METEOROLOGICAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 May 1936, Page 8

METEOROLOGICAL

PHASES OF THE MOON. MAY—I 936.

THE SUN. The sun sets to-day at 4.55 p.m.; rises to-morrow at 8.59 a.m. WEATHER REPORT. Wind, E., moderate breeze; barometer, 30.27; theremometer, 40; sky cloudy; bar, moderate swell; river, normal; rainfall, nil. AT OTHER CENTRES. Manukai't Heads S. blue sky 30.25 4!) Cape Egmont E. cloudy 30.25 50 Wanganui NE. blue sky 30.27 44 Wellington NNE. blue sky 30.22 45. Cape Campbell NW. blue sky 30.19 47 Farewell Spit \V. blue sky 30.27 47 Westport calm overcast 30.2(1 42 Arthur’s Pass blue sky —• Kaikoura N. blue sky 30.1 X 4(1 Christt liurcli NNE. blue sky 30.15 39 Dunedin N. blue shy 30.02 44 Bluff NNE. cloudy 29.90 46 Puysegiir Point NNW. overcast 29. X." 53 WEATHER FORECAST. General inference: An ariti-cyclone of moderate intensity covers the North Island. A depression is advancing across the South Tasman Sea on to the South Island. Forecast: Light to moderate, but increasing north, to north-west wind’s. Weather cloudy to overcast, and rain developing. Temperatures milder. Seas moderate, but rising.

A NOTES FOR APRIL. The Dominion Meteorologist reports:— For the first eighteen days the weather in April was warm with an absence of wind, and, except in western and southern portions of the South Island, there was very little rain. In consequence, stock and vegetation thrived. At the end of the month, there was abundance of food available. During the first part, pastures hardened considerably in most districts, and for the first time this year, lambs began to fatten well. Cold, wet and stormy weather after I the 18th„ however, caused a setback. The milk yield was well maintained for the time of the year, but is now falling off. The rainfall distribution was ir-

Full Moon May 7 2.31 a.m. Last Quarter May 14 5.42 p.m. New Moon May 21 S.5 a.m. First Quarter May 2S 2.16 p.m. V. —