METEOROLOGICAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 April 1912, Page 7

METEOROLOGICAL

' • -* '-THE.' BDH.iS&. ’- A ••►’ • —r^T; ,c ,s The sun sets and rsea to-morrowyat THE MOON ■> . ..; ■'•:■ The moon sets to-day at 3.41 p.m. and »;ses to-morrow at 1.24 a.m.

LuCAL REPORT

The maximum temperature - recorded' yesterday was’66 degrees, and-the minimum for the night 48 degrees. , At nine O'clock this morning the temperature was 54 degrees. The barometer registered' 30.17. Tlie rainfall for the 24 hoars ending 9 a.m. was .03 inches. WEATHER BEPORTB Greymouth.—Wind, east breeze; barometer, 30.30; thermometer, 53 degrees tides poor; bar smooth. Westport.—Wind, south, light; barome-', ter, 30.12; thermometer; 52 degrees; tides poor; bar smooth. - ' • f ■ ■ WEATHER FOREPART* , Last evening the Dominion Meteorologist telegraphed' the following .weather summary and; forecast; “The barometer has risen above normal everywhere and fair to cloudy weather is reported generally. Moderate to strong southerly winds have predominated. Present indications are for little movement of the barometer in the northern districts, but a fall will probably take place shortly in the South. Island. Mild and-,changeable ..weather is probable generally with- moderate easterly breezes in the north,' but freshening easterlies and hortberlies .in the south where a change for more unsettled weather will probably follow in about B^.hours.” ’ • y y The Rev. D. C. ' Bates (Government Meteorologist) wired at noon to-day as follow* ; ' , •'

/‘Moderate to strong northerly 'winds, probably freshening to gale after sixteen hpurs, for a storm area appears to be approaching from the westward. Expect unsettled and cloudy weather, rain'probable, rivers rising, glass fall, sea moderate, tides moderate, but increasing.”

PHASES OF: THE MOON--APRIL. Full Moon ; 2' . 9.35 a.m. Last Quarter '-• 10:.;. 2.54 a.m. New Moon 17 11.11 p.m. First Quarter % ■• ■ 24'8.17 p;m. Apogee ■ \ 10 ' ■;' 12.18 p.m. Perigee • 23 ' ' • 9.33 a.m.