METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 27, 31 July 1940, Page 9

METEOROLOGICAL

OFFICIAL FORECAST. The following is the official weather forecast for the 24 hours from noon today:— Winds. —Easterly over the Auckland Peninsula, elsewhere northerly to westerly. Force mainly light or moderate, but strong at^times in some exposed positions from Cook Strait southwards. ' .•■"*• Seas. -Rough at times south of Westport and about Ciook and Foveaux.: Straits; slight or moderate elsewhere* Weather .—For the most part fair and' mild. Unsettled, however, in western and far southern districts of the South. Island, with occasional rain, and some scattered light falls probable also in the far north. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES. The sun rose today 7.0 a.m.; sets 4.55 p.xn. Rises tomorrow 6.59 a.m:; sets 4.55 p.m. The Moon.—New, August 4, 7.39 a~m.; first quarter, August 10, 11.30 pjn.; full, August 18, 10.32 p.m.; last quarter, August 26, 3.3 p.m. High Water.—Today, 12.45 a.m.; 1.5 p.m. Tomorrow, 1.27 a.m.; 1.48 p.m. OBSERVATIONS AT KELBUEN. Bright Sunshine. —Yesterday: Morning, o.2hr; afternoon, 2.6 hr; total, 2.Bhr. Temperature at 9 a.m., 50.2deg. Relative humidity at 9 a.m., 78 per cent. ' Maximum temperature yesterday, 51.6deg; minimum temperature last night, 46.3deg; minimum temperature on grass, 45.4deg. Mean wind velocity for 24 hours ending 9 a.m. today, 7.4 m.p.h. Rainfall in previous 24 hours, nil; rainfall to date this month, 2.53 in; rainfall to date this year, 26.23 in; rainfall average for July, 4.85 in; rainfall aver-' aye from January 1 to the end of July* 25.74 in. } Barometer, 9 ajn., 1027.0 millibars.