METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 101, 1 May 1930, Page 4

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

The Sun rose to-day 6.37 a.m.: sets 5 p.m. Rises to-morrow■ 0.38 a.m.; sets 4.58 p.m. THURSDAY, lit MAY. 1930. Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday, nil. Temperature in Shade.—Maximum, 54.9deg; minimum, 44.7deg; mean, 49.8dcg. \ \ Kainfall. —Total for»the .24 hours preceding 0 a.m. to-day, 0.47 in; total for April, 3.86 in. Wind.—Velocity of the wind for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day, 5.1 m.p.,h Barometer.—Yesterday, 9 a.m., 30.10 in; today, 9 a.m., 30.01 in. SYNOPSIS 'OF LAST 24, HOURS. Cold, unsettled, and shpwery conditions were experienced during Wednesday In most districts, but since last night there has been an improvement ovor most of the North ißland and in the northern and eastern portions of the South' Island. In the western districts south from Taranaki and in Otago and Southland, however, rain was falling this morning under the influence of a slight westerly lowuresaure wave which has been crossing the South Island. Tho latter has also caused a temporary change to westerly and northerly winds In the central provinces and on tho east .coast- north from Canterbury, but elsewhere moderate to fresh southerlies are still blowing. Pressure ia high to the westward, and is likely to rise soon over New Zealand.

Weather.—B, blua iky; BC, blu» iky and datachod clouds; C. cloudy; O, orarcait: •, Kloroy, dull; V, ugly, thrtaUnlng; R, eontlnuoua or study rain; S, mow; D, drlial*; P. passing showers: H, hill; Q, squally;L, lightning; T, thunder; W, foe; M, mitt: t. haiy. Btiufort Seal* of Wind lotc*, with «aulrtUnt Telocltlai IMtt sfeor* tround.—•, eala, •-! mll«i per hour; 1, light air. »-l; t, flight breeie, 4-T; I. «ntl» trtnt, 1-1; 4, modnrata br*«(«. i:-l«: 5. fruh britM. IT-J1; «. itrow breeze, 22-27; 7 WgS wind, 28-SS; 8, gale, 34-40; t, atronc gala, 41-48; It, whole gala, 40-58; 11, storm, BT-65; 12, hurrlcasa. ' FORECAST. Winds.—Light to fresh weat to south winds. Barometer.—Klslng slowly. Seas.—Bloderate generally. Tides. —Moderate generally. Weather. —Mainly fine, but at times chaugesiiblo with some scattered showers. Temperafturcs cool.

0-! r. Station, Wind. Pres. T«mp. W«»th«r. Cape Maria V.D. SW i 30.22 02 BC Itussell .. . S 2 30.20 57 O Iloklunga Heads S 1 30.20 57 B Kaipara Sig. St. SW 3 30.18 60 BCZ Manukau Heads Wl 30.16 CO B Auckland .... SW 3 30.1G . 58 BC TlrUIri .-, W3 — 5G B Kawhla ;*.,. KB I — 5S " B Tauranga ...» S 1 30.12 52 B Opotiki S 2 30.16 59 B ., Taupo NE 1 —, .49 BC East Cape .... W 3 30.09 57 B Gisbocue .... NW 4 30.08 35 B Napier ■ W 3 30.07 5G B Castlepoint .... N 2 30.01 58 C Cape Palliser . NW 3 — ' 55 ' B Cape Egmont... W3 30.15 55 BC Patea NW 1 30.11 59 O Wangamii .. NNW 1 30.11 5(i CP Foxton W 2 — 57 O .. NW 3 30.01 55 B Capo Campbell Calm 29.97 48 B Farewoir Spit ..' W 6 30.03 54 B Westpoit SE 2 • 30.09 50 CP Groyraouth B 2' 30.11 50 O Arthur's Pass NW 2 — 41 B Chrlstchurch . NE 2 30.0* 46 B Akuroa Light. W 3 29.95 48 B Tlmaru ..... Calm 29.95 45 OZ Oamaru S 2 29.9G 44 O Dunedin ' Calm 29.94 47 OR Quoonstown ... Calm 29.97 40 B Alexandra ....S3 — 41 OP Nuggets W 5 29.95 ' 43 OR Bluff S 5 30.00 43 OR Puysegur Pt. ... S 2 30.12 43 OW