METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 58, 5 September 1940, Page 13

METEOROLOGICAL

OFFICIAL FORECAST. The following is the official weather | forecast for the 24 hours from noon today:— Winds.—Over the North Island east' erly to northerly at first but with a change to westerly or south-westerly extending from the north; over the South Island southerlies prevailing. Force mainly moderate or fresh but strong in exposed positions in central districts. Seas.—Rather rough about Cook Strait and north of Farewell Spit; elsewhere slight or moderate. ' Weather.—Fair to fine over the Auckland Peninsula and in western, and far southern areas of. the South. Island but still unsettled over the rev mainder of the country with drizzle or rain, especially ill the central provinces. Conditions slowly improving from the north and west, however. Temperatures moderate in the north but cold in the south with some snow on ' the ranges. . SUN, MOON, AND TIDES. The sun rose today 6.10 a.m., sets 5.30 p.m.; rises tomorrow 6.8 a.m., sets 5.31 p.m. The Moon. —First quarter, September .9; full, September 17; last quarter, September 25. j High Water.—Today, 6.34 a.m.; 7.7 p.m.; tomorrow, 7.33 a.m.; 8.3 p.m. OBSERVATIONS AT KELBURN. Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Nil. Temperature at 9 a.m., 47.7deg. Relative humidity at 9 a.m., 97 per cent. - Maximum temperature yesterday, 49.0deg.; minimum temperature last night, 43.5deg.; minimum temperature on grass, 43.1deg. Mean wind velocity for 24 hours ending 9 a.m.: today, 0.8 m.p.h. Rainfall in previous 24 hours, o.33hij rainfall to date this month, 0.50 in; rainfall to date this year, SO.lOin; rainfall average for September, 3.20 in; rainfall average from January 1 to the end of September, 32.87 in. Barometer, 9 a-m., 1017.0 millibar*