METEOROLOGICAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23748, 30 August 1940, Page 8

METEOROLOGICAL

FORECAST FOR AUCKLAND •MILD AND MISTY: WITH RAIN The Government meteorologist issued to the Herald last evening the following special 'forecast for the Auckland Province —Light to moderate east to north winds./ Weather cloudy to overcast and in places misty, with occasional drizzle or rain. Mild temperatures. Seas slight to moderate. midnight 30.181n, (1022 millibars) Midnight Wednesday 30.24 in. (1024 millibars) RAINFALL RECORD Fall in City (Herald gauge): 24 hours ended midnight. August *2!) .06tr». Total for August up to 0 a.m. yesterday (Albert Park gauge) . .. 1.82 in. - Average -rainfall for August . .. 4.101n. Record rainfall for August (1579) 10.561n. Rainfall for year to date .. .. 28.74 in. Average annual rainfall (S4 years) 44.81 in. SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun-HRises, 6.15 a.m.; sets, 3.2S p.m. Moon—Xew, September 2, 3.15 p.m.; first quarter, September 0, 7.2 a.m. To-day To-morrow High Water; — a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. .Auckland . . 3.26 -1.00 4.30 5.03 Mariukau Heads 6.01 6.35 7.05 7.3S Onehunga 7.01 7.35 8.05 S.3S GENERAL SITUATION The Government meteorologist nd•xis'Sd last evening that an extensive and complex disturbance was moving from the Tasman £ea on to New Zea- ' land. Pressure was high east of the I Dominion and over Australia. Forej cast: ' Moderate north-easterlies ~to iiorth-westerlies predominating. slight to moderate. Weather fair at first in eastern districts south of Hawke's Bay. Otherwise dull, with intermittent drizzle or rain, and unsettled conditions later becoming general. Mild temperatures.