METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 94, 17 October 1940, Page 13

METEOROLOGICAL

OFFICIAL FORECAST. The following is the official weather forecast for the 24 hours from noon today:— . Winds. —Moderate to strong and from a westerly quarter; mainly northwesterly, but south-westerly at times over the southern.portion of the South ' Islar.d. j Seas. —Slight.to moderate inshore on I the east coast, otherwise rather rough to rough. Weather. —Fair to cloudy over most of the North Island and in Canterbury and Marlborough; unsettled elsewhere, with scattered rain, heavy at times in western and far southern districts of the South Island. Temperatures mild, but gradually falling in the south.' SUN, MOON, AND TIDES. , The sur.- rose today 5.29 a.m.; seta 6.44 p.m. Rises tomorrow 5.28 a.m.; sets 6.45 p.m. ' , The Moon.—Full, October 16; last quarter, October 24. High Water.—Today, 5.18 a.m., 5.49 p.m.; tomorrow, 6.6 a.m., 6.39 &.m. OBSERVATIONS AT KELBURN. Bright Sunshine Yesterday.—Morning, nil; afternoon, nil; total, nil. Temperature at 9 a.m.,* 57.6 deg. Relative humidity at 9 a.m., 88 pep cent. Maximum temperature yesterday, 58.6 deg; minimum temperature last night, 53.9 deg; minimum temperature on grass, 52.1 deg. Mean wind velocity for 24 hours ending 9 aim. today, 19.5 m.p.h. • Rainfall in previous 24 hours, nil; to date this month, 2.69ir.; to date this year, 36.43 in; average for October, 3.51 in; average from January 1 to end of October, 36.38 in. Barometer, 9 am., 1014.2 millibars.