This morning our weather video is filmed at dawn at the ‘Field of Remembrance' at the Mount Cenotaph where the Battle of Passchendaele commemoration will take place at 2pm.
Today's forecast is for a fine day with westerly breezes.
It's a two-clothing layer day today with a high of 21 and an overnight low of 9 degrees.
High tide is at 2.40pm and low tide is at 8.50pm. Sea temperature is 15 degrees. There's an average sea swell of about .4m and sunset tonight is at 7.27pm.
If you're going fishing today the best fish bite time is between 8 and 10pm.
This day in NZ history, in 1979 ‘Mr Asia' Marty Johnstone was murdered, leading to the demise of one of New Zealand's largest ever drug rings.
This day in world history in 1947 test pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier aboard a Bell X-1 rocket plane. In 1964 the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for advocating a policy of non-violence.
In 1968 Jim Hines, USA, broke the 'ten-second barrier” in the 100-meter sprint at the Olympics in Mexico City; his time was 9.95.
In 2012 Felix Baumgartner broke the world record for highest manned balloon flight, highest parachute jump, and greatest free-fall velocity, parachuting from an altitude of approximately 39km.
Our quote for today is from Jane Goodall who said 'What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
Today at 10am, there is the Freedom Walk to abolish human trafficking, at Coronation Park, and at 2pm the Battle of Passchendaele Commemoration at the Mount Cenotaph. For more of what's happening please check out our What's On page.
Have a great day!
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