METEOROLOGICAL
FORECAST FOR AUCKLAND CLOUDY AND CHANGEABLE The Government meteorologist issued to the Herald last evening the following special forecast for the Auckland Province: —Moderate to fresh south to west .winds. Weather cloudy and changeable, with occasional rain, chiefly in the north. Temperatures moderate. Seas rather rough. Barometer, midnight 29.65 in. (1004 millibars). Midnight Thursday 29.56 in. (1001 millibars). RAINFALL RECORD Fall in City (Herald gauge): 24 . hours ended midnight, July 26 .. ,361n. Total for July up to 0 a.m. yesterday (Albert Park irauge) .. 2.231n. Average rainfall for July .. .. 5.08 in. Record rainfall for July (1935) .. 12.001n. Rainfall for year to date .. .. 26.58 in. .Average annual rainfall (S4 years) . 44,81 in. SUN, MOON AND TIDES Gun—To-dav:, Rises, 6.53 a.m.: sets, 5.01 p.m. To-morrow: Rises, 6.53 a.m.; 6ets, 5.02. a.nx'x Moon—Last quarter, to-day, 10.59 p.m.; new, August 4, 7.39 a.m. To-da.v To-morrow High Water— a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. Auckland . . Manukau Heads 2.33 2.51 3.13 3.34 Onehunga '.. 3.33 3.51 4.13 4.34 GENERAL SITUATION Thei Government meteorologist adTised last evening that the centre of the cyclone disturbance was moving slowly south-eastward from East Cape. Pressilre was low also in the south Tasman. Forecast: South-east to southwest ' winds, strong in some exposed positions in the North Island, but mainly light to fresh. Seas rather rough to rough north of Kaikoura and Farewell Spit, elsewhere slight or« moderate. Weather cloudy and unsettled, with further rain in most districts, but especially in eastern areas between East Cape and Banks Peninsula, )vhere some heavy falls are likely. Temperatures moderate in the north, cold in the south.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23719, 27 July 1940, Page 10
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