METEOROLOGICAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23851, 30 December 1940, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

FORECAST FOR AUCKLAND FAIR TO CLOUDY AND WARM The Government meteorologist issued to the Hf.rald Inst evening the following forecast for the Auckland Province:' —Moderate northerly winds. Some morning mist or fog. but weather mainly fair to cloudy and warm. Seas slight •to moderate. Further outlook: Freshening northerly, winds and rather unsettled weather. Barometer, niidnierht 30.24 in. (1024 millibar?) Midnight. Saturday 30.27 in. (1025 millibars) RAINFALL RECORD Fall in City (Hiru.d gausr): -4 hours ended midnijjht, Dec. 2S . .ooin. hours ended nudniirht, Dec. '-?9 .ooin. Total for December up to 0 a.m. Saturday (Albert Park g-anee) . . ,84tn. Average rainfall for December . . 2.62 in. Pecord rainfall for December (,1010) 8.59 in. Bainfall for year to date . . . . 39.0 Gin. Average annual rainfall (*4 years.) . 44.81 in. SUN,'MOON AND TIDES Sun—Rises, 5.03 a.m.; sets, 7.4 1 p.m. Moon —First quarter, January 6, 1.10 a.m.; full, January 13. 11.4 p.m. To-day To-morrow Hi?h Water— a.m. p.m. a.m. p.in. Auckland .. 5..15 S.3S 0.05 !V2.> Jlanukau Heads HV>n li.J3 li.n> ]-.;.oo Onehunsra .. 1t.50' - I'J.IU 12.40 G ENER AL SITU AT lON The Government meteorologist advised last evening that an anti-cvelone was centred over the North Island and a trough of low pressure was advancing across the Tasman Sea. forecast: Northerly winds prevailing,. moderate in the north, but iresh to strong in exposed positions south ot laranaki and Hawke's Hay. Seas rather rough to rough south of ( ape Egmont and about Cook Strait; elsewhere slight or moderate. W eathor iair in easteiu northern areas, hut becoming unsettled in western districts from Taranaki southward, with scattered rain or drizzle developing. Temperatures mud to warm.