb Tiritiri ENE fb Kawhia „. NE mg Ti\uranga Calm T.aupo Calm East Cape E 1 Gisborne NE 1 Napier NE 1 Castlepoint E fb Cape Palliser E fb Cape Egmont ... SW 1 Patea SE 1 Wanganui SE br Fcuxton E a Wellington NE I Cape Campbell SE fb Farewell Spit ... SE fb Westport SE mg Greymouth E fb Arthur's Pass ... SW 1 Christchurch E I Akaroa L1I ... NE fb Timaru _*E lb Oamaru N fb Dunedin NF, 1 Oueonstown NW 1 Nuggets NE fb niull NE br 29.09 67 M 29.66 6« ■ R 29.66 67 R Not received. 29.70 57 R 29.80 58 P — 69 0 29.70 56 O 29.63 57 G 29.80 53 C 29.81 56 R 29.99 56 R 30.00 61 R — 53 R — 54 OR 29.80 59 . O 29.80 55 C 29.96 55 BC — 56 OR 29.93 56 OR 29.93 55 R 29.91 57 O ' 29.81 54 BCP 29.80 50 ' O — 40 OM 30.07 52 OR 30.07 46 OR 30.10 52 OD 30.08 48 OR 30.06 49 OD 29.9(5 36 C 30.06 47 O 29.93 46 : BC*