METEOROLOGICAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23770, 25 September 1940, Page 8

METEOROLOGICAL

i - FORECAST FOR AUCKLAND BREAK, IN FINE SPELL n" > The Government meteorologist issued to the Herald last evening the following forecast for the Auckland Provinee:—Light but freshening north-east winds. Weather fair to fine at first, but scattered drizzle developing from tho north. Seas slight to moderate, but rising somewhat on tho east coast. ".Barometer, midnight 30.36 in. (1028 millibars) Midnight Monday 30.391n. (1029 millibars) RAINFALL RECORD Fall in City //(Heiuld gauge) :'-»4 hours ended midnight, bcpt. 24 . .00in. Total for September up to i) a.m. yesterday (-Albert Park gauge) .. 1.68 n. Average rainfall for September . 2*2?! Record rainfall for September (192b) 7.84 n. Rainfall for year to date . . . . 30.83 in. Average annual rainfall (84 years) . 44.81 In. SUN, MOON AND TIDES Bull—Rises, 5.36 a.m.; sets. 5.45) p.m. jj oon —Last qliarter, today, 5.17 a.m.; new, October 2,-12.41 a.m. To-day To-morrow Hijrh Water— a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. Auckland . . 12.14 12.33 1.03 1.20 . Wanukau Heads 2.4!) 3.0S 3.3S 4.00 - Onehunga .. 3,10 4OS 4.3S 5.00 GENERAL SITUATION The Government meteorologist advised last evening that one anti-cyclone ! was over and to the east of the J*orth Island, while another was centred over ' Kew South Wales. A weak depression ' -was located in the north Tasman Sea. i Forecast: mainly light or moder'ate in force and rather variable in ' direction, westerlies to north-westerlies predominating at first, but gradually tending north-easterly in the Isorth 1 Island. Seas moderate on the west , coast, slight in the east, but rising later from the Hauraki Gulf northward. Weather for the most part fair s.nd milder, a few scattered showers, however, in western and far southern of tho South Island, and unsettled conditions with drizzle developing later from about Taranaki northward.