METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 26, 30 July 1940, Page 9

METEOROLOGICAL

OFFICIAL FORECAST. The following is the official weather forecast for the 24 hours from noon today:— Winds. — Freshening northerlies about and south of Cook Strait, reaching gale * force later in exposed positions. Elsewhere light to ; moderate and variable with directions; between east and north predominating. - Seas.—Rough in the far south-west and rising south of Farewell Spit and about Cook and Foveausf Straits. Slight to moderate elsewhere. Weather.—Mainly fair, but conditions becoming unsettled in western and southern districts of the South Island with rain developing from the soutkwest. Scattered falls later extending up western districts possibly as. far as Taranaki/ Rising temperatures. " SUN, MOON, AND TIDES. The sun rose today 7.1 ajn.; sets 4.54 p.m. Rises tomorrow 7 a.m.; sets 4.55 p.m. " , The Moon.—New, July 5, 10.58 pan.; first quarter, July 12, 6.5 p.m.; full, July 19, 9.25 p.m.; last quarter, July 27, 10.59 p.m. ' ~ High Water.—Today, 12.4 a.m.; 12;21 p.m. Tomorrow, 12.45 a.m.; 1.5 p.m. I OBSERVATIONS AT KELBURN. Bright sunshine yesterday, a.m. nil; p.m. 2.2 hours. Total, 2.2 hours. Temperature at 9 a.m., 47.7 degrees. Relative humidity at 9 a.m., 87 per cent. ' Maximum temperature yesterday, 50 degrees; minimum temperature. last night, 43.6 degrees; minimum, temperature on grass, 38.9 degrees. Mean wind velocity for 24 hours, ending 9 a.m. today, 5.6 m.p.h. Rainfall in previous 24 hours, nil; rainfall to date this month, 2.53in; rainfall to date this year, 26.23in; rainfall average for July, 4.85in; rainfall average from January 1 to the end of July, 25.74in. Barometer, at 9 a.m., 1028.4 millibars.