METEOROLOGICAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20137, 24 December 1928, Page 7

METEOROLOGICAL.

HOLIDAY WEATHER

HERALD'S SPECIAL FORECAST. The following weather forecast for 48 hours from 7 a.m. to-clav was supplied to us by -Mr. 11. M. Vincent last, evening:—Tlio general outlook is unfavourable. Cloudy to overcast conditions are indicated m Noilli Auckland and hast Coast, districts, with warm temporal tires anil humid atmospheres. Ilaiu is expected in the northern and eastern districts, hut elsewhere temporarily fair to fine, unsettled weather gradually extending south wai (Is. Easterly to northeasterly winds, moderate to strong, strong to gain at times in places northward of New Plymouth and Napier, and freshening northerlies ruling in southern areas Hough seas along the East Coast, especially northward from Whungarei, moderate on the we;; 1 era coasts. Tlio tropical disturbance, which developed north-westward of the Dominion, is'now approaching the northern extremity of the North Island. Expect, a gradual increase in barometric pressure. Barometer, midnight. steady .. 30.Klin. Midnight. Saturday .. 30.101n. GOVERNMENT REPORT. The Government meteorologist reported last evening as follows: —The anti-cyclone is now cent .ed east of New Zealand. Pressure is commencing to fall in the eastern Tasman Sea, under the influence of a depression advancing slowly from the westward. Indications are lor moderato to strong nort.li to west winds, freshening to gale force in places in and south of Cook ■Strait. Seas rather rough south of Cape Egmont and in Cook and Foveaux Straits; elsewhere smooth to moderate. Moderate to strong northerly to westerly winds in tho Tasman Sea, and later backing to southerly in the eastern portion, with rough seas.. Weather still fair to fine in the eastern districts, but becoming cloudy and unsettled in western and central districts, with showers developing and later extending to. other parts. Warm temperatures but later a cool change. RAINFALL RECORD. Fall in City (Hehai.p giiuse) : 21 hours ended midnight, Dec. 22 .OOin. 21 hours ended midnight, Dec. 2.1 OOill. Total for December up to 9 a.m. yesterday (Albert Park tjaujie) . . 3.14 in. Average rainfall for December . 2.5 4i H. Average 12 months' rainfall . . 43.8Ein. 1-iainfall for y*ar to date . 56.31 in. SUN, MOON AND TIDES. Sun—To-day: Bises, -1 ..30 a.m.; pcN, 7.11 p.m. To-morrow. Rises, 5 a.m.; sotß, 7.12 p.m. Moon —full. Thursday. 7.",5 a.m.; hist quarter, January 3, ti,!l a.m. To-day. To-morrow. Iligh Water— a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. Auckland . .. -1.17 -111 ,'..23 Manukiui Heads . (>.12 7,lt', 7.,' ib t-'.2t Onolumga, Wharf. 7.12 f.l". h.W U.2J