METEOROLOGICAL. WELLINGTON'S WEATHER,

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 91, 19 April 1911, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL. WELLINGTON'S WEATHER,

THE SUN. J Hose to-day — 6h 23m a.m. ; sets 5h 18m p jn. Eises to-morrdw — 6h 24m a.m. ; sets 5h 15m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, 3h 4flm; afternoon, Oh 25m; total, 4h 10m. THE MOON. J (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. First quarter ... ... ... 6 5 25 p.m. .Full moon ... „. ... 14 2 7 a.ml last quarter / 22 6 6 a.m. New moon 29 9 55 ajn. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday— Maximum, Co.Bdeg. ; Tninimnm, 4Sdeg.; mean, 52.9deg. To-day, at noon— 6ldeg. RAINFALL. So* the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day-NH. Total to date during the month— o.94in. Total rainfall for March— 0.34 in. WIND. Average Telocity Cor the 24 hours precedlßg 9 a.m. to-day— l 6 miles per hour. BAKOMETKR. Yesterday— s p.m., 30.08. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 30.10; noon, 30.07. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST 24 HODBS. Unsettled conditions still continue north-ward of New Plymouth aad Napier, and ram fell during the night, and is reported at scattered ! parts this morning. Elsewhere the weather, ! though cool and changeable yesterday, shows j an, improvement in most parts this morning. Strong easterly winds" have prevailed in the northern districts, and moderate to strong easterly and northerly chiefly elsewhere. A very cold night was experienced generally, with mists and fogs in parts. TO-DAT'S- WEATHER. TEOM ODSEUVA'J-IOHS TAKEH AT 9 A.M Z ' ' TherJ Station. "Wind. Bar. in We'th'r Shade Capo Maria Van Diemen ... NE t b 29*71 C 6 Z Enssell SB f b •29 81 60 B C Maunknu Heads E f b 29 4 95 54 O Auckland ENE f b 29-95 65 O East Cape ... Ef b 30-05 58 V Giaborne X 1 3P-O5 58 OB Spit. Napier ... SE 1 30-10 86 O Castlejjoint .:. SE br 30 07 00 C New Plymouth. ... E 1 -2997 58 B C Patea SE 1 b'o-02 57 B "Waiisftmni ... NE 1 30-06 57 B C Foxtou E 1 30-OS 5S BO Wellington ...Calm 30-10 B0 BO Blenheim S& I 30-lii 31 B C Cape Campbell ... E 1 30-13 st> JJ Kaikoura ENE 1 30-04 58 B Helsou 3W 1 -JO-OB 55 B Farewell Spit ... Ef b 30-03 61 C Westporfc, SSE 1 30-05 5i iIC Cape JToulwina ... SE br 30-06 53 B C areymotrttt ... SE br 30-05 53 B HolritOm SE 1 30'0d 51 B Beftloy Calm 30-08 40 F liyttelfcon NE 1 3006 57 O Chratchureh ... NE 1 30-10 55 B C Tinanru Calm 30-J4 49 B Oainaru Calm 30 05 51 £ Port Chalmers ... NE 1 30-03 57 B Dunediu NJi br 30 03 Si BC Queetißtown .. Calm 30*06 44 B Huggeti, NW 1 29-Ob' 51 CM luvorcargill .. Calm 29-94 48 B -Bluir Nl J SO'OO . 49 B Wind.— L, light; br, breeze j f b, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather.— B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; 1), drizzling rain; V, foggy; G, gloomy, dark .weather; H, hail; L, jightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, paißing showers; Q, squally, B, rain, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; U> u Slyi threatening appearance; Z, hazy. FORECAST. At 9 a.m. the following forecast was tssuedfor the subsequent 24 hours :— Winds.— Easterly,, strong to gale, northward •of East Cape and Kawhia; moderate to strong thence to Hokitika and Oamaru; northerly elsewhere. Barometer.— Fall everywhere, especially hi the northern districts. Sea. — Considerable northward of East Cape.;, moderate swell thence to Kaikoura; moderate elsewhere. Tides. — High northward of East Cape; good thence to Eaikoura; poor on all the western coast; moderate elsewhere. Warning signals for easterly gales are exhibited at Cape Maria Van Diemen, Tiritiri, and East Cape. Weather. — Rain is probable northward of Kawhia and Napier, and unsettled and cloudy weather at times elsewhere. D. C. BATES.