WEATHER REPORT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12745, 24 April 1912, Page 4

WEATHER REPORT.

; (jßy lelegraph.) All observations are taken at 9 a.m. -..Hier..:, y in Weatr bbade. her.

Wind forces indicated by letters: O, calm; L, light; Br, breeze; FB, tresh breeze; MG, moderate gale; O, whole or heavy gale; W, gale of exceptional severity. Weather estimated as: B, blue Bky,' be the atmosphere clear or heavy; O, clouds, passing, clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy;' G" gloomy; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty ; O, •vercast, tbe whole Bky covered with thick clouds; P, passing, showers; Q, squally;. 8, ■now; T, thunder; "TJ, ugly threatening'appearance; Z, hazy. Boisterous weather was-" experienced over the North Island to-day. Giiles were reported at v Kaipara,! Auckland, Rawhia' Taut-angfa, East' Cape, New Plymouth and Cape Palliser. was falling ab Auckland, Kawhia, Taupo, Napier, New "Plymouth', .Farewell' Spit, Christchurch and Timaru, and passing showers at Gisborne and -Wanganui. ■••■■. STATE OP THE SEA. Heavy seas were reported at Cape Maria, Russell, Tiritiri and East Cape this morning, considerable at < Tauranga, smooth at Gisborne, moderate atr .Napier., heavy at Cape Palliser and Cape Campbell, moderate at - Timaru, smooth at Bluff, rough at New Plymouth, moderate at' Farewell Spit, considerable at, .Westport and Greymouth. WEATHER FORECAST. The report' issued last night was as follows: "An ex-tropipftl cyclonic disturbance has brought heavy rain 'and easterly gales over" the northern districts. The disturbance is •apparently travelling down the west coast of the ..North Island, with, lowest pressure of about 29 inches near Cape Egmont, and -rain and mist are spreading everywhere* Present indications ate for misty aiid< stoririy weather generally, with heavy rain and rivers flooded in many parts of. the country. High,' northerly; winds', veering by west to. south-west, north-" ward of East Capo nnd Kawhia; > and easterly to southerly strong to gale • elsewhere may be expected. A strong .warning is e*xtend-Jtl today to tho east coast of the South 'Island. The barometer will probably riso everywhere after 10 to 16 hours." , . x To-day's forecast states: "There are indica-, tions .-".fpr ,4 heavy southerly gale; weather! probably cool and changeable; heavy rain'* probable, and 6now in high country, and probably a very cold night. Glass rise fast soon ; tides high; sea heavy." « 1 in J .1 1.1 I l'l> 1 I— — ■

Cape Maria ... Wf 29.68. 65 H Russell SWf . 29.50' ; 63 O Hokianga Heads SWf 29.69 63 O . Kaipara SWg • 29.50 ■ 68 OQ Auckland WSWg ' 28.42 64 OR Tiritiri SWf 29.58 61 OF Kawhia SWg 29,34 .62. R Tauranga Wmg 29;25' -.64 ? B Taupe- Sf - 29.90 60 R East Cape Ng 29.16 .64 M Gisborne NWbr 29.20 70 P . Napier SWI 29.1'4 '58 R CapePalliser ... WSWmg 29.18 58 O •- N. Plymouth ... Wg 29.25 .59 R Wanganui ... ... NEI 29.24 62 OP' Wellington Sf 29J24 58 C Cape Campbell ... Sf 29.22 59 C Farewell Spit ... NWI 29.30 58 R Westport ...' ... Sbr 29.37 55 tj Greymouth SEbr 29.40 50 O Christchurch ... SWbr 29.42 52 R Tiniaru SWI \ 29.52 49 R Oamaru Sf ■ 29.55 52 O Dunedin Sl 29.60 51 ,0 Queenstowu ... calm 29.53 48 -O Bluff El ,29.67 49 BC •