THE WEATHER
LOCAL OBSERVATIONS The following local observations on the weather are supplied by Miss Budd, of Messrs Balfour' Irvine and Webster, Ltd., Hamilton. Barometer Saturday 29.80 Monday 2 9.80 Thermometer Max. Min. Friday 68 61 Saturday .... 66 58 Mean temperature, 62 deg. The barometer has very little movement and reads 2 9.30 (1009 millibars;. Partly fair and partly cloudy weather is indicated to-day and to-morrow with scattered rain, westerly winds prevailing, cool temperatures. The Rainfall Rainfall Tor 24 hours ended 9 o’clock this morning, .55in. Rainfall ror previous 24 hours, .05ln. Rainrall Tor February to date, 2.371 n. Average rainfall for February, 3.tom. Rainrall for year to date, 8.69111. Average yearly rainfall, 46.32 Inches. SPECIAL FORECAST (By Government Meteorologist' the special forecast by the Government Meteorologist, cover•ng the Walkato-Tbames Valley 1- •- t'.llrw** General situation: An anticyclone is centred to the north and a rather deep depression Is passing In the south. Forecast: Moderate to strong north-west to west winds, with a southerlv change probably jby to-morrow night; weather cloudy and unsettled, with occasional showers; temperatures moderate to inikl; seas rough on the west coast, slight to moderate on the east.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21036, 12 February 1940, Page 6
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191THE WEATHER Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21036, 12 February 1940, Page 6
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