METEOROLOGICAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23881, 4 February 1941, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

FORECAST FOR AUCKLAND / CLOUDY AND MILD AT FIRST The Government meteorologist issued the Herald last evening the following forecast for tho Auckland Province:—Moderate to fresh north-west-erly winds. Weather cloudy and mild. Seas moderate, but rising on tho west coast. Further outlook: Scattered rain on Wednesday. Barometer, midnight 29.94 in. (1014 millibars). ■ Midnight Sunday 30.00 in. (1016 millibars). RAINFALL RECORD Fall in City (Herald pause): 24 hours onded midnight, February 3 .OOln. Total for February up to 0 a.m. yesterday (Albert Park gauge) .. ,00in. Average rainfall for February . . 3.48 in. Ttecord rainfall for February (1SC0) I4.isin. Rainfall for year to date . . 4.23 in. Average annual rainfall (85 years) 44.74 in. SUN, MOON AND TIDES / Sun —Rises, 5.39 a.m.; sets, 7.3.1 p.m. lloon—First quarter, to-day, 11.42 p.m.; full, February 12, 12.20 p.m. To-day To-morrow High Water— a.m. p.m. a.in. p.m. Auckland .. 32.38 12.57 1.20 1.37 INfanukau Heads 3.13 3.32 3.55 4.12 Onehunga ~ 4.13 4.32 4.55 5.12 GENERAL SITUATION The Government meteorologist advised last evening that a depression had passed across the South Island and lay south of the Chatham Islands, but a secondary disturbance was developing in the central Tasman Sea. Forecast: Moderate to strong north-westerly winds from Xelson and Marlborough northward, with gales still likely in some exposed positions; elsewhere fresh ponth-wekerlies to southerlies soon prexrailing. Seas moderate inshore on the east coast, otherwise rough. Rain at times in and west of the ranges from Taranaki .southward. Elsewhere fair to cloudy, but scattered rain soon extending to eastern districts of the South Island. Temperatures moderate in the south, mild to warm in the north.