METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 93, 16 October 1940, Page 11

METEOROLOGICAL

OFFICIAL FORECAST. The following is the offleial weather forecast for the 24 hours teota noon,. today:— ~ Winds.—Moderate to strong northwesterly to westerly, reaching gal£r force in some exposed positions south, of Cape Egmont and Napier. Latertending south-westerly in the tat south. . ■Seas.—Slight to moderate inshore on the east coast; rough elsewhere. Weather.—Fair- in eastern districts and the far north; elsewhere cloudy and unsettled with rain at times and showers later extending up .the east coast possibly to beyond Christchurch, Temperatures warm east of the ranges, otherwise mild but becoming cooler in. the south. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES. The sun rose today 5.31 a.m.; sets 6.43 p.m. Rises tomorrow, 5.29 a.m, sets 6.44 p.m. The Moon.—Full, October 16; last quarter, October 24. High Water.—Today, 4.25 a.m., 4.5* p.m.; tomorrow, 5.18 a.m., 5.46 p.m. OBSERVATIONS AT KELBURN. . Bright Sunshine Yesterday.—Morning, 0.6 hours; afternoon, 0.0 hours. Total, 0.6 hours. Temperature at 9 a.m., 56.0deg. Relative humidity at 9 a.m., 90 per cent. ■ ■ • ' . . ■ Maximum: temperature yesterday, 57.4deg.; minimum temperature last night, 51.2deg,; minimum temperaturV on grass, 53.2deg. ; Mean wind velocity for 24 hour* ending .9 a.m. today, 10.8 m.p.h. •. Rainfall in-previous ;24 hours, 0.03 in; rainfall to date4his month, 2.69 in; rain-_ I fall to date this year, 36.43 in; rainfall | average for October. 3Jslin; .rainfall i average irom January 1 to the end of i October, S6.SBirr. ; . Barometer, 9 a.m., .10145 millibar*