METEOROLOGICAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23758, 11 September 1940, Page 8

METEOROLOGICAL

FORECAST FOR AUCKLAND SCATTERED SHOWERS LIKELY \ j.• The Government meteorologist issued -to tlie Herai;d last evening the following forecast for the Auckland Province:—Moderate to fresh south-westerly winds/ Weather cloudy, with scattered _ showers. Temperatures cool. Seas rather rough 'on the west coast; moderate on the east. Barometer midnight 30.03 in. (1017 millibars) Midnight Monday 30.0 Gin. (1018 millibars) RAINFALL RECORD Tall in City (Herald gauge): 24 hours ended midnight, Sept. 10 .01 In. Total for September ud to 9 a.m. yesterday (Albert Park gauge) .. 1.341n. Average rainfall for September .. 3.83 in. .Record .rainfall for September (1028) 7.841n. .IRainfall for year to date .. .. 30.49 in. Average annual rainfall (84 years) . 44.81 in. SUN, MOON AND TIDES Enn—Rises, 5.57 a.m.; sets, 5.3S p.m. Moon—Full, Tuesday, 2.11 a.m.; last quarter, September 25, 5.17 a.m. To-day To-morrow High Water— a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. Auckland .. 1.45 2.20 2.45 3.23 Manukau Heads 4.20 4.55 5.20 5.5S Onehunga .. 5.20 5.55 6.20 C.oS > GENERAL SITUATION The Government meteorologist ad--vised last evening that a disturbance which'had been crossing the Dominion had formed _ a secondary depression near Taranaki. An anti-cyclone covered south-eastern Australia and the Tasman Sea. Forecast: Moderate to strong southerly to south-easterly winds, becoming general during the night. Seas rough between East Cape and Banks Peninsula and rather rough north of Kawhia; elsewhere moderate. Weather unsettled in eastern districts ' between Kaikoura and East Cape, with intermittent rain, but improving to-morrow from the south; elsewhere cloudy. Further scattered showers are likely in western districts of the North Island. Temperature cool, with frosts to-night in Canterbury and Otago.