METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 72, 26 March 1941, Page 11

METEOROLOGICAL

OFFICIAL FORECAST.

The following is the official weather forecast for the 24 hours from noon today:— . Winds. —Moderate to fresh westerlies over the Auckland Peninsula; elsewhere moderate north-westerlies to northerlies predominating and becoming strong in exposed places about and south of Cook Strait; a change to strong westerlies later in the far south.

Seas. —Moderate generally, but becoming rough later south of Farewell Spit and in Cook and Foveaux Straits. Weather.—Unsettled in Westland with intermittent rain developing from the south; cloudy in western districts of the North Island, with isolated showers; elsewhere fair to fine, apart from some morning fogs on the east coast of the North Island. Temperatures milder, especially in eastern districts.

SUN, MOON, AND TIDES.

The sun rose today 6.29 a.m.; sets 6.25 p.m. Rises tomorrow 6.30 a.m., sets 6.23 p.m.

The Moon. —First quarter, April 5; lull moon, April 12; last quarter, April 19; new moon, April 27. High Water—Today, 3.17 a.m., 3.38 p.m.; tomorrow, 4.8 a.m., 4.28 p.m.

OBSERVATIONS AT KELBURN. Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: Nil. Temperature at 9 a.m., 64.0deg. Relative humidity at 9 a.m., 83 per cent. .

Maximum temperature yesterday, 64.3deg.; minimum temperature last night, 55.8deg.; minimum temperature on grass, 52.1deg.

Mean wind velocity for 24 hours ending 9 a.m., today, 5.3 m.p.h.

Rainfall in previous 24 hours, trace; rainfall to date this month, 4.47 in; rainfall to date this year, 15.09 in; rainfall average for March, 2.83 in; rainfall average from January 1 to the end of March, 8.67 in.

Barometer 9 a.m., 1002.6 millibars.