The bulletin · 06:00
Today's full bulletin,
as issued.
The complete morning text the duty forecaster signs. Read at the dam, posted at the vale shop, read aloud to the school groups on Thursdays.
Bulletin text
FAIRWEATHER BUREAU · BULLETIN 26-288 · ISSUED 06:00.
Synopsis: a ridge of high pressure over the valley is slow-moving and will hold through Tuesday. A warm front approaches from the southwest on Wednesday.
Upper vale and ridge: clear overnight, frost likely in the hollows between 02:00 and 07:00. Sunshine after a cold dawn. High near 14. Wind light southwest, freshening to 18 km/h by noon.
Coast and Brace peninsula: fog banks clearing by mid-morning, then sunny. Southwest wind rising late, gusts to 41 km/h. Strong wind watch for Friday afternoon.
Vale floor: fine. River height at the dam steady at 3.42 metres, outflow unchanged. Water temperature 9 °C.
Outlook: warming Wednesday with the warm front; rain likely Thursday of next week. Frost advisories stand until withdrawn.
Signed: the duty forecaster. Countersigned: the observer on duty, Ashgrove Hill.
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